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Old 03-04-2003, 03:50 AM
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I vote for the 29th, but I have a few reasons.

These all happend on the 29 of March for that year, why not have the island tour as part of this history.

1996 The Cleveland Browns NFL team becomes the Baltimore Ravens.

1985 Hockey great Wayne Gretzky makes his 126th assist, breaking his own NHL season record..

1971 A Los Angeles jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson for the brutal murder of actress Sharon Tate.

1971 Lt. William Calley, Jr. is found guilty of murdering Vietnamese civilians during the My Lai massacre.

1962 Jack Paar leaves The Tonight Show after five years as host.

1961 The 23rd Amendment is ratified, granting residents of Washington, DC, the right to vote in presidential elections.

1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are found guilty of conspiracy to commit espionage, and executed two years later.

1951 The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The King and I, starring Yul Brynner, opens on Broadway.

1951 All About Eve wins an Oscar® for Best Picture.

1943 The rationing of US dairy products such as milk, butter, and cheese begins during WWII.

1932 Comedian Jack Benny makes his radio debut (on Ed Sullivan's NBC talk show).

1921 The Iowa state flag is adopted.

1913 Flooding along the Tennessee River is blamed for 467 deaths.

1867 The Dominion of Canada is created when Britain's Parliament passes the North America Act.

1848 Fur millionaire John Jacob Astor dies.

1792 King Gustavus IV of Sweden is assassinated.

1638 The first Swedish settlers to the New World arrive at Delaware.



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