Today in History - History - March 29th

1959"Some Like It Hot", starring Marilyn Monroe, Tony Curtis, and Jack Lemmon, is released

1994Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys

1966Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 for heavyweight boxing title

1673English King Charles II accepts Test Act: Roman Catholics excluded from public functions

1985Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist

1961After a 4½ year trial Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge

1993Actress Elizabeth Taylor presented the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award for work for AIDs causes at 65th Academy Awards

1987Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic

1959"Some Like it Hot" with Marilyn Monroe & Jack Lemmon premieres

1940Joe Louis KOs Johnny Paycheck in 2 to retain heavyweight boxing title

1918Sam Walton, Kingfisher Oklahoma, billionaire CEO (Wal-Mart)

1790John Tyler, Charles City County Virginia, (D/W) 10th Pres (1841-1845)

1964Elle MacPherson, Sydney, Austrailian super model and actress (Sirens)

1968Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer

1813John Tyler (23) later 10th US President, marries 1st wife Letitia Christian Tyler (22)

1929Actress and dancer Ginger Rogers (17) weds her dancing partner Jack Pepper (26)

1975Molecular biologist Peter Agre (26) weds Mary Macgill

1943Author John Steinbeck (41) weds Gwyndolyn Conger

2014Hobart "Hobie" Alter, surf and sailing entrepreneur and pioneer who created the Hobie Cat, dies of cancer at 80

1912Robert Falcon Scott, British pole explorer, dies in Antarctica at 43