March 29 is the 88th day of the year
- 277 days remaining in the year.
2004 Alistair Cooke, radio commentator/author dies aged 95
1992
Earl Spencer, father of Princess Diana, dies at 68
1986
Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
1974 Mariner
10's 1st fly-by of Mercury returns photos
1973 The
last U.S. troops leave South
Vietnam
1945 World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
1943 Eric Idle born , comedian and actor, Monty Python
1943 John
Major, British
Prime Minister, 1990-97
1912
Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound near South Pole,
makes last entry in his diary
1886 Dr. John
Pemberton brews first batch of Coca-Cola in
backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
1871
Albert Hall opened by Queen Victoria in London
1867 Parliament
passes the British North America Act or
the Canadian
Constitution
1848
Niagara Falls stopped flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
1827 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens funeral in Vienna
1788
Charles Wesley, Methodist and hymn writer, dies aged 80
1746 Carlo Buonaparte born,
father of Napoleon Bonaparte (
d. 1785)
1745
Robert Walpole, 1st British prime minister(1722-42), dies
aged 68
1461 Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret
to become King Edward
IV of England.