Editing March 29 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
*[[1430]] &ndash; The [[Ottoman Empire]] under [[Murad II]] [[Siege of Thessalonica (1422–1430)|captures]] [[Thessalonica]] from the [[Republic of Venice]].<ref name=":0">{{cite book |last1=Necipoğlu |first1=Nevra |title=Byzantium between the Ottomans and the Latins: Politics and Society in the Late Empire |date=2009 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |location=Cambridge |isbn=9780521877381 |page=112}}</ref>
*[[1461]] &ndash; [[Battle of Towton]]: [[Edward IV of England|Edward of York]] defeats [[Margaret of Anjou|Queen Margaret]] to become King [[Edward IV of England]], bringing a temporary stop to the [[Wars of the Roses]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Markham |first=Clements |author-link=Clements Markham |title=Richard III: His Life and Character |url=https://archive.org/details/cu31924027929540 |year=1906 |publisher=[[Smith, Elder & Co.]] |place=London, United Kingdom |chapter=The Crowning Victory of Towton |page=[https://archive.org/details/cu31924027929540/page/n66 37] |via=Internet Archive}}</ref>
*[[1549]] &ndash; The city of [[Salvador, Bahia]], the first capital of [[Brazil]], is founded.<ref name=":1">{{Cite CE1913 |wstitle=Archdiocese of São Salvador de Bahia de Todos os Santos |volume=13 |first=A. A. |last=MacErlean}}</ref>

===1601–1900===
*[[1632]] &ndash; [[Treaty of Saint-Germain-en-Laye (1632)|Treaty of Saint-Germain]] is signed returning [[Quebec]] to French control after the English had seized it in [[1629]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=De Waele1 |first1=Michel |title=L'affaire de la Mary Fortune. Les traités de Saint-Germain de 1632 et la souveraineté sur le Canada |journal=Revue d'histoire de l'Amérique française |date=26 August 2020 |volume=73 |issue=4 |pages=61–82 |doi=10.7202/1071206ar |s2cid=235001865 |language=fr|doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1792]] &ndash; King [[Gustav III]] of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight [[masquerade ball]] at [[Stockholm]]'s [[Royal Swedish Opera|Royal Opera]] 13 days earlier.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Eisner |first1=Manuel |title=Killing Kings: Patterns of Regicide in Europe, AD 600-1800 |journal=British Journal of Criminology |date=1 May 2011 |volume=51 |issue=3 |page=556 |doi=10.1093/bjc/azr004}}</ref>
*[[1806]] &ndash; Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the [[Cumberland Road]], becoming the first United States federal [[Highway#United States|highway]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Hulbert |first1=Archer Butler |title=The Cumberland Road |date=1904 |publisher=A.H. Clark Co |location=Cleveland, Ohio |isbn=9780404034306 |pages=20–25}}</ref>
*[[1809]] &ndash; King [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]] [[abdication|abdicates]] after a ''[[coup d'état]]''.<ref>{{Cite EB1911 |wstitle=Gustavus IV. |volume=12 |page=738}}</ref>
*  1809   &ndash; At the [[Diet of Porvoo]], Finland's [[Riksdag of the Estates|four Estates]] pledge allegiance to [[Alexander I of Russia]], commencing the secession of the [[Grand Duchy of Finland]] from [[Lands of Sweden|Sweden]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jussila |first1=Osmo |title=Finland and the Russian Duma |journal=Journal of Baltic Studies |date=September 1988 |volume=19 |issue=3 |page=241 |doi=10.1080/01629778800000161}}</ref>
*[[1847]] &ndash; [[Mexican–American War]]: United States forces led by General [[Winfield Scott]] take [[Veracruz (city)|Veracruz]] after a [[Siege of Veracruz|siege]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bauer |first1=K. Jack |title=The Veracruz Expedition of 1847 |journal=Military Affairs |date=1956 |volume=20 |issue=3 |pages=162–169 |doi=10.2307/1985102 |jstor=1985102}}</ref>
*[[1849]] &ndash; The [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|United Kingdom]] annexes the [[Punjab Province (British India)|Punjab]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mittal |first1=S.C. |title=The Political Influence on Punjab Census; A Case Study of the Role of the British in the Growth of Hindu-Sikh Tension |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=1989 |volume=50 |pages=444–454 |jstor=44146079 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref>
*[[1857]] &ndash; [[Sepoy]] [[Mangal Pandey]] of the 34th [[Regiment]], [[Bengal Native Infantry]] mutinies against the [[East India Company]]'s [[Company rule in India|rule in India]] and inspires the protracted [[Indian Rebellion of 1857]], also known as the Sepoy Mutiny.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ali |first1=Ashfaque |title=The Uprising of 1857 in Bhopal as Gleaned Through Persian and Urdu Documents |journal=Proceedings of the Indian History Congress |date=2012 |volume=73 |pages=573–577 |jstor=44156250 |issn=2249-1937}}</ref>
*[[1867]] &ndash; [[Queen Victoria]] gives [[Royal Assent]] to the [[British North America Act, 1867|British North America Act]] which establishes Canada on [[July 1]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Feindel |first1=William |title=Highlights of Neurosurgery in Canada |journal=JAMA: The Journal of the American Medical Association |date=5 June 1967 |volume=200 |issue=10 |pages=853–859 |doi=10.1001/jama.1967.03120230105015|pmid=5338141 }}</ref>
*[[1871]] &ndash; [[Royal Albert Hall]] is opened by [[Queen Victoria]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=The Journal of the Society for Arts |date=31 March 1871 |volume=19 |issue=958 |jstor=41334975|title=Journal of the Society for Arts, Vol. 19, no. 958 |last1=Rennie |first1=G. B. |last2=Howell |first2=J. B. |last3=Olrick |first3=Lewis |last4=Leigh |first4=Evan |last5=Brin |first5=Cavaliere B. |last6=Simms |first6=L. H. |last7=Franklin |first7=Jacob A. |last8=Haly |first8=George J. |last9=Campin |first9=F. W. |last10=Inventor |first10=A Needy |pages=375–416 }}</ref>
*[[1879]] &ndash; [[Anglo-Zulu War]]: [[Battle of Kambula]]: British forces defeat 20,000 [[Zulus]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Tylden |first1=G. |title=INHLOBANE MOUNTAIN AND KAMBULA, ZULULAND, 28th/29th MARCH, 1879 |journal=Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research |date=1953 |volume=31 |issue=125 |pages=3–9 |jstor=44222682}}</ref>
*[[1882]] &ndash; The [[Knights of Columbus]] is established.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Endres |first1=Thomas G. |title=Co-existing master analogues in symbolic convergence theory: The knights of Columbus quincentennial campaign |journal=Communication Studies |date=September 1994 |volume=45 |issue=3–4 |page=297 |doi=10.1080/10510979409368430}}</ref>

===1901–present===
*[[1927]] &ndash; [[Sunbeam 1000hp]] breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.<ref>{{cite news |access-date=9 March 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-hampshire-39431234/sunbeam-1000hp-breaks-200mph-land-speed-barrier | title=Sunbeam land speed engine restored| work=BBC News}}</ref>
*[[1936]] &ndash; The [[1936 German parliamentary election and referendum]] seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Jessen |editor1-first=Ralph |editor2-last=Richter |editor2-first=Hedwig |title=Voting for Hitler and Stalin: Elections under 20th Century Dictatorships |date=2011 |publisher=Campus Verlag |location=Frankfurt |isbn=9783593394893 |page=257}}</ref>
*[[1941]] &ndash; The [[North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement]] goes into effect at 03:00 local time.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Otterman |first1=H. B. |title=North American Regional Radio-Engineering Meeting, Washington, 1941 |journal=American Journal of International Law |date=April 1941 |volume=35 |issue=2 |pages=363–365 |doi=10.1017/S000293000013636X|s2cid=151934239 }}</ref>
*  1941   &ndash; [[World War II]]: British [[Royal Navy]] and [[Royal Australian Navy]] forces defeat those of the Italian ''[[Regia Marina]]'' off the [[Peloponnese|Peloponnesian]] coast of Greece in the [[Battle of Cape Matapan]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=O'Hara |first1=Vincent P. |title=Struggle for the Middle Sea: The Great Navies at War in the Mediterranean |date=2009 |publisher=Conway |location=London |isbn=9781844861026 |pages=91–98}}</ref>
*[[1942]] &ndash; The [[Bombing of Lübeck in World War II]] is the first major success for the [[RAF Bomber Command]] against Germany and a German city.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Harris |first1=Max |title=Christ on a Donkey – Palm Sunday, Triumphal Entries, and Blasphemous Pageants |date=2019 |publisher=Arc Humanities Press |isbn=9781641892872 |pages=227–230 |doi=10.2307/j.ctvmd84dw |jstor=j.ctvmd84dw|s2cid=204729742 }}</ref>
*[[1947]] &ndash; The [[Malagasy Uprising]] against French colonial rule begins in [[French Madagascar|Madagascar]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Little |first1=Douglas |title=Cold War and Colonialism in Africa: The United States, France, and the Madagascar Revolt of 1947 |journal=Pacific Historical Review |date=1 November 1990 |volume=59 |issue=4 |pages=527–552 |doi=10.2307/3640238 |jstor=3640238}}</ref>
*[[1951]] &ndash; [[Julius and Ethel Rosenberg]] are convicted of conspiracy to commit [[espionage]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Tamkin |first1=Emily |title=The executed innocent: Why justice for Ethel Rosenberg still matters |url=https://www.newstatesman.com/world/americas/north-america/2021/03/executed-innocent-why-justice-ethel-rosenberg-still-matters |access-date=15 March 2023 |work=The New Statesman |date=26 March 2021 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>
*  1951 &ndash; [[Hypnosis murders]] in [[Copenhagen]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Gregersen|first=Pernille Høyrup og Henrik|date=31 March 2001 |title=HYPNOTISERET TIL DRAB|url=https://www.bt.dk/content/item/839238|access-date=19 June 2021 |website=www.bt.dk|language=da}}</ref>
*[[1957]] &ndash; The [[New York, Ontario and Western Railway]] makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Bux |first1=Joe |title=The New York, Ontario, and Western Railway |date=2009 |publisher=Arcadia Pub |location=Charleston, SC |isbn=9780738562629 |page=8}}</ref>
*[[1961]] &ndash; The [[Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution]] is ratified, allowing residents of [[Washington, D.C.]], to vote in presidential elections.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vile |first1=John R. |title=Encyclopedia of Constitutional Amendments, Proposed Amendments, and Amending Issues, 1789-2002 |date=2003 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=9781851094288 |page=536 |edition=Second}}</ref>
*[[1962]] &ndash; [[Arturo Frondizi]], the president of [[Argentina]], is overthrown in a military [[Coup d'état|coup]] by Argentina's [[Armed forces of Argentina|armed forces]], ending an {{frac|11|1|2}} day constitutional crisis.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Potash |first1=Robert A. |title=The Army & Politics in Argentina, 1962-1973: From Frondizi's Fall to the Peronist Restoration |date=1969 |publisher=Stanford University Press |location=Stanford, California |isbn=9780804724142 |page=1}}</ref>
*[[1968]] &ndash; The [[funeral of Yuri Gagarin and Vladimir Seryogin|funeral of Yuri Gagarin]], the first man in space, started in [[Moscow]], with thousands of people in attendance.<ref>{{cite web | url =https://life.ru/p/1203576 |title=Похороны уровня генсека: Как в СССР проводили в последний путь Гагарина|date=27 March 2019 |publisher=[[Life.ru]]| language=Russian| accessdate =5 April 2023}}</ref>
*[[1971]] &ndash; [[My Lai massacre]]: Lieutenant [[William Calley]] is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cookman |first1=Claude |title=An American Atrocity: The My Lai Massacre Concretized in a Victim's Face |journal=Journal of American History |date=1 June 2007 |volume=94 |issue=1 |pages=154–162 |doi=10.2307/25094784|jstor=25094784 }}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The last United States combat soldiers leave [[South Vietnam]].<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hall |editor1-first=Mitchell K. |title=Vietnam War Era: People and Perspectives |date=2009 |publisher=ABC-CLIO |location=Santa Barbara, California |isbn=9781598841299 |page=xxx}}</ref>
*  1973   &ndash; [[Operation Barrel Roll]], a covert American bombing campaign in [[Laos]] to stop [[PAVN|communist infiltration]] of [[South Vietnam]], ends.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Head |first1=William P. |title=Dirty Little Secret in the Land of a Million Elephants: Barrel Roll and the Lost War |journal=Air Power History |date=2017 |volume=64 |issue=4 |page=8 |jstor=26571062 |issn=1044-016X}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[NASA]]'s [[Mariner 10]] becomes the first [[space probe]] to fly by [[Mercury (planet)|Mercury]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Dunne |first1=James A. |title=Mariner 10 Mercury Encounter |journal=Science |date=12 July 1974 |volume=185 |issue=4146 |pages=141–142 |doi=10.1126/science.185.4146.141|pmid=17810505 |bibcode=1974Sci...185..141D |s2cid=31613277 }}</ref>
*  1974   &ndash; [[Terracotta Army]] was discovered in [[Shaanxi|Shaanxi province]], China.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chen |first1=Yi-Ping |last2=Cui |first2=Ying |last3=Dong |first3=Jun-Gang |title=Variation of airborne bacteria and fungi at Emperor Qin's Terra-Cotta Museum, Xi'an, China, during the "Oct. 1" Gold Week Period of 2006 |journal=Environmental Science and Pollution Research |date=February 2010 |volume=17 |issue=2 |page=479 |doi=10.1007/s11356-009-0161-1|pmid=19479295 |bibcode=2010ESPR...17..478C |s2cid=40695874 }}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; The [[Canada Act 1982]] receives the [[Royal Assent]] from Queen [[Elizabeth II]], setting the stage for the [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]] to proclaim the [[Constitution Act, 1982]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Careless |first1=Anthony G. |last2=Stevenson |first2=Donald W. |title=Canada: Constitutional Reform as a Policy-Making Instrument |journal=Publius |date=1982 |volume=12 |issue=3 |pages=85–98 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.pubjof.a037404 |jstor=3329790 |issn=0048-5950}}</ref>
*[[1984]] &ndash; The [[Indianapolis Colts|Baltimore Colts]] load its possessions onto fifteen [[Mayflower Transit|Mayflower]] moving trucks in the early morning hours and [[Baltimore Colts relocation to Indianapolis|transfer its operations]] to [[Indianapolis]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Chang |first1=Semoon |title=How to Cope with A Plant Closing |journal=Journal of Business Strategies |date=1 January 1970 |volume=9 |issue=2 |page=191 |doi=10.54155/jbs.9.2.191-196|doi-broken-date=28 March 2025 |s2cid=242175601 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[Czechoslovakia|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]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Brown |first1=Scott |title=Prelude to a Divorce? The Prague Spring as Dress Rehearsal for Czechoslovakia's 'Velvet Divorce' |journal=Europe-Asia Studies |date=December 2008 |volume=60 |issue=10 |pages=1783–1804 |doi=10.1080/09668130802434687|s2cid=153415199 }}</ref>
*[[1999]] &ndash; 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]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Shoven |first1=John B. |last2=Sialm |first2=Clemens |title=The Dow Jones Industrial Average: The Impact of Fixing its Flaws |journal=The Journal of Wealth Management |date=31 October 2000 |volume=3 |issue=3 |page=11 |doi=10.3905/jwm.2000.320332|s2cid=15485130 }}</ref>
*  1999   &ndash; A [[1999 Chamoli earthquake|magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India]] strikes the [[Chamoli district]] in [[Uttar Pradesh]], killing 103.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Sarkar |first1=Irene |title=The role of the 1999 Chamoli earthquake in the formation of ground cracks |journal=Journal of Asian Earth Sciences |date=January 2004 |volume=22 |issue=5 |pages=529–538 |doi=10.1016/S1367-9120(03)00093-2|bibcode=2004JAESc..22..529S }}</ref>
*  [[2001]] &ndash; A [[Gulfstream III]] [[2001 Avjet Gulfstream III crash|crashes]] on approach to [[Aspen/Pitkin County Airport]] in [[Aspen, Colorado]]. All 18 people on board are killed.<ref name="ntsb">{{cite web |title=Avjet Corporation Gulfstream III, N303GA, Aspen, Colorado, March 29, 2001 |url=https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/AccidentReports/Reports/AAB0203.pdf |access-date=4 December 2015 |website= |publisher=National Transportation Safety Board |id=NTSB/AAB-02/03}}</ref>
*[[2002]] &ndash; In reaction to the [[Passover massacre]] two days prior, [[Israel]] launches [[Operation Defensive Shield]] against [[Palestinian political violence|Palestinian militants]], its largest military operation in the [[West Bank]] since the 1967 [[Six-Day War]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Ben-Eliezer |first1=Uri |title=Old Conflict, New War: Israel's Politics toward the Palestinians |date=2012 |publisher=Palgrave Macmillan |location=New York |isbn=9781137027573 |page=124}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; [[Bulgaria]], [[Estonia]], [[Latvia]], [[Lithuania]], [[Romania]], [[Slovakia]], and [[Slovenia]] join [[NATO]] as full members.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Gidadhubli |first1=R. G. |title=Expansion of NATO: Russia's Dilemma |journal=Economic and Political Weekly |date=2004 |volume=39 |issue=19 |pages=1885–1887 |jstor=4414989 |issn=0012-9976}}</ref>
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat]] certifies [[Taipei 101]] as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July  2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004.<ref>{{Skyscraperpage|18}}. Retrieved 25 March 2015.</ref><ref>{{Structurae|20004823}}. Retrieved 25 March 2015.</ref>
*[[2010]] &ndash; Two suicide bombers [[2010 Moscow Metro bombings|hit the Moscow Metro system]] at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Harding |first1=Luke |last2=Tran |first2=Mark |title=Moscow metro bombs kill dozens |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/mar/29/moscow-metro-bombs-explosions-terror |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=The Guardian |date=29 March 2010}}</ref>
*[[2013]] &ndash; At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor [[2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse|building collapses]] in the commercial capital [[Dar es Salaam]], Tanzania.<ref>{{cite news |title=Tanzania: Dar es Salaam building collapse 'kills 17' |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-21980028 |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=BBC News |date=30 March 2013}}</ref>
*[[2014]] &ndash; The first [[Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom|same-sex marriages]] in [[England and Wales]] are performed.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Boertien |first1=Diederik |last2=Vignoli |first2=Daniele |title=Legalizing Same-Sex Marriage Matters for the Subjective Well-being of Individuals in Same-Sex Unions |journal=Demography |date=1 December 2019 |volume=56 |issue=6 |pages=2109–2121 |doi=10.1007/s13524-019-00822-1|pmid=31696409 |s2cid=207912580 |doi-access=free }}</ref>
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[Air Canada Flight 624]] skids off the runway at [[Halifax Stanfield International Airport]], after arriving from [[Toronto]] shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.<ref>{{cite news |date=29 March 2015 |title=Air Canada plane 'exits' Halifax runway while landing |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-32103971 |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=[[BBC]]}}</ref>
*[[2016]] &ndash; A [[United States Air Force]] [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] crashes during takeoff from [[Bagram Airfield]] in [[Afghanistan]].<ref>{{cite news |date=30 March 2016 |title=U.S. military jet crashes in Afghanistan, pilot safe: Pentagon |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-afghanistan-crash-idUSKCN0WV266 |access-date=9 March 2023 |work=[[Reuters]]}}</ref>
*[[2017]] &ndash; [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] [[Theresa May]] [[United Kingdom invocation of Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union|invokes Article 50]] of the [[Treaty on European Union]], formally beginning [[Brexit|the United Kingdom's withdrawal]] from the [[European Union]].<ref>{{cite news |date=29 March 2017 |title=Brexit: Article 50 has been triggered - what now?|work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-39143978 |access-date=27 November 2020}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; The ship [[Ever Given]] was [[2021_Suez_Canal_obstruction#Salvage_and_refloating|dislodged]] from the [[Suez Canal]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.cnn.com/2021/03/29/africa/suez-canal-refloating-intl-hnk/index.html | title=Ever Given ship freed in the Suez Canal, authority confirms | website=[[CNN]] | date=29 March 2021 }}</ref>
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