March 29
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)