Updated March 28, 2012, 2:28 pm
On March 29, 1973, the last United States troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
On March 29, 1867, Cy Young, American professional baseball player, was born. Following his death on Nov. 4, 1955, his obituary appeared in The Times.
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On This Date
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1790 John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States, was born in Charles City County, Va. 1867 Baseball Hall of Famer Cy Young was born in Gilmore, Ohio. 1882 The Knights of Columbus was chartered in Connecticut. 1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage for passing nuclear secrets to the Soviet Union. 1962 Jack Paar hosted NBC’s “Tonight Show” for the final time. 1971 Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering at least 22 Vietnamese civilians in the My Lai massacre. (He spent three years under house arrest.) 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 sentences were later commuted.) 1992 Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton acknowledged experimenting with marijuana “a time or two” while attending Oxford University, adding, “I didn’t inhale and I didn’t try it again.” 1999 Wayne Gretzky of the New York Rangers scored the last of his National Hockey League record 894 goals in a home game against the New York Islanders. 1999 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 10,000 for the first time. 2002 Israel declared Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat an enemy and sent tanks and armored personnel carriers to fully isolate him in his headquarters in the West Bank town of Ramallah. 2006 Hamas formally took over the Palestinian government. Current Birthdays
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Director Michel Hazanavicius (“The Artist”) turns 45 years old today.
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Rock singer Perry Farrell (Jane’s Addiction) turns 53 years old today.
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1927 John McLaughlin, TV host (“The McLaughlin Group”), turns 85 1936 Judith Guest, Author, turns 76 1943 Eric Idle, Comedian (“Monty Python”), turns 69 1943 John Major, Former British prime minister, turns 69 1943 Vangelis, Composer (“Chariots of Fire”), turns 69 1945 Walt Frazier, Basketball Hall of Famer, turns 67 1955 Earl Campbell, Football Hall of Famer, turns 57 1961 Amy Sedaris, Comedian, actress (“Strangers With Candy”), turns 51 1963 Elle Macpherson, Model, turns 49 1967 John Popper, Rock musician (Blues Traveler), turns 45 1968 Lucy Lawless, Actress (“Xena: Warrior Princess”), turns 44 1971 Robert Gibbs, Former White House press secretary, turns 41 1976 Jennifer Capriati, Tennis player, turns 36
Historic Birthdays
Cy Young 3/29/1867 – 11/4/1955 American professional baseball player. Go to obituary »
74 Santorio Santorio 3/29/1561 – 2/22/1636
Italian physician; introduced use of precision instruments in medicine71 John Tyler 3/29/1790 – 1/18/1862
10th president of the United States80 Isaac Mayer Wise 3/29/1819 – 3/26/1900
Bohemian-born American rabbi; organized Reform Jewish institutions in U.S.83 Elihu Thomson 3/29/1853 – 3/13/1937
American engineer and inventor; founder of U.S. electrical industry78 Howard Lindsay 3/29/1889 – 2/11/1968
American playwright, producer and partner of Russel Crouse83 Jozsef Mindszenty 3/29/1892 – 5/6/1975
Hungarian Roman Catholic priest; opposed totalitarianism54 Lavrenty Beria 3/29/1899 – 12/23/1953
Russian director of the Soviet secret police80 Sir William Walton 3/29/1902 – 3/8/1983
English composer70 E. Power Biggs 3/29/1906 – 3/10/1977
English-born American organist72 Pearl Bailey 3/29/1918 – 8/17/1990
American singer and entertainer74 Samuel Moore Walton 3/29/1918 – 4/5/1992
American retail magnate; founded Wal-Mart Stores, Inc.
