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Today in History: March 29

845 Paris is sacked by Viking raiders, probably under Ragnar Lodbrok, who collects a huge ransom in exchange for leaving

1461 The armies of two kings, Henry VI and Edward IV, collide at Towton.

1638 A permanent European colony is established in present-day Delaware.

1867 The United States purchases Alaska from Russia for $7.2 million dollars.

1886 Coca-Cola goes on sale for the first time at a drugstore in Atlanta. Its inventor, Dr. John Pemberton, claims it can cure anything from hysteria to the common cold.

1961 The 23rd amendment, allowing residents of Washington, D.C. to vote for president, is ratified.

1962 Cuba opens the trial of the Bay of Pigs invaders.

1967 France launches its first nuclear submarine.

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

1976 Eight Ohio National Guardsmen are indicted for shooting four Kent State students during an anti-war protest on May 4, 1970.

1986 A court in Rome acquits six men in a plot to kill the Pope.

2020 Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari orders a lockdown in the cities of Lagos and Abuja after the country records 97 COVID-19 cases and one death

2022 US F.D.A. authorizes a second Pfizer or Moderna booster shot for people over 50 or immunocompromised

2022 US President Joe Biden signs the Emmett Till Anti-Lynching Act into law, making lynching a federal hate crime after over 200 attempts to pass similar legislation since 1900

Born on March 29

1819 Edwin Drake, drilled the first productive oil well.

1835 Elihu Thomson, the English-born American inventor of electric welding and arc lighting.

1867 Cy Young, major league baseball pitcher with the most wins (509 or 511 total).


JOTD
Three vampire brothers decide to hold a competition to see which one of them is the most powerful

The first brother is the strongest.
"Watch this," he says, and takes off at nearly 100 miles per hour. Two minutes later, he returns, his mouth covered in blood.
"What happened?!" his brothers exclaimed.
"You see that mansion over there?"
"Yeah?"
"Well, I went over there and sucked each and every last family member dry. They are all dead."
"Wow!" his brothers say. "As expected, for you are the strongest."
The second brother to go is the oldest.
"Watch and learn, boys," he says, and takes off even quicker, at 150 miles per hour.
Five minutes later, he returns, both his mouth and his neck covered in blood.
"What happened?!" His brothers exclaimed.
"You see that village over there?"
"Yeah?" They said.
"Well I went over there and killed every last person in the entire village. There is not one left alive."
"Wow!" his brothers say in awe. "As expected, for you are the oldest and have the most experience."
The third brother is the fastest. Not to be outdone, he says "Watch this, and don't blink or you might miss it."
He flies off, faster than the rest of them, going at least 200mph.
In only ten seconds, he returns. His entire mouth, nose, and neck are covered in so much blood, it stains the front of his shirt.
"What happened?!" his brothers exclaimed.
"You see that giant tree over there?"
"...Yeah?"
"Well I sure frickin' didn't."