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Saturday, March 29, 2008

March 29

On This Day In History

1867: Dominion of Canada created

On this day in 1867, with the British North America Act, the British colonies of Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Canada were united as the Dominion of Canada, and the province of Canada was separated into Quebec and Ontario.

The arms of Canada, derived from the royal arms of the United Kingdom

Biography Of The Day

Sam Walton

Retail magnate Sam Walton, born this day in 1918, became one of the wealthiest individuals in American history, founding Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., and developing it into the largest retail sales chain in the United States.

Sam Walton, 1988

More Events On This Day In History

1973

American troops evacuated Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) as the United States ended its involvement in the Vietnam War.

1951

Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were found guilty of espionage and sentenced to death for turning over U.S. military secrets to the Soviet Union.

1943

British Conservative politician John Major, who served as prime minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997, was born.

1917

1917

Man o' War, perhaps the most famous American Thoroughbred in 20th-century horse racing, was foaled.

1807

German astronomer Wilhelm Olbers discovered the minor planet Vesta, the brightest asteroid in the sky.

1790

John Tyler, the 10th president of the United States (1841–45), was born.

1461

Edward IV defeated Henry VI for the throne of England in the bloodiest battle of the York-Lancaster conflict known as the Wars of the Roses.

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