Welcome to Today In History for Sunday, March 29, 2026.

On this day in history...

• 0502 - Bourgundy King Gundobar delegates royal power
• 1461 - Battle near Towton Field, 33,000 die (War of the Roses)
• 1638 - 1st permanent white settlement in Delaware (Swedish Lutherans)
• 1673 - Eng king Charles II accept Test Act: RC excluded of public functions
• 1795 - Beethoven (24) debuts as pianist in Vienna
• 1798 - Republic of Switzerland forms
• 1804 - Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti
• 1814 - Battle at Horseshoe Bend Ala: Andrew Jackson beats Creek-indians
• 1827 - 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethovens burial in Vienna
• 1847 - 12,000 US troops capture Vera Cruz, Mexico [or 0327?]
• 1848 - Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
• 1849 - Britain formally annexs Punjab after defeat of Sikhs in India
• 1850 - Ireland's SS Royal Adelaide sinks in storm; 200 die
• 1852 - Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day
• 1860 - Dion Boucicault's "Colleen Bawn," premieres in NYC
• 1864 - Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece
• 1864 - Union General Steeles troops reach Arkadelphia Arkansas
• 1865 - -Apr 9th], Appomattox campaign, VA , 7582 killed
• 1865 - Battle of Quaker Road, VA
• 1867 - British North America Act (Canadian constitution) passes
• 1867 - Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
• 1871 - Albert Hall opens by Queen Victoria in London
• 1879 - Tsjaikovski's opera "Jevgeni Onegin," premieres in Moscow
• 1882 - Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men
• 1886 - Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Coke
• 1897 - Japan adopts Gold Standard
• 1906 - Stanley Cup: Montreal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in 2 games
• 1912 - Capt Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far"
• 1919 - Stanley Cup: Mont (NHL) & Seat (PCHA) win 2 games each with 1 tie, 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic
• 1924 - Bayern & Vatican reach accord
• 1927 - Henry O D Seagrave races his Sunbeam to a record 203.79 mph at Daytona
• 1928 - Yeshiva College (now University) chartered (NYC)
• 1929 - Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep NY Rangers in 2 games
• 1932 - Jack Benny debuts on radio
• 1934 - Bank of Travail in Belgium, socialist worker's movement bankrupt
• 1935 - French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage
• 1936 - 10,000 watch the 200" mirror blank passing through Indianapolis
• 1936 - Nazi propaganda claims 99% of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
• 1940 - Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title
• 1941 - 1st performance of Benjamin Britten's "Symphony da Requiem"
• 1941 - 3rd NCAA Men's Basketball Champion: Wisconsin beats Wash State 39-34
• 1941 - WPAT radio in NJ begins broadcasting (country music format)
• 1942 - British cruiser Trinidad torpedoes itself in the Barents Sea
• 1942 - British destroyer Campbeltown explodes in St-Nazaire: 400 Germans die
• 1942 - German submarine U-585 sinks
• 1943 - Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
• 1943 - Meat rationed in US (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's
• 1946 - 1st Test Cricket between Australia & NZ
• 1946 - Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller & Tallon
• 1947 - "Beggar's Holiday" closes at Broadway Theater NYC after 111 perfs
• 1948 - Drachtster Boys soccer team forms in Drachten
• 1948 - Yanks & Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17, spring training game
• 1949 - Turkey recognizes Israel
• 1951 - "King & I" opens at St James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
• 1951 - 23rd Academy Awards - "All About Eve," Judy Holliday & J Ferrer win
• 1951 - Julius & Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of spying
• 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open
• 1958 - US Ladies Figure Skating championship won by Carol Heiss
• 1958 - US Mens Figure Skating championship won by David Jenkins
• 1959 - "Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
• 1959 - Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore
• 1960 - Darius Milhaud's 9th Symphony, premieres
• 1961 - 23rd Amendment ratified, allows Wash DC residents to vote for pres
• 1961 - After a 4« year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
• 1961 - KCPT TV channel 19 in Kansas City, MO (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1962 - Argentine Pres Frondizi flees from the army
• 1962 - Jack Paar's final appearance on the "Tonight Show"
• 1963 - Final episode of soap opera "Young Doctor Malone"
• 1966 - "It's a Bird... It's Superman" opens at Alvin NYC for 129 perfs
• 1966 - Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
• 1967 - WCMU TV channel 14 in Mt. Pleasant, MI (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1968 - Students seize building at Bowie State College
• 1969 - Communist New People's Army found in Philippines
• 1970 - "Look to the Lilies" opens at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC for 25 perfs
• 1970 - Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II
• 1971 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
• 1971 - Chile president Allende nationalizes banks/copper mines
• 1971 - Conrad Van Emde Boas becomes West Europe's 1st sexology professor
• 1971 - Development of a serum hepatitis vaccine for children announced
• 1971 - Royal Albert Hall opens
• 1971 - WSVN (now WSBN) TV channel 47 in Norton, VA (PBS) begins broadcasting
• 1973 - Dave Cowens, wins NBA MVP
• 1973 - US troops leave Vietnam, 9 yrs after Tonkin Resolution
• 1974 - Mariner 10's, 1st fly-by of Mercury, returns photos
• 1975 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open
• 1975 - Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
• 1976 - 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68
• 1976 - 8 Ohio National Guardsmen indicted for shooting 4 Kent State students
• 1979 - Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball v Pakistan at WACA
• 1979 - Caryl Churchill's "Cloud Nine," premieres in London
• 1979 - Delhi beat Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy
• 1979 - Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad
• 1981 - "Woman of the Year" opens at Palace Theater NYC for 770 performances
• 1981 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open
• 1981 - Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110m
• 1981 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1982 - 2nd Golden Raspberry Awards: Mommie Dearest wins
• 1982 - 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: NC beats Georgetown 63-62
• 1982 - 54th Academy Awards - "Chariots of Fire," Henry Fonda & K Hepburn win
• 1982 - Delhi 707 beat Karnataka 705 on 1st innings to win Ranji Trophy
• 1984 - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis
• 1984 - USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
• 1985 - Christos Sartzetakis elected president of Greece
• 1985 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
• 1986 - Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
• 1987 - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Champion: Tennessee routs Louisiana 67-44
• 1987 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic
• 1987 - Wrestlemania III-93,173 watch Hulk Hogan beat Andre the Giant
• 1987 - Yitzhak Shamir re-elected chairman of right wing Herut Party
• 1988 - "Oba Oba" opens at Ambassador Theater NYC for 46 performances
• 1988 - US Congress discontinues aid to Nicaraguan contras
• 1989 - 1st Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL
• 1989 - 1st US private commercial rocket makes suborbital test flight (NM)
• 1989 - 61st Academy Awards - "Rainman," Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win
• 1989 - 9th Golden Raspberry Awards: Cocktail wins
• 1989 - I M Pei's pyramidal entrance to the Louvre opens in Paris
• 1989 - Michael Milken, junk bond king, indicted in NY for racketeering
• 1992 - "Conversations with My Father" opens at Royale NYC for 462 perfs
• 1992 - 12th Golden Raspberry Awards: Hudson Hawk wins
• 1992 - 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie
• 1992 - Herb Gardner's "Conversations With My Father," premieres in NYC
• 1992 - Ice Dance Championship at Oakland won by Klimova & Ponomarenko (CIS)
• 1992 - Ice Pairs Championship at Oakland won by Mishuktienok & Dmitriev (CIS)
• 1992 - Ladies Fig Skating Championship in Oak won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA)
• 1992 - Men's Fig Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS)
• 1992 - NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, KC
• 1993 - 65th Academy Awards - "Unforgiven," Al Pacino & Emma Thompson win
• 1993 - Queensland all out for 75 v NSW in Sheffield Shield Final
• 1994 - Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys
• 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border
• 1994 - Serbs & Croats signed a cease-fire to end the war in Croatia
• 1995 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Chicago IL on WCKG 105.9 FM
• 1996 - 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men
• 1996 - Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens
• 1996 - NY Yankees beats NY Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game
• 1997 - 1st game at Turner Field Atlanta, Braves beats Yanks 2-0 (exhibition)
• 1997 - Actor Harry Hamlin weds actress Lisa Rinna
• 1997 - PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith
• 1998 - 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: at Kemper Arena KC
• 1998 - 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship
• 1999 - 61st NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: at ThunderDome St Petersburg