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 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 277 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Saturday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 16, 2025 – a Saturday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 29,053,440 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 325 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 4,481 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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March 29 Historical Events
- 1461 –Wars of the Roses: Battle of Towton – Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.
- 1632 –Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629.
- 1806 –Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
- 1847 –Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.
- 1871 –The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 1882 –The Knights of Columbus are established.
- 1930 –Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.
- 1941 –The North American Radio Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time.
- 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.
Who were born on March 29?
- 1907 –“Braguinha”, Brazilian songwriter (d. 2006)
- 1928 –Vincent Gigante, American mafioso (d. 2005)
- 1940 –Ray Davis, American musician (d. 2005)
- 1941 –Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist, Nobel laureate
- 1955 –Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor
- 1957 –Elizabeth Hand, American writer
- 1959 –Barry Blanchard, Canadian mountaineer
- 1978 –Aaron Persico, New Zealand-born Italian rugby player
- 1984 –Juan Mónaco, Argentine tennis player
- 1984 –Mai Satoda, Japanese singer
Who died on March 29?
- 1461 –Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
- 1629 –Jacob de Gheyn II, Dutch artist (b. 1565)
- 1772 –Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
- 1855 –Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b. 1799)
- 2001 –Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b. 1899)
- 2001 –John Lewis, American jazz pianist (b. 1920)
- 2002 –Rico Yan, Philippine actor (b. 1975)
- 2003 –Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956)
- 2005 –Johnnie Cochran, American lawyer (b. 1937)
- 2009 –Andy Hallett, American actor and singer (b. 1975)
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