A view of Savanah, Georgia as it stood the 29th of March, 1734.

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Future First Lady Lou Henry (Herbert Hoover’s wife) riding a burro and holding a rifle

– 1891

Lou was born on March 29, 1874 in Waterloo, Iowa.

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On March 29, 1961, the Twenty-third Amendment to the U.S. Constitution was ratified. It gave residents of the District of Columbia the right to vote in presidential elections.

The first presidential election that residents from the District of Columbia could participate was in 1964.

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“In our political organization no one section of the country should desire to have its supposed interests advanced at the sacrifice of all others, but union, being the great interest, equally precious to all, should be fostered and sustained by mutual concessions and the cultivation of that spirit of compromise from which the Constitution itself proceeded.”

– 10th President of The United States John Tyler from his Third State of The Union Address in 1843

John Tyler was born on March 29, 1790 in Charles City County, Virginia.

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On March 29, 1882, the Knights of Columbus were founded at St. Mary’s Church in New Haven Connecticut.

During WWI the Order offered places in Europe for American soldiers and sailors of all faiths to rest and socialize.

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Pearl Bailey was born March 29, 1918 in Newport News, Virginia. In a 50 year career her vocal talents took her from the Apollo Theater to WW2 USO stages, Broadway musicals, films, a television variety show, and invitations to sing at the White House. She also earned a theology degree from Georgetown University at 67.

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Peter Minuit and members of the first Swedish expedition to North America anchored their ships at Swedes’ Landing (present day Wilmington, Delaware) on March 29, 1638.

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On March 29, 1974 NASA’s Mariner 10 makes its first flyby of the planet Mercury.

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Cy Young was born on March 29, 1867
in Gilmore, Ohio.

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African American Captain Godfrey standing with four relatives of John H. Murphy, Sr. (from left to right: Mr. and Mrs. George B. Murphy, Sr., son and daughter-in-law; Mrs. John Murphy; and Miss Frances Murphy, daughter) at the launching of the Liberty ship bearing his name. Bethlehem-Fairfield Shipyard

March 29, 1944

John H. Murphy, Sr. served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. He started a newspaper in the Baltimore area that still exists today.

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The Mexicans evacuating Vera Cruz, and surrendering their arms to the U.S. Army, under General Winfield Scott while the American flag is being raised over San Juan de Ulúa on March 29, 1847.

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On March 29, 1812: The first wedding at the White House occurred when Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd married Lucy Payne Washington (sister of First Lady Dolley Madison).

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