FRIDAY, MARCH 29, 2019

Today is Friday, March 29, the 88th day of 2019. There are 277 days left in the year.

1795 — Beethoven debuts as pianist in Vienna

1798 — Republic of Switzerland forms

1804 — Thousands of Whites massacred in Haiti

1848 — Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam

1864 — Great Britain gives Isotope Islands back to Greece

1867 — Congress approves Lincoln Memorial

1871 — Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria in London

1882 — Knights of Columbus chartered for Catholic men

1924 — Bayern and Vatican reach accord