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What happend on 29. March in History
In our data base we found 350 events happened on 29. March:
• 502: King Gundobad issues a new legal code (Lex Burgundionum) at Lyon that makes Gallo-Romans and Burgundians subject to the same laws. [category: Events]
• 1058: Pope Stephen IX (b. c. 1020) [category: Deaths]
• 1368: Emperor Go-Murakami, Emperor of Japan (b. 1328) [category: Deaths]
• 1461: Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421) [category: Deaths]
• 1461: Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England. [category: Events]
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• 1500: Cesare Borgia is given the title of Captain General and Gonfalonier by his father Rodrigo Borgia after returning from his conquests in the Romagna. [category: Events]
• 1549: The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1553: Vitsentzos Kornaros, Greek Renaissance poet [category: Births]
• 1578: Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524) [category: Deaths]
• 1578: Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527) [category: Deaths]
• 1584: Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (d. 1648) [category: Births]
• 1602: John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675) [category: Births]
• 1625: Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549) [category: Deaths]
• 1628: Tobias Matthew, Archbishop of York (b. 1546) [category: Deaths]
• 1629: Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565) [category: Deaths]
• 1632: Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. [category: Events]
• 1638: Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1668: Thomas Coram, Founder of the Foundling Hospital (d. 1751) [category: Births]
• 1683: Yaoya Oshichi, Japanese young girl burned at the stake for arson (b. 1667) [category: Deaths]
• 1683: Yaoya Oshichi, 15-year old Japanese girl, burnt at the stake for an act of arson committed due to unrequited love. [category: Events]
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• 1692: Nicolaus Bruhns, German organist, violinist, and composer (b. 1665) [category: Deaths]
• 1713: John Ponsonby, Irish politician (d. 1789) [category: Births]
• 1746: Carlo Buonaparte, father of Napoleon Bonaparte (d. 1785) [category: Births]
• 1747: Johann Wilhelm Hässler, German composer, organist and pianist (d. 1822) [category: Births]
• 1751: Supply Belcher, American composer, singer, and compiler of tune books (d. 1836) [category: Births]
• 1751: Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist (b. 1668) [category: Deaths]
• 1769: Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (d. 1851) [category: Births]
• 1772: Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688) [category: Deaths]
• 1788: Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (b. 1707) [category: Deaths]
• 1790: John Tyler, American politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862) [category: Births]
• 1792: King Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf. [category: Events]
• 1799: Edward Smith-Stanley, 14th Earl of Derby, English statesman, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (d. 1869) [category: Births]
• 1800: Marc René, marquis de Montalembert, French military engineer and writer (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1803: Gottfried van Swieten, Dutch-Austriana diplomat, librarian, and government official (b. 1733) [category: Deaths]
• 1806: Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. [category: Events]
• 1809: King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden. [category: Events]
• 1815: Costache Caragiale, Romanian actor, writer, and first director of Craiova's National Theater (d. 1877) [category: Births]
• 1816: Tsultrim Gyatso, 10th Dalai Lama (d. 1837) [category: Births]
• 1824: Ludwig Büchner, German philosopher and physician (d. 1899) [category: Births]
• 1826: Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1826: Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (b. 1751) [category: Deaths]
• 1829: Cornelio Saavedra, Argentine military officer and statesman (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1831: Great Bosnian uprising: Bosniaks rebel against Turkey. [category: Events]
• 1847: Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege. [category: Events]
• 1848: John Jacob Astor, American businessman (b. 1763) [category: Deaths]
• 1849: The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab. [category: Events]
• 1855: Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. [category: Events]
• 1865: American Civil War: Federal forces under Major General Philip Sheridan move to flank Confederate forces under Robert E. Lee as the Appomattox Campaign begins. [category: Events]
• 1867: Cy Young, American baseball player (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1867: Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1. [category: Events]
• 1869: Aleš Hrdlička, Czech anthropologist (d. 1943) [category: Births]
• 1870: Pavlos Melas, Greek officer who organized and participated in the Greek Struggle for Macedonia (d. 1904) [category: Births]
• 1871: The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria. [category: Events]
• 1873: Tullio Levi-Civita, Italian mathematician (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1873: Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797) [category: Deaths]
• 1874: Lou Hoover, American First Lady (d. 1944) [category: Births]
• 1876: Friedrich Traun, German athlete and tennis player (d. 1908) [category: Births]
• 1877: Inazuma Raigorō, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 7th Yokozuna (b. 1802) [category: Deaths]
• 1878: Albert Von Tilzer, American songwriter and composer (d. 1956) [category: Births]
• 1879: Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. [category: Events]
• 1882: The Knights of Columbus are established. [category: Events]
• 1885: Dezső Kosztolányi, Hungarian poet and writer (d. 1936) [category: Births]
• 1886: Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia. [category: Events]
• 1888: Enea Bossi, Italian-American engineer and aviation pioneer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1888: Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1889: Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1891: Alfred Neubauer, German racing team manager (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1891: Yvan Goll, French-German writer (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 1891: Georges Seurat, French painter and draftsman (b. 1859) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: József Mindszenty, Hungarian Catholic cardinal (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1895: Ernst Jünger, German author (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1899: Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1900: Bill Aston, British racing driver (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1900: John McEwen, Australian politician 18th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980) [category: Births]
• 1901: Andrija Maurović, Croatian illustrator (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1902: Don Miller, American football player and coach (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1902: Marcel Aymé, French writer (d. 1967) [category: Births]
• 1902: William Walton, English composer (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1903: Arthur Negus, British broadcaster and antiques expert (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1903: Douglas Harkness, Canadian politician (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1905: Philip Ahn, American actor (d. 1978) [category: Births]
• 1906: E. Power Biggs American organist (d. 1977) [category: Births]
• 1906: Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878) [category: Deaths]
• 1907: Braguinha, Brazilian songwriter and singer (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1908: Arthur O'Connell, American actor (d. 1981) [category: Births]
• 1908: Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1911: Brigitte Horney, German actress (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1911: Tito Arévalo, Filipino actor and musician (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1911: Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837) [category: Deaths]
• 1911: The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm. [category: Events]
• 1912: Hanna Reitsch, German test pilot (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1912: Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and naturalist, member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole (b. 1872) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Henry Robertson Bowers, Scottish Lieutenant, member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1912: Sir Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer, member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole (b. 1868) [category: Deaths]
• 1913: R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1914: Chapman Pincher, Indian-born British journalist, historian, and novelist [category: Births]
• 1914: Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1916: Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1916: Peter Geach, British philosopher [category: Births]
• 1917: Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1918: Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician (d. 1991) [category: Births]
• 1918: Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (d. 1990) [category: Births]
• 1918: Sam Walton, American businessman, founded the retailers Walmart and Sam's Club (d. 1992) [category: Births]
• 1919: Eileen Heckart, American actress (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1920: Clarke Fraser, Canadian geneticist [category: Births]
• 1920: John Belk, American businessman and politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1920: Pierre Moinot, French novelist (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1920: Theodore Trautwein, American judge (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1923: Betty Binns Fletcher, American lawyer and judge (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1923: Bob Haymes, American singer-songwriter, and actor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1924: Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1926: Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-Israeli economist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: John McLaughlin, American political commentator [category: Births]
• 1927: John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1928: Vincent Gigante, Italian-American mobster (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1929: Lennart Meri,Estonian writer, film director, and statesman, 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1929: Richard Lewontin, American biologist [category: Births]
• 1929: Utpal Dutt, Indian actor (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1930: Anerood Jugnauth, Mauritian politician [category: Births]
• 1930: Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler. [category: Events]
• 1931: Aleksei Gubarev, Soviet cosmonaut [category: Births]
• 1931: Norman Tebbit, British politician [category: Births]
• 1931: Sopubek Begaliev, Soviet economist and politician (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1933: Jacques Brault, Canadian poet [category: Births]
• 1934: Paul Crouch, American broadcaster, co-founder of the Trinity Broadcasting Network [category: Births]
• 1934: Otto Hermann Kahn, German investment banker, collector and philanthropist (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Ruby Murray, English singer and actress (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1936: John A. Durkin, American politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Judith Guest, American author [category: Births]
• 1936: Mogens Camre, Danish politician [category: Births]
• 1936: Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1936: In Germany, Adolf Hitler receives 99% of the votes in a referendum to ratify Germany's illegal reoccupation of the Rhineland, receiving 44.5 million votes out of 45.5 million registered voters. [category: Events]
• 1937: Billy Carter, American businessman, brother of Jimmy Carter (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1937: Smarck Michel, Haitian politician, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1937: Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1938: Barry Jackson, English actor [category: Births]
• 1939: Roland Arnall, American businessman and diplomat (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1939: Terence Hill, Italian actor [category: Births]
• 1940: Ray Davis, American singer and musician (The Parliaments, Parliament, and Funkadelic) (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1940: Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and Rugby footballer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: Eden Kane, British singer [category: Births]
• 1941: Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist, Nobel laureate [category: Births]
• 1941: Violeta Andrei, Romanian actress [category: Births]
• 1941: The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time. [category: Events]
• 1941: World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan. [category: Events]
• 1942: Bob Lurtsema, American football player [category: Births]
• 1942: The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. [category: Events]
• 1943: Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer [category: Births]
• 1943: John Major, British politician, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom [category: Births]
• 1943: Vangelis, Greek musician and composer (Aphrodite's Child and Jon & Vangelis) [category: Births]
• 1944: Denny McLain, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1944: Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist (The Poppy Family) [category: Births]
• 1945: John "Speedy" Keene, English musician, songwriter, and producer (Thunderclap Newman) (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1945: Walt Frazier, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1945: Willem Ruis, Dutch game show host (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1945: World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England. [category: Events]
• 1945: World War II: The German 4th Army is almost destroyed by the Soviet Red Army. [category: Events]
• 1946: Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (Billy Thorpe & the Aztecs) (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1946: Paul Herman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1946: Richard Holmes, British Army officer and military historian (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1946: Rigo Tovar, Mexican singer and actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1946: Instituto Tecnológico Autónomo de México, one of Mexico's leading universities, is founded. [category: Events]
• 1947: Bobby Kimball, American singer (Toto and Yoso) [category: Births]
• 1947: Robert Gordon, American musician and actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Bud Cort, American actor [category: Births]
• 1948: Harry Price, British psychic researcher and writer (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1948: Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Dave Greenfield, English Keyboardist (The Stranglers) [category: Births]
• 1949: John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1949: Keith Simpson, British politician [category: Births]
• 1949: Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1949: Pauline Marois, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Norman Snow, American actor [category: Births]
• 1951: William Clarke, American harmonica player (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1951: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. [category: Events]
• 1952: Teófilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1953: Tõnis Palts, Estonian politician [category: Births]
• 1954: Dianne Kay, American actress [category: Births]
• 1954: Karen Ann Quinlan, American right-to-die cause célèbre (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1955: Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Christopher Lawford, American actor [category: Births]
• 1955: Earl Campbell, American football player [category: Births]
• 1955: Marina Sirtis, English actress [category: Births]
• 1956: Kurt Thomas, American gymnast [category: Births]
• 1956: Patty Donahue, American singer (The Waitresses) (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1956: Stephen Cole, English journalist [category: Births]
• 1956: Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: Christopher Lambert, French actor [category: Births]
• 1957: Elizabeth Hand, American writer [category: Births]
• 1957: Joyce Cary, Irish author (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1957: The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. [category: Events]
• 1958: Pedro Bial, Brazilian producer, director, writer, journalist, and television presenter [category: Births]
• 1958: Victor Salva, American director [category: Births]
• 1959: Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1959: Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1959: Michael Hayes, American wrestler and musician [category: Births]
• 1959: Nouriel Roubini, American economist and college professor [category: Births]
• 1959: Perry Farrell, American singer and musician (Jane's Addiction, Porno for Pyros, Psi com, and Satellite Party) [category: Births]
• 1959: Barthélemy Boganda, African politician, 1st President of the Central African Republic (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1961: Amy Sedaris, American actress and comedian [category: Births]
• 1961: Ari Emanuel, American Talent Agent and brother of Rahm Emanuel [category: Births]
• 1961: Gary Brabham, Australian racing driver [category: Births]
• 1961: Michael Winterbottom, English film director [category: Births]
• 1961: Mike Kingery, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1961: The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections. [category: Events]
• 1962: Billy Beane American baseball player and executive [category: Births]
• 1962: Dan Bittman, Romanian singer (IRIS) [category: Births]
• 1962: Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11 and a half day constitutional crisis. [category: Events]
• 1963: Gaspard Fauteux, Canadian politician (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1964: Annabella Sciorra, American actress [category: Births]
• 1964: Elle Macpherson, Australian model [category: Births]
• 1964: Michael A. Jackson, American politician [category: Births]
• 1964: Ming Tsai, Chinese-American chef and restaurateur [category: Births]
• 1965: Dominic Littlewood, English television presenter and journalist [category: Births]
• 1965: Emilios T. Harlaftis, Greek astrophysicist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1965: Jill Goodacre, American actress and model [category: Births]
• 1965: Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete [category: Births]
• 1965: William Oefelein, American astronaut [category: Births]
• 1965: Zlatko Baloković, Croatian violinist (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Eric Gunderson, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: Brian Jordan, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1967: John Popper, American musician and songwriter (Blues Traveler and The John Popper Project) [category: Births]
• 1967: Michel Hazanavicius, French director and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1968: Sue Foley, Canadian singer and guitarist [category: Births]
• 1969: Jimmy Spencer, American football player [category: Births]
• 1970: Ruth England, British actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Lara Logan, South-African journalist and reporter [category: Births]
• 1971: Robert Gibbs, American political adviser, 28th White House Press Secretary [category: Births]
• 1971: Dhirendranath Datta, Bangladeshi politician (b. 1886) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers. [category: Events]
• 1971: My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. [category: Events]
• 1972: Alex Ochoa, Cuban-American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1972: Junichi Suwabe, Japanese voice actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Michel Ancel, French game designer [category: Births]
• 1972: Rui Costa, Portugal footballer [category: Births]
• 1972: Lord J. Arthur Rank, British movie theater owner (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Sebastiano Siviglia Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1973: Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends. [category: Events]
• 1973: Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. [category: Events]
• 1974: Kristoffer Cusick, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Marc Gené, Spanish racing car driver [category: Births]
• 1974: Miguel Gómez, Colombian photographer [category: Births]
• 1974: Sarah Walker, English property investor, broadcaster and writer [category: Births]
• 1974: Local farmers in Lintong District, Xi'an, Shaanxi province, China, discover the Terracotta Army that was buried with Qin Shi Huang, the first Emperor of China, in the 3rd century BCE. [category: Events]
• 1974: NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973. [category: Events]
• 1976: Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1976: Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Aaron Persico, New Zealand-born Italian rugby player [category: Births]
• 1978: Jeffrey Parazzo, Canadian actor and producer [category: Births]
• 1978: Pierre Faber, French-born German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1979: De'Angelo Wilson, American actor (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1979: Estela Giménez, Spanish gymnast [category: Births]
• 1979: Yahya Petra of Kelantan (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Amy Mathews, Australian actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Bill Demong, American skier [category: Births]
• 1980: Bruno Silva, Uruguayan footballer [category: Births]
• 1980: China P. Arnold, American convicted murderer [category: Births]
• 1980: Chris D'Elia, American actor [category: Births]
• 1980: Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan [category: Births]
• 1980: Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: Brian Skala, American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidadian footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Megan Hilty, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Eric Williams, Caribbean historian, first Prime Minister of Trinidad & Tobago (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese actor and singer (Tackey & Tsubasa) [category: Births]
• 1982: Carl Orff, German composer (b. 1895) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Nathan Twining, American Air Force general (b. 1897) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Walter Hallstein, German politician and professor (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: The Canada Act 1982 (U.K.) receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982. [category: Events]
• 1983: Jamie Woon, British singer, songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1983: Jérémie Aliadière, French footballer [category: Births]
• 1983: Luiza Sá, Brazilian musician (Cansei de Ser Sexy) [category: Births]
• 1984: Juan Mónaco, Argentine tennis player [category: Births]
• 1984: Mai Satoda, Japanese singer (Country Musume) [category: Births]
• 1984: Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian street vendor and activist (d. 2011) [category: Births]
• 1985: Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1985: Mickey Pimentel, American football player [category: Births]
• 1985: Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer (The Singing Nun) (b. 1933) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Luther Terry, American physician and public health official, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Luke Eberl, American actor and director [category: Births]
• 1986: Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1986: Harry Ritz, American actor and comedian (b. 1907) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Gianluca Freddi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Esther Cremer, German athlete [category: Births]
• 1988: Jesús Molina, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1988: Jürgen Zopp, Estonian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1988: Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer, conductor and sound editor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1988: Ted Kluszewski, American baseball player (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: James Tomkins, English footballer [category: Births]
• 1989: Bernard Blier, French actor (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Carlos Peña, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Lyle Taylor, British footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War. [category: Events]
• 1991: Fabio Borini, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Hayley McFarland, American actress [category: Births]
• 1991: Lee Atwater, American political consultant (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Chris Massoglia, American actor [category: Births]
• 1992: Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (b. 1908) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Catherine Callbeck becomes premier of Prince Edward Island and the first woman to be elected in a general election as premier of a Canadian province. [category: Events]
• 1994: Sulli Choi, South Korean singer and dancer (f(x)) [category: Births]
• 1994: Bill Travers, British actor (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Marc Musso, American actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Jimmy McShane, Irish singer (Baltimora) (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Terry Moore, American baseball player (b. 1912) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Bill Goldsworthy, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1944) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Frank Daniel, Czech-born writer, director, producer and teacher (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1997: Hans-Walter Eigenbrodt, German football player (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Gyula Zsengellér, Hungarian footballer (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1999: A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103. [category: Events]
• 1999: The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the internet boom. [category: Events]
• 2001: Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: John Lewis, American jazz pianist (Modern Jazz Quartet) (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Ayat al-Akhras, Palestinian suicide bomber (b. 1984) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Haim Smadar, Israeli security guard (b. 1947) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Rachel Levy, Israeli victim of Kiryat HaYovel supermarket bombing (b. 1985) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Rico Yan, Philippine actor (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. [category: Events]
• 2003: Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Joel Feinberg, American philosopher (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Simone Renant, French actress (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia join NATO as full members. [category: Events]
• 2004: The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants. [category: Events]
• 2005: Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Miltos Sahtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2006: Salvador Elizondo, Mexican writer (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Calvin Lockhart, Bahamian actor (b. 1934) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time. [category: Events]
• 2009: Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Maurice Jarre, French composer (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet football striker and manager (b. 1943) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40. [category: Events]
• 2011: Ângelo de Sousa, Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Bill Jenkins, American engine builder and drag racer (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• _: Bertold [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Boganda Day (Central African Republic) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Day of the Young Combatant, celebrated with civil disorder by leftists and anarchists. (Chile) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Eustace of Luxeuil [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gwladys [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Gwynllyw [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: March 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Youth Day (Republic of China), commemorates Huanghuagang Uprising [category: Holidays and observances]