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On this day — March 29

A hand-curated thread of what happened on this date, across centuries.

2021

Milestone

The ship Ever Given is dislodged from the Suez Canal.

2017

Politics

Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union

formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

2015

Milestone

Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport

after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.

2014

Milestone

The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

2013

Milestone

At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam

Tanzania.

2010

Milestone

Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour

killing 40.

2004

Broadcasting

Bulgaria, Estonia

Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.

2004

Milestone

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building

based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004.

2002

Politics

In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior

Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War.

2001

Milestone

A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado

All 18 people on board are killed.

1999

Milestone

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time

during the height of the dot-com bubble.

1999

Disaster

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh

killing 103.

1990

Politics

The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War.

1984

Milestone

The Baltimore Colts load their possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer their operations to Indianapolis.

1982

Milestone

The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II

setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.