Today is Monday, March 29, the 88th day of 2010. There are 277 days left in the year. The Jewish holiday Passover begins at sunset.

On this date:

In 1638, Swedish colonists settled in present-day Delaware.

In 1792, Sweden's King Gustav III died, nearly two weeks after he had been shot and mortally wounded by assasins during a masquerade party.

In 1847, during the Mexican-American War, victorious forces led by Gen. Winfield Scott occupied the city of Veracruz after Mexican defenders capitulated.

In 1867, Britain's Parliament passed the British North America Act to create the Dominion of Canada.

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

In 1973, the last United States combat troops left South Vietnam, ending America's direct military involvement in the Vietnam War.

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).