Today is Tuesday, March 29, the 88th day of 2011. There are 277 days left in the year.
1798 ― Republic of Switzerland forms
1827 ― 20,000 attend Ludwig von Beethoven’s burial in Vienna
1886 ― Chemist John Pemberton begins to advertise for Coca-Cola (with cocaine)
1936 ― Nazi propaganda claims 99 percent of Germans voted for Nazi candidates
1951 ― ``King & I" opens at St. James Theater NYC for 1246 performances
1961 ― After a four-year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
1971 ― Chile President Allende nationalizes banks, copper mines
1973 ― Last U.S. troops leave Vietnam, nine years after Tonkin Gulf Resolution
1985 ― Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist
1994 ― Serbs and Croats signed a ceasefire to end the war in Croatia