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 2016 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 277 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is March 16, 2016 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,459,209,600 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.
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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 305 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 1,194 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.
- 1549 –The city of Salvador da Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.
- 1951 –Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.
- 1971 –A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.
- 1971 –My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison.
- 1973 –Operation Barrel Roll, a covert US bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends.
Who were born on March 29?
- 1602 –John Lightfoot, English churchman (d. 1675)
- 1927 –John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist, Nobel laureate (d. 2004)
- 1944 –Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist
- 1945 –Walt Frazier, American basketball player
- 1949 –John Arthur Spenkelink, American murderer (d. 1979)
- 1950 –Norman Snow, American actor
- 1956 –Kurt Thomas, American gymnast
- 1974 –Marc Gené, Spanish racing car driver
- 1980 –Kim Tae Hee, South Korean actress
- 1991 –Hayley McFarland, American actress
Who died on March 29?
- 1578 –Arthur Champernowne, English admiral (b. 1524)
- 1792 –King Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
- 1912 –Edward Adrian Wilson, English physician and naturalist – member of the Scott Expedition to the South Pole (b. 1872)
- 1959 –Barthélemy Boganda, first President of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
- 1970 –Anna Louise Strong, American communist journalist (b. 1885)
- 1972 –Lord J. Arthur Rank, British movie theater owner (b. 1888)
- 1980 –Mantovani, Italian-born conductor and arranger (b. 1905)
- 1985 –Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
- 1989 –Bernard Blier, French actor (b. 1916)
- 2005 –Miltos Sahtouris, Greek poet (b. 1919)
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