| 1827 |
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Composer Ludwig van Beethoven is buried in Vienna amidst a crowd of over 10,000 mourners.
| 1886 |
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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.
| 1951 |
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Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical The King and I opens on Broadway starring Gertrude Lawrence and Yul Brynner.
Born on March 29
| 1918 |
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Pearl Bailey, singer and actress. |
| 1936 |
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Judith Guest, novelist (Ordinary People). |
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