About March 29

March 29, 2025 is the 88th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 277 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.

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Aries is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 325 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

What Happened On March 29

  • 1461 –
    Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
  • 1632 –
    Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
  • 1638 –
    Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
  • 1831 –
    Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey.
  • 1847 –
    Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
  • 1849 –
    The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab.
  • 1865 –
    American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins.
  • 1867 –
    Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
  • 1871 –
    The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
  • 1879 –
    Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
  • 1886 –
    Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
  • 1936 –
    In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany’s illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters.
  • 1942 –
    The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city.
  • 1951 –
    Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
  • 1961 –
    The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.
  • 1971 –
    A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
  • 1973 –
    Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
  • 1974 –
    NASA’s Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.
  • 1982 –
    The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
  • 1999 –
    A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.

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