What are the important events that happened on March 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
March 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
March 29 is the 88th day of the year 2017 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 277 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 16, 2017 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 24,845,760 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘octacontaoctagon’ day.
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Aries is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Aquamarine is the modern birthstone for this month. Jade is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 327 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 1,559 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 29 Historical Events
- 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.
- 1632 –Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- 1638 –Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
- 1886 –Dr. John Pemberton brews the first batch of Coca-Cola in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia.
- 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.
- 1951 –Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
- 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.
- 1999 –A magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes the Chamoli district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.
- 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.
- 2008 –Thirty-five countries and over 370 cities join Earth Hour for the first time.
Who were born on March 29?
- 1899 –Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (d. 1953)
- 1908 –Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (d. 1968)
- 1917 –Man o' War, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 1947)
- 1941 –Eden Kane, British singer
- 1954 –Dianne Kay, American actress
- 1955 –Marina Sirtis, English actress
- 1957 –Elizabeth Hand, American writer
- 1971 –Lara Logan, South-African journalist and reporter
- 1974 –Kristoffer Cusick, American actor
- 1994 –Sulli Choi, South korean singer and dancer
Who died on March 29?
- 1629 –Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)
- 1788 –Charles Wesley, English Methodist hymnist (b. 1707)
- 1848 –John Jacob Astor, American businessman (b. 1763)
- 1855 –Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)
- 1956 –Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
- 1970 –Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885)
- 1985 –Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
- 2003 –Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956)
- 2005 –Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)
- 2011 –Ângelo de Sousa, Portuguese painter and sculptor (b. 1938)
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