A bit of March 29th history…
845 - Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving (pictured)
1461 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton - Duke Edward of York defeats the Lancastrian army, deposes King Henry VI and Queen Margaret of Anjou and proclaims himself King Edward IV
1795 - Ludwig van Beethoven, 24, has his debut performance as a pianist in Vienna
1806 - Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the 1st US federal highway
1912 - Captain Robert Scott, storm bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary “the end cannot be far”
1951 - American citizens Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted and sentenced to death for conspiracy to commit espionage for the Soviet Union
1974 - Chinese farmers discover the Terra Cotta Army, 8,000 clay warrior statues buried to guard the tomb of China’s 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang
2017 - Man’s body found inside a 7 meter long reticulated python in Indonesia
A bit of March 29th history… 845 - Paris is sacked by Viking...
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