597 BC: Babylonians capture Jerusalem, replace Jehoiachin with Zedekiah as king

1521: Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan reaches the Philippines, landing on Homonhon Island after crossing the Pacific Ocean

1660: English Long Parliament disbands

1792: King Gustav III of Sweden is shot by Count Jacob Johan Anckarström at a masked ball at the opera and dies on March 29

1867: Joseph Lister first outlines the discovery of antiseptic surgery in an article in “The Lancet”

1935: Adolf Hitler orders German rearmament in violation of the Treaty of Versailles

1968: General Motors produces its 100 millionth automobile, an Oldsmobile Toronado

Source: Onthisday.com