29 March

Notable Births

Kim Ju-chan

b. 2004

South Korean footballer (born 2004)

Wade Baldwin IV

b. 1996

American basketball player (born 1996)

Matt Olson

b. 1994

American baseball player (born 1994)

Thorgan Hazard

b. 1993

Belgian footballer (born 1993)

Irene (singer)

b. 1991

South Korean singer (born 1991)

N'Golo Kanté

b. 1991

French footballer (born 1991)

Lyle Taylor

b. 1990

Montserratian footballer (born 1990)

James Tomkins (footballer)

b. 1989

English footballer

Sylvan Ebanks-Blake

b. 1986

English footballer (born 1986)

Fernando Amorebieta

b. 1985

Venezuelan footballer (born 1985)

Chokwe Antar Lumumba

b. 1983

American attorney, activist, and politician

Jasmine Crockett

b. 1981

American politician and lawyer (born 1981)

Megan Hilty

b. 1981

American musical theatre actress (born 1981)

PJ Morton

b. 1981

American musician (born 1981)

Jlloyd Samuel

b. 1981

Trinidadian footballer (1981–2018)

Billy Beane

b. 1962

American baseball player and executive (born 1962)

Vangelis

b. 1943

Greek composer and musician (1943–2022)

Sam Walton

b. 1918

American business magnate (1918–1992)

Cy Young

b. 1867

American baseball player (1867–1955)

John Tyler

b. 1790

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

Notable Deaths

Richard Chamberlain

d. 2025

American actor (1934–2025)

Louis Gossett Jr.

d. 2024

American actor (1936–2024)

Gerry Conway (musician)

d. 2024

English folk and rock drummer/percussionist (1947–2024)

John Kerin

d. 2023

Australian economist and politician (1937–2023)

Vivan Sundaram

d. 2023

Indian artist (1943–2023)

Jennifer Wilson (actress)

d. 2022

English actress (1932–2022)

Bashkim Fino

d. 2021

Albanian politician (1962–2021)

Sarah Onyango Obama

d. 2021

Kenyan educator and philanthropist (1922–2021)

Joe Diffie

d. 2020

American country singer (1958–2020)

Krzysztof Penderecki

d. 2020

Polish composer and conductor (1933–2020)

Alan Merrill

d. 2020

American vocalist, guitarist and songwriter (1951–2020)

Agnès Varda

d. 2019

French filmmaker and photographer (1928–2019)

Alexei Abrikosov (physicist)

d. 2017

Soviet–American theoretical physicist (1928–2017)

Patty Duke

d. 2016

American actress (1946–2016)

Marc Platt (dancer)

d. 2014

American actor and dancer

Reginald Gray (artist)

d. 2013

Irish artist

Ralph Klein

d. 2013

Premier of Alberta from 1992 to 2006

Eric Williams

d. 1981

Leader of Trinidad and Tobago from 1956 to 1981

John Jacob Astor

d. 1848

German-born American businessman (1763–1848)

Charles Wesley

d. 1788

English Methodist and hymn writer (1707–1788)

On This Day in History

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2021

The ship Ever Given is dislodged from the Suez Canal.

Ever Given

2017

Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

2015

Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries.

Air Canada Flight 624

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2014

The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

Same-sex marriage in the United Kingdom

2013

At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

2013 Dar es Salaam building collapse

2010

Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.

2010 Moscow Metro bombings

2004

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.

Bulgaria

2004

The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004.

Council on Vertical Urbanism

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.

Passover massacre

2001

A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed.

Gulfstream III

1999

The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble.

Dow Jones Industrial Average

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1999

A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103.

1999 Chamoli earthquake

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.

Czechoslovakia

1984

The Baltimore Colts load their possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer their operations to Indianapolis.

Indianapolis Colts

1982

The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982.

Canada Act 1982