597 BC– Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king. 1527– Battle of Khanua: Mughal Emperor Babur defeats Rajput forces led by Rana Sanga consolidating Mughal power. 1660– English Long Parliament disbands. 1850 – American author Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter was published. 1867 – First publication of an article by Joseph Lister outlining the discovery of antisepticsurgery, in “The Lancet”. 1935– Adolf Hitler orders German rearmament in violation of The Treaty of Versailles. 1968 – During the Vietnam War, U.S. soldiers dispatched on a search-and-destroy mission killed as many as 500 unarmed villagers in the hamlet of My Lai, considered a stronghold of the Viet Cong. 1995 – Mississippi ratified the Thirteenth Amendment—which abolished slavery—130 years after it was added to the U.S. Constitution; however, Mississippi’s ratification was not made official until 2013, when the state notified the U.S. Archivist. 2014 – In a popular referendum, Crimea voted to secede from Ukraine and join the Russian Federation; despite opposition from numerous countries, Russia later annexed the region.
Births & Deaths: 1792 - King Gustav III of Sweden is shot by Count Jacob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball at the Opera; he dies on March 29. 1926 – American comedian Jerry Lewis, whose unrestrained comic style made him one of the most popular performers of the 1950s and ’60s, was born.
Film: 1934– 6th Academy Awards: “Cavalcade”, Charles Laughton and Katharine Hepburn win, host Will Rogers announces “Come and Get it Frank” and wrong Frank gets up
Music: 1894– Jules Massenet’s opera “Thaïs” premieres in Paris, includes piece “Méditation” for violin and orchestra
Sport: 1872 - 1st English FA Cup Final, Kennington Oval, London: Wanderers defeat Royal Engineers, 1-0; Morton Betts scores winner
