Today in History for 29th March 2024

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Historical Events

1943 - Meat (784 gram/week, 2 kilogram for GI's), butter and cheese rationed in US during WW II
1961 - After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted of treason in Pretoria
1971 - 1st Lt William L Calley Jr found guilty in My Lai (Vietnam) massacre
1975 - Only 2nd time Islanders beat Rangers
1992 - Ice Pairs Championship in Oakland, California won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS)
1996 - 10th Soul Train Music Awards: Patti Labelle, Boyz II Men win

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Famous Birthdays

1869 - Aleš Hrdlička, Austro-Hungarian anthropologist and curator (US National Museum), born in Humpolec, Austria-Hungary (d. 1943)
1927 - Arthur Ravenel Jr, American businessman and politician (Rep-R-South Carolina), born in Charleston, South Carolina
1927 - John R. Vane, English pharmacologist (Nobel 1982), born in Tardebigg, Worcestershire (d. 2004)
1938 - Bert de Vries, Dutch minister of Social Affairs (CDA), born in Groningen, Netherlands
1946 - Billy Thorpe, British-Australian musician (Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs - "I Told The Brook", "Mashed Potato"; solo - "Children of the Sun"), born in Manchester, England (d. 2007)
1974 - Marc Gené, Spanish auto racer (24 Hours of Le Mans 2009), born in Sabadell, Spain

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Famous Deaths

1058 - Stephen IX [Frederik van Lotharingen], 1st Belgium Pope (1057-58), dies
1578 - Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)
1953 - Arthur Fields [Abraham Finkelstein], American singer-songwriter (Aba Daba Honeymoon), dies in a fire at his nursing home residence at 68
1970 - Lev Kuleshov, Russian filmmaker and film theorist (Po Zakonu, founder of Moscow film school), dies at 71
1980 - Annunzio Mantovani, Italian orchestra leader (Mantovani), dies at 74
2001 - Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899)

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