March 29 Historical Events

The following events took place on March 29. The list is arranged in chronological order.

Found 54 events. Showing 31 - 54.

• 1947
  Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar.
• 1951
  Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
• 1957
  The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.
• 1961
  The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
• 1962
  Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina’s armed forces, ending an 11½ day constitutional crisis.
• 1971
  My Lai Massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
• 1971
  A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
• 1973
  Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
• 1973
  Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
• 1974
  NASA’s Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury.
• 1974
  Local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, discover the Terracotta Army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, in the third century BCE.
• 1982
  The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.

• 1984
  The Baltimore Colts load its possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer its operations to Indianapolis.
• 1990
  The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.
• 1993
  Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province.
• 1999
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.
• 1999
  A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
• 2002
  In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.
• 2004
  Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
• 2004
  The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
• 2010
  Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
• 2013
  At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
• 2013
  A landslide kills 66 people in China’s Tibet Autonomous Region near Lhasa.
• 2014
  The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.