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March 29

►2017-03-29: President Trump, after signing the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act the day before, observes the first annual National Vietnam War Veterans Day
►2012-03-29: President Obama proclaims March 29, 2012 as Vietnam Veterans Day
►1973-03-29: President Nixon; The last American combat troops leave Vietnam as per the Paris Peace Accords
►1962-03-29: President Kennedy; JCS finalizes instructions to MACV concerning “maximum discretion” and “minimum publicity” for US air operations in South Vietnam

National Vietnam War Veterans Day is a US holiday observed annually on March 29. It recognizes veterans who served in the US military during the Vietnam War.

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April 1, 1993: The “Polish Prince” killed in plane crash

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April 7, 1948: The World Health Organization is established.

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April 10, 1866: The ASPCA is founded in New York.

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April 11, 1965: The Palm Sunday tornado outbreak kills 271 and injures at least 1500.

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April 12, give it up: David Letterman - Wikipedia

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April 12, 1945: President Franklin Roosevelt dies.

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April 15, 1912: The RMS Titanic strikes an iceberg and sinks in under two hours, killing over 1500.

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April 16, 1947: The Texas City Disaster kills over 500 and injures another 2500. It is the largest non-nuclear explosion in United States history.

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April 18, 1906: Most of San Francisco is destroyed by an earthquake. Nearly 3000 people die.

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April 20, 1912: Bram Stoker dies.

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April 21, 1910: Mark Twain dies.

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April 23, 1850: William Wordsworth passes away at age 80.

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June 24, 1374: A sudden outbreak of St. John’s Dance causes people in the streets of Aachen, Germany to experience hallucinations and begin to jump and twitch uncontrollably until they collapse from exhaustion.

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June 24, 1947: Pilot Kenneth Arnold spots 9 UFO discs over the state of Washington. From this report first comes the term “flying saucer.”

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June 25, 1947: The Diary of Anne Frank is first published, two years after the death of its author.

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June 27, 1898 - The first solo circumnavigation of the globe is completed by Joshua Slocum from Briar Island, Nova Scotia.

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1990: on 26 July 1990 the Americans with Disabilities Act was signed into law by President George H.W. Bush.

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July 31, 1806: George H. Thomas, an Army officer and a Virginian who remained loyal to the United States at the outbreak of the Civil War and went on to become one of its greatest generals, was born: George Henry Thomas - Wikipedia

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July 31, 1703: Daniel Defoe is placed in a pillory for the crime of seditious libel after publishing a politically satirical pamphlet, but is pelted with flowers.