This Day in History
29 Mar 1549
The city of Salvador da Bahia the first capital of Brazil is founded
29 Mar 1632
Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returns Quebec to French control after the English seized it in 1629
29 Mar 1638
1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
29 Mar 1799
New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state
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British defeat 20,000 Zulus at Kambula
At Kambula in northwest Zululand a force of 2000 British and Colonial troops under the command of British Colonel Henry Evelyn Wood defeats 20000 Zulus unde...
U.S. withdraws from Vietnam
Two months after the signing of the Vietnam peace agreement the last U.S. combat troops leave South Vietnam as Hanoi frees the remaining American prisoners of ...
Last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam
Under the provisions of the Paris Peace Accords signed on January 27 1973 the last U.S. troops depart South Vietnam ending nearly 10 years of U.S. military p...
Calley found guilty of My Lai murders
Lt. William L. Calley is found guilty of premeditated murder at My Lai by a U.S. Army court-martial at Fort Benning Georgia. Calley a platoon leader had led ...
Tar Heels win NCAA basketball championship
On March 29 1982 the University of North Carolina (UNC) Tar Heels win the NCAA mens basketball championship with a 63-62 defeat of the Georgetown Univ...
President John Tyler is born
On this day in 1790 future President John Tyler is born in Charles City County Virginia. Tyler was the last president to hail from the colonial Virginia plant...
Herbert Hoover has telephone installed in Oval Office
On this day in 1929 President Herbert Hoover has a phone installed at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House. It took a while to get the line to Hoover...
Congress authorizes survey of Cumberland Road
Congress authorizes surveying to begin for the construction of the Cumberland Road which sped the way for thousands of Americans heading west.Four years earlie...
Writer Mary Wollstonecraft marries William Godwin
Social critic Mary Wollstonecraft one of the earliest and most eloquent proponents of womens rights marries William Godwin the most famous radical re...
Tom Jones is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II
Tom Jones can apparently count among his many fans one Elizabeth Windsor of London Englandknown professionally as Elizabeth the Second by the Grace of...
Miramax chiefs part ways with Disney
On this day in 2005 after a yearlong negotiation process the Walt Disney Company ends its productive but sometimes contentious relationship with Harvey and Bo...
Earthquake and volcano do double damage in Mexico
The combination of an earthquake and a volcanic eruption at El Chichon in southern Mexico converts a hill into a crater kills thousands of people and destroys ...
The Mad Bomber strikes in New York
On this day in 1951 a homemade device explodes at Grand Central Station in New York City startling commuters but injuring no one. In the next few months five...
Rosenbergs convicted of espionage
In one of the most sensational trials in American history Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of espionage for their role in passing atomic secrets to the...
White House ousts GM chief
On March 29 2009 Rick Wagoner the chairman and chief executive of troubled auto giant General Motors (GM) resigns at the request of the Obama administration...
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