Major Events
- 845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving
- 1549 The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded
- 1901 Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first parliamentary election
- 1912 Captain Robert Falcon Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
- 1961 After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted of treason in Pretoria
- 1974 Chinese farmers discover the Terracotta Army near Xi'an, 8,000 clay warrior statues buried to guard the tomb of China's 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang
- 1999 The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 - above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever
- 2022 In a major victory for Ukraine, Russia announces it is withdrawing its badly mauled forces from around Ukraine's capital, Kyiv
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Mar 29 in Film & TV
- 1959 "Some Like It Hot", American comedy film directed by Billy Wilder and starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, premieres at the Lowe’s Capital Theatre, NYC
Mar 29 in Music
- 1795 Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist in Vienna
Mar 29 in Sport
- 1994 Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
Did You Know?
Movie star Jimmy Stewart is promoted to full colonel, one of the few Americans to rise from private to colonel in four years
John Tyler
Cy Young
Lavrentiy Beria
John Major
Elle MacPherson
Lucy Lawless
Famous Weddings
- 1797 Writer Mary Wollstonecraft marries philopher and journalist William Godwin
- 1813 John Tyler (23) later 10th US President, marries 1st wife Letitia Christian Tyler (22)
- 1860 Willie Park Sr. marries Susanna Law in Inveresk, Scotland
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Gustav III
John Jacob Astor
Mark Hopkins
Georges Seurat
Robert Falcon Scott
Paul HenreidArticles, Photos and Quiz
Astor, The First Multi-Millionaire Businessman
John Jacob Astor made a staggering fortune by monopolizing the American fur trade, but his methods – ruthless and sometimes illegal – have drawn criticism.
March 29, 1848
Niagara Falls Stops Flowing
The flow of water stops completely over both of Niagara's two falls due to an ice jam in the upper river
March 29, 1848
Terracotta Army Discovered
The Terracotta army standing guarding at the tomb of China's 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang
March 29, 1974
Weekly Quiz for March 23 - 29
What infectious disease did Dr Jonas Salk announce a vaccine for in 1953? What was the original purpose of the Terracotta Army, discovered in China in 1974?
