Today is Friday, March 29, the 88th day of 2019. There are 277 days left in the year.
Today’s highlight: On March 29, 1951, Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted in New York of conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union. (They were executed in June 1953.)
On this date:
In 1638, Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware.
In 1867, Britain’s Parliament passed, and Queen Victoria signed, the British North America Act creating the Dominion of Canada, which came into being the following July.
In 1912, British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, his doomed expedition stranded in an Antarctic blizzard after failing to be the first to reach the South Pole, wrote the last words of his journal: “For Gods sake look after our people.”
In 1951, The Rodgers and Hammerstein musical “The King and I” opened on Broadway.
In 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America’s direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.
Today’s Birthdays: Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major is 76. Comedian Eric Idle is 76. Composer Vangelis is 76. Basketball Hall of Famer Walt Frazier is 74. Actor Bud Cort is 71. Actor Brendan Gleeson is 64. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Earl Campbell is 64. Actress Marina Sirtis is 64. International Gymnastics Hall of Famer Kurt Thomas is 63. Actor Christopher Lambert is 62. . Comedian-actress Amy Sedaris is 58.
Thought for Today: “If men could foresee the future, they would still behave as they do now.”
— Russian proverb.
— Associated Press
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