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
- 1632 –Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- 1792 –King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm’s Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.
- 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.
- 1879 –Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.
- 1911 –The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
- 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.
- 1941 –The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
- 1946 –Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico’s leading universities, is founded.
- 1951 –Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
- 1971 –A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
- 1971 –My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
- 1973 –Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
- 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 –A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
- 2004 –The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
- 2008 –Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
- 2010 –Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
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