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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/March_29" title="March 29">March 29</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barth%C3%A9lemy_Boganda" title="Barthélemy Boganda">Boganda Day</a></b> in the Central African Republic (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1959" title="1959">1959</a>); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_Uprising" title="Malagasy Uprising">Martyrs' Day</a></b> in Madagascar (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1947" title="1947">1947</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1461" title="1461">1461</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wars_of_the_Roses" title="Wars of the Roses">Wars of the Roses</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_York" title="House of York">Yorkists</a> defeated the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lancaster" title="House of Lancaster">Lancastrian army</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Towton" title="Battle of Towton">Battle of Towton</a></b>, allowing <a class="mw-redirect" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_IV_of_England" title="Edward IV of England">Edward IV</a> to secure the English throne.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1882" title="1882">1882</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus" title="Knights of Columbus">Knights of Columbus</a></b>, the world's largest Catholic fraternal <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_club" title="Service club">service organization</a>, was founded by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_J._McGivney" title="Michael J. McGivney">Michael J. McGivney</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Haven,_Connecticut" title="New Haven, Connecticut">New Haven, Connecticut</a>, U.S.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974" title="1974">1974</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA" title="NASA">NASA</a>'s became the first <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uncrewed_spacecraft" title="Uncrewed spacecraft">space probe</a> to make a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Planetary_flyby" title="Planetary flyby">flyby</a> of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mercury_(planet)" title="Mercury (planet)">Mercury</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Chamoli_earthquake" title="1999 Chamoli earthquake">Chamoli earthquake</a></b>, one of the strongest to hit the foothills of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Himalayas" title="Himalayas">Himalayas</a> in more than 90 years, killed at least 100 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2014" title="2014">2014</a> – The first <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom">same-sex marriages in England and Wales</a></b> took place following the passage of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marriage_(Same_Sex_Couples)_Act_2013" title="Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013">Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Coram" title="Thomas Coram">Thomas Coram</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1751); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emilia_Baeyertz" title="Emilia Baeyertz">Emilia Baeyertz</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1842); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sam_Loxton" title="Sam Loxton">Sam Loxton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1921); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruth_A._M._Schmidt" title="Ruth A. M. Schmidt">Ruth A. M. Schmidt</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2014)</p>
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