On This Day in History March 29, 2020

Historical Events 1549  The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded 1901  Edmund Barton is elected Prime Minister in Australia's first parliamentary election 1912  Captain Robert Scott, storm-bound in a tent near South Pole, makes last entry in his diary "the end cannot be far" 1961  After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted of treason in Pretoria 1974  Chinese farmers discover the Terracotta Army near Xi'an, 8,000 clay warrior statues buried to guard the tomb of China's 1st emperor, Qin Shi Huang 1999  The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 - above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever More Historical Events Famous Birthdays Elle MacPherson 56th Birthday John Tyler (1790 - 1862) Lucy Lawless 52nd Birthday Sam Walton (1918 - 1992) More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Gustav III (1746 - 1792) Robert Falcon Scott (1868 - 1912) More Famous Deaths