Sunday, March 29, 2020

Today in History: March 29
1847: US forces take Veracruz in the Mexican–American War
 

 1847: The bombardment of Veracruz by American troops during the Mexican-American War. Original Artist: By Carl Nebel. (Photo by MPI/Getty Images)
During the Mexican-American War, U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott invaded Mexico three miles south of Veracruz with few casualties. The Americans took over the fortified city and its massive fortress, San Juan de Ulua.


1865: Appomattox campaign begins
The final campaign of the Civil War began in Virginia when Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant moved against the Confederate trenches around Petersburg. General Robert E. Lee’s outnumbered Rebels were soon forced to evacuate the city.

1929: Telephone installed in Oval Office
President Herbert Hoover had a phone installed at his desk in the Oval Office of the White House.
Slide 9 of 15: US Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC which is the seat of the US Senate
US Capitol building on Capitol Hill in Washington DC which is the seat of the 1961: US ratifies the 23rd amendment
The 23rd Amendment to the United States Constitution was ratified, thereby providing rights to the residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections.

Slide 12 of 15: Launched on 3rd November 1973, Mariner 10 flew past Venus in February 1974 on its way to Mercury. It returned some 3500 pictures of Venus taken by its twin TV cameras, clearly visible in the picture. It flew past Mercury at a height of only 271 kilometres on 29th March 1974 sending over 2000 pictures back to Earth. These revealed a heavily cratered lunar-like surface. Mariner 10 flew past Mercury again in September 1974 and March 1975.  (SSPL/Getty Images)
1974: First spacecraft reaches Mercury

Mariner 10, an unmanned U.S. space probe, was the first spacecraft to reach Mercury. Launched on Nov. 3, 1973, Mariner 10 flew by Mercury thrice between 1974 and 1975, taking detailed images of the planet.

Slide 13 of 15: Ismail Haniya, the Head of the Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, delivers a speech in Gaza City on April 30, 2018. (Photo by
2006: Hamas formally takes over the Palestinian government

A new government dominated by Islamist faction Hamas was sworn in by Palestinian Authority president Mahmud Abbas, the day after lawmakers overwhelmingly backed the new cabinet. 
Slide 14 of 15: DETROIT, MI-  DECEMBER 19:  Rick Wagoner, Chairman and CEO of General Motors Corporation, holds a press conference to respond to President Bush's $17 bilion emergency loan to the Big Three auto companies December 19, 2008 in Detroit, Michgan. Wagoner said, "We appreciate the President extending a financial bridge at this most critical time for the U.S. auto industry and our nation's economy." (Photo by
FREE MARKET ECONOMY EXCEPT WHEN STATE CAPITALISM IS NEEDED
2009: White House ousts GM chief

Rick Wagoner, the chairman and chief executive of troubled auto giant General Motors (GM), resigned at the request of the Obama administration. 
Slide 15 of 15: Britain's Prime Minister Theresa May, sitting below a painting of Britain's first Prime Minister Robert Walpole, signs the official letter to European Council President Donald Tusk, in 10 Downing Street, London, Tuesday March 28, 2017, invoking Article 50 of the bloc's key treaty, the formal start of exit negotiations. Britons voted in June to leave the bloc after four decades of membership. (
THE BEGINNING OF THE END OF MS MAY
2017: UK begins the formal process of Brexit
British Prime Minister, Theresa May, signed the official letter to European Council President, Donald Tusk, invoking Article 50 and the United Kingdom's intention to leave the European Union.




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