It happened on a… March 29

2021

Trial of former police officer Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd begins in Minneapolis.

Megaship Ever Given freed after nearly a week stuck in and blocking the Suez Canal, with at least 369 vessels waiting to pass though.

2019

Singer-songwriter Billie Eilish releases her debut studio album “When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?”.

1989

I. M. Pei’s pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris.

1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL.

1987

WrestleMania III: Pontiac Silverdome, Pontiac, MI (93,173): Hulk Hogan successfully defends WWF Heavyweight title against André the Giant.

1974

Chinese farmers discover the Terracotta Army near Xi’an, 8,000 clay warrior statues buried to guard the tomb of China’s 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang.

1973

The last U.S. troops left South Vietnam.

1971

A jury in Los Angeles recommended the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers for the 1969 Tate-La Bianca murders. The death sentences were later commuted to live in prison.

1966

Dow Brewery destroys 4,546,000 litres of beer after 16 people die in Quebec City area; 1 million gallons go down the drain.

1922

Fire destroys basilica of Ste-Anne de Beaupré; shrine originally built in 1658 by sailors who escaped a shipwreck.

1867

The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.

1848

Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam

1827

20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna.

1795

Ludwig van Beethoven (24) has his debut performance as a pianist in Vienna.