On this day, March 29

1812 The first White House wedding took place as Lucy Payne Washington, the sister of first lady Dolley Madison, married Supreme Court Justice Thomas Todd.

1912 British explorer Robert Falcon Scott, with his doomed expedition stranded in an Antarctic blizzard after failing to be the first to reach the South Pole, wrote the last words of his journal: “For God’s sake look after our people.”

1936 German Chancellor Adolf Hitler claimed overwhelming victory in a plebiscite on his policies.

1968 After sweeping the Indiana Pacers, the Pittsburgh Pipers went on to face the Minnesota Muskies in the Eastern Division finals of the American Basketball Association playoffs. (The Pipers went on to win the ABA championship.)

1971 Army Lt. William L. Calley Jr. was convicted of murdering 22 Vietnamese civilians in the 1968 My Lai massacre. (Calley ended up serving three years under house arrest.)

2010 Two female suicide bombers blew themselves up in twin attacks on Moscow subway stations jam-packed with rushhour passengers, killing 40 people and wounding more than 100.

Some items are from Stefan Lorant’s “Pittsburgh: The Story of an American City” (digital.library.pitt.edu/chronology).

— Compiled by Rick Nowlin

Today’s birthdays: Author Judith Guest, 85. Former British Prime Minister Sir John Major, 78. Comedian Eric Idle, 78. Composer Vangelis, 78. Basketball Hall of Famer Walt Frazier, 76. Singer Bobby Kimball (Toto), 74. Actor Bud Cort, 73. Actor Brendan Gleeson, 66. Pro and College Football Hall of Famer Earl Campbell, 66. Actor Marina Sirtis, 66. Actor Christopher Lambert, 64. Rock singer Perry Farrell (Porno for Pyros; Jane’s Addiction), 62. Comedian-actor Amy Sedaris, 60. Model Elle Macpherson, 58. Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nev., 57. Actor Annabella Sciorra, 57. Movie director Michel Hazanavicius, 54. Rock singermusician John Popper (Blues Traveler), 54. Actor Lucy Lawless, 53. Country singer Brady Seals, 52. Former White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, 50. Actor Sam Hazeldine, 49. International Tennis Hall of Famer Jennifer Capriati, 45. Actor-comedian Chris D’Elia, 41. Rhythm and blues singer PJ Morton, 40. Actor Megan Hilty, 40. Pop singer Kelly Sweet, 33.

Thought for today: “The fate of love is that it always seems too little or too much.”

— Amelia Edith Barr, American author and journalist (1831-1919)