March 29

2024 Calendar

March 29 is the 88th day of the year (89th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 277 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

87 BC - Emperor Wu of Han of China (b. 156 BC)
57 - Emperor Gwangwu of Han of China (b. 5)
1058 – Pope Stephen IX (b. 1020)
1368 - Emperor Go-Murakami of Japan (b. 1328)
1461 - Henry Percy, 3rd Duke of Northumberland, English politician (b. 1421)
1578 - Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b. 1527)
1625 – Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas, Spanish historian (b. 1549)
1772 – Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish philosopher and mathematician (b. 1688)
1792 – King Gustav III of Sweden (b. 1746)
1826 - Johann Heinrich Voss, German poet (b. 1751)
1829 - Cornelio Saavedra, Argentine military officer (b. 1759)
1848 – John Jacob Astor, German-American businessman (b. 1763)
1855 - Henri Druey, Swiss politician (b. 1799)
1873 - Francesco Zantedeschi, Italian physicist (b. 1797)
1877 - Inazuma Raigoro, Japanese sumo wrestler (b. 1802)
1888 – Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b. 1813)
1891 – Georges Seurat, French painter (b. 1859)

1901 – 2000

1911 - Alexandre Guilmant, French organist and composer (b. 1837)
1912 – Henry Robertson Bowers, English explorer (b. 1883)
1912 – Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (b. 1868)
1912 – Edward Adrian Wilson, English explorer (b. 1872)
1934 - Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire (b. 1867)
1937 – Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer (b. 1882)
1939 - Gerardo Machado, 5th President of Cuba (b. 1871)
1940 – Alexander Obolensky, Russian prince and England rugby player (b. 1916)
1948 - Olev Siinmaa, Estonian architect (b. 1881)
1956 – Infante Alfonso of Spain (b. 1941)
1959 – Barthélemy Boganda, President of the Central African Republic (b. 1910)
1972 - J. Arthur Rank, 1st Baron Rank, English businessman (b. 1888)
1980 - Mantovani, Italian-born conductor (b. 1905)
1981 – Eric Williams, 1st Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago (b. 1911)
1982 – Carl Orff, German composer (b. 1895)
1982 - Walter Hallstein, German educator and politician (b. 1901)
1985 – Jeanine Deckers, Belgian nun and singer (b. 1933)
1985 - Luther Terry, Surgeon General of the United States (b. 1911)
1986 - Harry Ritz, Austrian-American actor (b. 1907)
1988 - Maurice Blackburn, Canadian composer, conductor and sound editor (b. 1914)
1991 - Lee Atwater, American political advisor (b. 1951)
1994 - Bill Travers, English actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1922)

From 2001

2001 – Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer and archaeologist (b. 1899)
2003 - Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b. 1956)
2004 - Joel Feinberg, American philosopher (b. 1926)
2004 - Simone Renant, French actress (b. 1911)
2009 – Maurice Jarre, French composer (b. 1924)
2009 - Vladimir Fedotov, Soviet-Russian footballer (b. 1943)
2009 - Helen Levitt, American photographer (b. 1913)
2011 - José Alencar, Vice President of Brazil (b. 1931)
2011 – Robert Tear, Welsh tenor and conductor (b. 1939)
2013 - Ralph Klein, 12th Premier of Alberta (b. 1942)
2014 - Karl Spillman Forester, American judge (b. 1940)
2014 - Birgitta Valberg, Swedish actress (b. 1916)
2014 - Yosef Hamadani Cohen, Iranian Jewish leader (b. 1916)
2014 - Marc Platt, American dancer and actor (b. 1913)
2014 - Hobart Alter, American surfer and boat designer (b. 1933)
2014 - Dane Witherspoon, American actor (b. 1957)
2015 - Juan Carlos Maccarone, Argentine Roman Catholic bishop (b. 1940)
2016 - Patty Duke, American actress (b. 1946)
2016 - Jean-Pierre Coffe, French television presenter and food critic (b. 1938)
2017 - Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Russian-American theoretical physicist (b. 1928)
2017 - Ken Sparks, American football player and coach (b. 1944)
2018 - Emiliano Mondonico, Italian footballer (b. 1947)
2018 - Stephen Reinhardt, American judge (b. 1931)
2018 - Rusty Staub, American baseball player (b. 1944)

Births

1901 – 1950

1902 - William Walton, British composer (d. 1983)
1907 - Braguinha, Brazilian singer and songwriter (d. 2006)
1911 - Freya von Moltke, German resistance activist (d. 2010)
1913 - R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet and Anglican priest (d. 2000)
1914 - Phil Foster, American actor (d. 1985)
1914 - Chapman Pincher, British journalist, historian and writer (d. 2014)
1916 - Peter Geach, British philosopher (d. 2013)
1916 – Eugene McCarthy, American politician (d. 2005)
1918 – Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (d. 1990)
1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman (d. 1992)
1920 - Pierre Moinot, French writer (d. 2007)
1923 - Geoff Duke, British motorcycle racer (d. 2015)
1926 - Moshe Sanbar, Hungarian-born Israeli economist (d. 2012)
1927 – John Robert Vane, English pharmacologist (d. 2004)
1927 - John McLaughlin, American television personality and political commentator (d. 2016)
1929 - Sheila Kitzinger, English childbirth activist (d. 2015)
1929 - Lennart Meri, Estonian statesman and 2nd President of Estonia (d. 2006)
1929 - Richard Lewontin, American biologist and philosopher
1930 – Anerood Jugnauth, President of Mauritius
1931 - Aleksei Gubarev, Soviet cosmonaut (d. 2015)
1931 – Norman Tebbit, English politician
1931 - Stefan Andrei, Romanian politician (d. 2014)
1933 - Edvard Grimstad, Norwegian politician (d. 2014)
1935 - Ruby Murray, English actress and singer (d. 1996)
1936 - Richard Rodney Bennett, English composer (d. 2012)
1936 - John A. Durkin, American politician
1936 - Joseph P. Teasdale, former Governor of Missouri (d. 2014)
1936 - Judith Guest, American writer
1937 - Smarck Michel, 6th Prime Minister of Haiti (d. 2012)
1937 – Bruno Mora, Italian footballer (d. 1986)
1939 - Terence Hill, Italian actor
1940 - Ray Davis, American singer and musician
1940 - Astrud Gilberto, Brazilian singer-songwriter
1940 - John Suchet, British journalist
1941 – Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist
1941 - Violeta Andrei, Romanian actress
1942 - Larry Pressler, American politician
1943 – Eric Idle, English actor and comedian
1943 – John Major, former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
1943 – Vangelis, Greek musician and musician
1944 - Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana
1944 – Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist
1945 – Walt Frazier, American basketball player
1946 - Billy Thorpe, Australian singer (d. 2007)
1946 - Robert J. Shiller, American economist
1947 - Bobby Kimball, American singer
1948 - Bud Cort, American movie and stage actor, director and writer
1949 - Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist and composer (d. 2007)
1949 – Dave Greenfield, English musician (The Stranglers)
1949 - Pauline Marois, 30th Premier of Quebec
1949 - Kayahan, Turkish singer-songwriter (d. 2015)
1949 - Keith Simpson, British politician
1950 - Mory Kanté, Guinean musician

1951 – 1975

1952 - Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (d. 2012)
1954 - Dianne Kay, American actress
1955 – Rolf Lassgard, Swedish actor
1955 - Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor and director
1955 - Henry Bellingham, English politician
1955 - Christopher Lawford, American actor
1957 – Christopher Lambert, French actor
1958 - Pedro Bial, Brazilian producer, director, writer, journalist and television presenter
1958 - Marc Silvestri, American comics artist and publisher
1959 – Brad McCrimmon, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (d. 2011)
1960 – Jo Nesbo, Norwegian writer and musician
1960 - Annabella Sciorra, American actress
1961 – Amy Sedaris, American actress
1961 - Michael Winterbottom, British movie director
1963 - Voula Patoulidou, Greek athlete
1963 - Joan Garriga, Spanish motorcycle road racer (d. 2015)
1964 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model
1965 - Jill Goodacre, American actress and model
1965 - Dominic Littlewood, English television presenter
1965 - William Ofelein, American astronaut
1966 - Jeroen Dijsselbloem, Dutch politician
1967 - Michel Hazanavicius, French movie director, producer and screenwriter
1968 – Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
1971 – Robert Gibbs, former US Press Secretary
1972 - Michel Ancel, French game designer
1972 - Priti Patel, English politician
1972 – Rui Costa, Portuguese footballer
1973 – Marc Overmars, Dutch footballer

From 1976

1976 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
1979 - Estela Giménez, Spanish rhythmic gymnast
1979 - Tomoe Shinohara, Japanese actress, singer, fashion designer and producer
1980 - Kim Tae-hee, South Korean actress
1980 - Prince Hamzah bin Al Hussein of Jordan
1981 - Megan Hilty, American actress and singer
1981 - Jlloyd Samuel, Trinidad and Tobago footballer
1982 - Hideaki Takizawa, Japanese actor and singer
1983 - Jeremie Aliadiere, French footballer
1984 – Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian fruit seller (d. 2011)
1984 – Roman Kienast, Austrian footballer
1984 - Juan Monaco, Argentine tennis player
1985 – Maxim Lapierre, Canadian ice hockey player
1986 – Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
1986 - Luke Eberl, American actor and director
1987 - Dimitri Payet, French footballer
1989 - Arnold Peralta, Honduran footballer (d. 2015)
1990 - Teemu Pukki, Finnish footballer
1990 - Lyle Taylor, British footballer
1991 - Irene, South Korean singer, television host and actress
1991 - Hayley McFarland, American actress
1991 - Fabio Borini, Italian footballer
1991 - N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
1992 - Chris Massoglia, American actor
1994 - Sulli, South Korean actress, singer and dancer
1995 - Marc Musso, American actor
2012 - Isla Elizabeth Phillips, great-granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth II

Deaths

Observances

Boganda Day (Central African Republic)
Youth Day (Republic of China)