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March 29 is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 277 days remain until the end of the year. Events [ edit ] Pre-1600 [ edit ]
History. March 29 was chosen as National Vietnam War Veterans Day because on March 29, 1973, Military Assistance Command, Vietnam (MACV) was disbanded and the last U.S. combat troops departed the Republic of Vietnam. The last unit was elements of MACV's Infantry Security Force (Special Guard), actually special couriers. [citation needed]
Time: 04:42 UTC Date: May 7. 1799 - New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state. 1806 - Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. 1847 - Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take ...
The Battle of Lewis's Farm (also known as Quaker Road, Military Road, or Gravelly Run) was fought on March 29, 1865, in Dinwiddie County, Virginia near the end of the American Civil War. In climactic battles at the end of the Richmond–Petersburg Campaign, usually referred to as the Siege of Petersburg, [notes 2] starting with Lewis's Farm ...
World Hearing Day. National Anthem Day. Missouri Compromise. National Mulled Wine Day. March 4. National Grammar Day. National Hug a G.I. Day. World Obesity Day. National Pound Cake Day.
January–March. March 4: Warren G. Harding becomes the 29th U.S. president. Calvin Coolidge becomes the 29th U.S. vice president. Unknown Soldier from World War I being taken from the USS Olympia (C-6) at the Washington Navy Yard and transported to the US Capitol to lay in state.
March 4 – At Federal Hall in New York City, the 1st United States Congress meets and declares the new United States Constitution to be in effect. March 29 – Thomas Collins, President of Delaware, dies in office. April–June April 30: George Washington becomes the first U.S. president John Adams becomes the first U.S. vice president
Saturday, March 2, 1929. Coal miners in New South Wales, Australia were locked out by their employers for refusing to accept a wage cut. [2] A regiment of the Chinese National Revolutionary Army loyal to warlord Zhang Zongchang began a revolt in western Beijing, throwing the city into chaos. Though the uprising was quickly crushed by loyalist ...