March 29: Boganda Day in the Central African Republic; Martyrs' Day in Madagascar (1947)
Flag of the New People's Army
- 845 – Viking raiders possibly led by the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok captured Paris and held the city for a huge ransom.
- 1882 – The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
- 1942 – Second World War: The British Royal Air Force completed a bombing raid of Lübeck, the first major success for RAF Bomber Command against a German city.
- 1969 – The New People's Army (original flag pictured), the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was formed.
- 1975 – Jeff Beck released Blow by Blow, his most successful album in the U.S., reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.
- 1999 – The strongest earthquake to hit the foothills of the Himalayas in more than ninety years killed 103 people.
Cornelio Saavedra (d. 1829) · Emilia Baeyertz (b. 1842) · Sam Loxton (b. 1921)
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