On March 29
No pivotal events are recorded on exactly March 29. The closest is Magnitude-7.7 Myanmar earthquake on March 28, 2025 (1 day earlier).
This week in history (Mar 26 to Apr 1)
In July 1853 a United States naval squadron under Commodore Matthew C. Perry steamed into Edo (Tokyo) Bay, its 'black ships' a deliberate display of steam-powered force intended to end Japan's two centuries of self-imposed seclusion under…
The Bangladesh Liberation War arose from Bengali demands for self-determination in East Pakistan after the Pakistani military, under Yahya Khan, refused to honour the 1970 election won by the Awami League and launched Operation Searchlight…
On 26 March 2015 a Saudi-led coalition launched airstrikes against Houthi rebels in Yemen, intervening on behalf of the internationally recognised government of President Abdrabbuh Mansur Hadi.
On 28 March 2025, a magnitude-7.7 earthquake struck central Myanmar near the city of Mandalay along the Sagaing Fault, killing thousands of people and becoming the country's most catastrophic seismic event since 1912.