Today is Saturday, March 29, the 89th day of 2008. There are 277 days left in the year.
1798 _ Republic of Switzerland forms
1827 _ 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethoven's burial in Vienna
1936 _ Nazi propaganda claims 99 percent of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1949 _ Turkey recognizes Israel
1959 _ ``Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres
1961 _ After a four-year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1971 _ Chile President Allende nationalizes banks, copper mines
1989 _ 61st Academy Awards: ``Rainman," Dustin Hoffman & Jodie Foster win
1973 _ Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam, nine years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1994 _ Serbs and Croats signed a ceasefire to end the war in Croatia