March 29 in history: • 845 – Viking expansion: Viking raiders, possibly led by the legendary Ragnar Lodbrok, plundered and occupied Paris, holding the city for a large ransom. → go there • 1823 – Joaquín de Oreamuno led a coup d'état that overthrew Rafael Francisco Osejo, attempting to restore allegiance to the Mexican Empire. → go there • 1831 – Authorities held an inquest at New Town, Tasmania, into the deaths of a woman and two children who were fatally poisoned after eating smooth toadfish. → go there • 1974 – A group of farmers in the Chinese province of Shaanxi discovered a vast collection of terracotta statues (pictured) depicting the armies of Qin Shi Huang, the first emperor of China. → go there Born 1826: Wilhelm Liebknecht Wiki link Born 1874: Lou Henry Hoover Wiki link Born 1951: Nick Ut Wiki link Died 1986: Haane Manahi Wiki link Pictured: Terracotta Army.