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 89th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 277 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 16, 2024 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,711,670,400 seconds 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 ‘octacontaenneagon’ day.
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 306 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 4,116 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 29 Historical Events
- 1638 –Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden.
- 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.
- 1871 –The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 1882 –The Knights of Columbus are established.
- 1911 –The M1911 .45 ACP pistol becomes the official U.S. Army side arm.
- 1951 –Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
- 1973 –Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam.
- 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.
- 2004 –The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.
- 2010 –Two female suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
Who were born on March 29?
- 1888 –Enea Bossi, Italian-American engineer and aviation pioneer (d. 1963)
- 1900 –John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1980)
- 1918 –Lê Văn Thiêm, Vietnamese mathematician (d. 1991)
- 1965 –Jill Goodacre, American actress and model
- 1967 –Brian Jordan, American baseball player
- 1976 –Igor Astarloa, Spanish cyclist
- 1976 –Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
- 1980 –Amy Mathews, Australian actress
- 1981 –Jlloyd Samuel, West Indian-born footballer
- 1992 –Chris Massoglia, American actor and dancer
Who died on March 29?
- 1058 –Pope Stephen IX (b. c. 1020)
- 1461 –Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
- 1751 –Thomas Coram, English sea captain and philanthropist
- 1829 –Cornelio Saavedra, Argentine head of state (b. 1759)
- 1873 –Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)
- 1888 –Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b. 1813)
- 1906 –Slava Raškaj, Croatian painter (b. 1878)
- 1924 –Charles Villiers Stanford, Irish composer (b. 1852)
- 1999 –Joe Williams, American singer (b. 1918)
- 2002 –Rico Yan, Philippine actor (b. 1975)
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