03-28-2012, 08:05 PM
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March 29th
1867 ~ Queen Victoria gave Royal Assent to the British North America Act which established the Dominion of Canada on July 1.
1899 ~ Birthday of Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader.
1971 ~ Birthday of Robert Gibbs, Press Secretary for President Obama (Jan. 2009- Feb. 2011).
1973 ~ The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
1981 ~ First running of the London Marathon.
1982 ~ Death of Carl Orff, German composer (Carmina Burana).
1982 ~ Queen Elizabeth gave Royal Assent to the Canada Act 1982, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.
1984 ~ The Baltimore Colts of the NFL moved to Indianapolis in the middle of the night.
1985 ~ Death of Jeanine Deckers, better known as Sister Luc Gabriel, "The Singing Nun" due to her 1963 hit song "Dominique".
2004 ~ Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia joined NATO as full members.
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