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Events from History on March 29

1461 : Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses)
1638 : 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
1673 : Eng king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions
1795 : Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
1798 : Republic of Switzerland forms
1804 : Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti
1814 : Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
1827 : 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
1847 : 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico [or 0327?]
1848 : Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1849 : Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India
1850 : Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
1852 : Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more
1852 : than 10 hours a day
1860 : Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC
1864 : Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece
1864 : Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
1865 : -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed
1865 : Battle of Quaker Road, VA
1867 : British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes
1867 : Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
1871 : Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London
1879 : Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
1882 : Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
1886 : Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke
1897 : Japan adopts Gold Standard
1906 : Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games
1912 : Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last
1912 : entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
1919 : 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic
1924 : Bayern & Vatican reach accord
1927 : Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona
1928 : Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC)
1929 : Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
1932 : Jack Benny debuts on radio
1934 : Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
1935 : French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
1936 : 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
1936 : Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1941 : 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem"
1941 : 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Wash State 39-34
1941 : WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
1942 : British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
1942 : British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die
1942 : German submarine U-585 sinks
1943 : Meat rationed in US (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's
1943 : Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
1946 : 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
1946 : Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon
1947 : "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs
1948 : Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten
1948 : Yanks & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
1949 : Turkey recognizes Israel
1951 : "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
1951 : 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday & J Ferrer win
1951 : Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying
1958 : US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
1958 : US Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
1959 : "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
1960 : Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
1961 : 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres
1961 : After a 4« year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1961 : KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
1962 : Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army
1962 : Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
1963 : Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
1966 : "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin NYC for 129 perfs
1967 : WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
1968 : Students seize building at Bowie State College
1969 : Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
1970 : "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs
1970 : Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II
1971 : 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1971 : Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
1971 : Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
1971 : Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
1971 : Royal Albert Hall opens
1971 : WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
1973 : US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
1974 : Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
1975 : Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
1976 : 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
1976 : 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
1979 : #2703 Rodari, #4521 Akimov & #5936 Khadzhinov
1979 : Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball v Pakistan at WACA
1979 : Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London
1979 : Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
1981 : "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances
1981 : Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m
1981 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1982 : 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
1982 : 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62
1982 : 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda & K Hepburn win
1982 : Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
1984 : NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
1984 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1985 : Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
1986 : Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
1987 : 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
1987 : Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
1987 : Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
1988 : "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances
1988 : US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
1989 : 1st US private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
1989 : 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win
1989 : 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins
1989 : I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
1989 : Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in NY for racketeering
1990 : 18 points, 16 rebounds, 10 assists & 11 blocks vs Milwaukee
1992 : "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462 perfs
1992 : 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins
1992 : Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in NYC
1992 : Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
1992 : Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS)
1992 : Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
1992 : Men's Fig Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
1992 : NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC
1993 : 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win
1993 : Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
1994 : Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
1994 : Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
1995 : Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM
1996 : 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men
1996 : Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
1996 : NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
1997 : 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
1997 : Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna
1997 : PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith
1998 : 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
1999 : 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St Petersburg

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