On March 29th in U S Political History
On March 29th in 1974 In Ohio 8 National Guardsmen were indicted on charges stemming from the shooting deaths of 4 students at Kent State University. On Nov 8 the charges were dismissed.
On March 29th in 1988 Two top US Justice Department officials resigned over Attorney General Edwin Meese's legal problems.
On March 29th in 1990 President Bush, addressing the National Leadership Coalition on AIDS, declared his administration "on a wartime footing" against the disease, and called for compassion, not discrimination, toward those infected with the virus.
On March 29th in 1991 General H. Norman Schwarzkopf publicly apologized to President Bush for questioning his judgment about calling a cease-fire in the Gulf War.
On March 29th in 1992 Democratic presidential front-runner Bill Clinton
acknowledged experimenting with marijuana "a time or two" while attending Oxford
University, adding, "I didn't inhale and I didn't try it again."
On March 29th in 1995 The House of Representatives rejected, 227-204, a constitutional amendment placing term limits on lawmakers. The rejected proposal would have limited terms to 12 years in the House and Senate.
On March 29th in 1996 Congress passed, and President Clinton quickly signed, a 12th stopgap spending bill to avert a partial federal shutdown.
On March 29th in 1996 The US and Mexico unveiled a cross-border air pollution control zone to promote joint efforts in parts of Texas, New Mexico and Ciudad Juarez.
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