WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. MARCH
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Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia. (29. March 1886)

The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm. (29. March 1911)

Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler. (29. March 1930)

In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters. (29. March 1936)

The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time. (29. March 1941)

World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan. (29. March 1941)

The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. (29. March 1942)

World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England. (29. March 1945)

World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army. (29. March 1945)

Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded. (29. March 1946)

Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule in Madagascar. (29. March 1947)

Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. (29. March 1951)

The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. (29. March 1957)

The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections. (29. March 1961)

Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11 and a half-day constitutional crisis. (29. March 1962)

My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. (29. March 1971)

A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers. (29. March 1971)

Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. (29. March 1973)

Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends. (29. March 1973)

NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. (29. March 1974)