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Posted: Mar. 29 2005,4:33 pm

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Since the Gov'm't PC is still down, here today's factoids:

On March 29
1638 First permanent European settlement was established in Delaware.
1848 Niagra Falls stopped flowing for one day due to an ice jam.
1867 The British Parliament passed the North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.
1903 A regular news service began between New York and London on Marconi's wireless.
1932 Jack Benny made his radio debut.
1941 The British sink five Italian warships off the Peloponnesus coast in the Mediterranean.
1951 Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. They were executed in June 19, 1953.
1961 The 23rd amendment, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote for president, was ratified.
1979 The Committee on Assassinations Report issued by U.S. House of Representatives stated the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was the result of a conspiracy.
1992 Bill Clinton said "I didn't inhale" in reference to when he had used marijuana.
1993 The South Korean government agreed to pay financial support to women who had been forced to have sex with Japanese troops during World War II.
1999 The Dow Jones industrial average closed above the 10,000 mark for the first time in history.
2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia became members of NATO

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