March, 29th in History

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Events

Wednesday 29, 2006:
Predicted total solar eclipse.

Monday 29, 2004:
The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, including bars and restaurants.

Thursday 29, 2001:
A chartered Gulfstream III jet crashes into a hillside during approach into Aspen, Colorado, killing 18 people.

Monday 29, 1999:
The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes at 10006.78 – above the 10,000 mark for the first time ever.

Monday 29, 1993:
Edouard Balladur becomes Prime Minister of France.

Thursday 29, 1990:
Warning label on records: recording companies agree to put a warning label on music products that contain potentially offensive lyrics.

Friday 29, 1985:
The first Care Bears Movie, produced by Canadian animation studio Nelvana Limited, is released in US theatres by The Samuel Goldwyn Company.

Thursday 29, 1984:
The Baltimore Colts of the NFL move to Indianapolis in the middle of the night.

Monday 29, 1982:
Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney release their single "Ebony and Ivory".

Sunday 29, 1981:
First running of the London Marathon

Friday 29, 1974:
NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first spaceprobe to fly by Mercury. It was launched on November 3, 1973.

Thursday 29, 1973:
Vietnam War: The last United States soldiers leave South Vietnam.

Monday 29, 1971:
A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers.

Saturday 29, 1969:
In Madrid, Spain, four different performers tie for first place at the fourteenth Eurovision Song Contest. The medals are shared by Spain's Salomé singing "Vivo cantando" (I live singing), United Kingdom's Lulu singing "Boom Bang-a-bang", Netherlands' Lenny Kuhr singing "De troubadour" (The troubadour), and France's Frida Boccara singing "Un jour, un enfant" (One day, a child...)

Wednesday 29, 1961:
The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, DC to vote in presidential elections.

Sunday 29, 1953:
A fire at a nursing home in Largo, Florida kills 35 people.

Thursday 29, 1951:
Red Scare: Ethel and Julius Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage.

Thursday 29, 1945:
World War II: Last day of V-1 flying bomb attacks on England.

Saturday 29, 1941:
World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces intercept those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesus coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan.

Saturday 29, 1930:
Heinrich Brüning is appointed German Reichskanzler.

Wednesday 29, 1911:
The M1911 semi-automatic handgun designed by John Browning becomes the standard-issue handgun in the United States Army, and is subsequently widely used in World War I, World War II, and the Korean War.

Wednesday 29, 1882:
The Knights of Columbus are established.

Saturday 29, 1879:
Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus.

Wednesday 29, 1871:
The Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.

Friday 29, 1867:
Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes the Dominion of Canada on July 1.

Wednesday 29, 1865:
American Civil War: Battle of Appomattox Court House begins

Thursday 29, 1849:
The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab

Wednesday 29, 1848:
An upstream ice jam stops almost all water flow over Niagara Falls.

Monday 29, 1847:
Mexican-American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege.

Wednesday 29, 1809:
King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden.

Saturday 29, 1806:
Construction authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.

Friday 29, 1799:
New York passes a law aimed at gradually abolishing slavery in the state

Thursday 29, 1792:
King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade at Stockholm's Royal Opera just 13 days earlier. He is succeeded by Gustav IV Adolf.

Monday 29, 1638:
Swedish colonists establish the first settlement in Delaware, called New Sweden.

Friday 29, 1461:
Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England.

Friday 29, 537:
Vigilius is consecrated and enthroned as Pope, replacing Silverius.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-march/on-this-day.html


People born on March 29

1976:
Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player (b: March 29, 1976) (Biography of Jennifer Capriati)

1968:
Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer (b: March 29, 1968) (Biography of Lucy Lawless)

1967:
Brian Jordan, baseball player (b: March 29, 1967) (Biography of Brian Jordan)

1964:
Elle Macpherson, Australian model (b: March 29, 1964) (Biography of Elle Macpherson)

1960:
Marina Sirtis, English actress (b: March 29, 1960) (Biography of Marina Sirtis)

1959:
Perry Farrell, American musician (Jane's Addiction and Porno for Pyros) (b: March 29, 1959) (Biography of Perry Farrell)

1957:
Christopher Lambert, French actor (b: March 29, 1957) (Biography of Christopher Lambert)

1956:
Kurt Thomas, gymnast (b: March 29, 1956) (Biography of Kurt Thomas)

1955:
Earl Campbell, American football star (b: March 29, 1955) (Biography of Earl Campbell)
Christopher Lawford, American actor (b: March 29, 1955) (Biography of Christopher Lawford)

1954:
Karen Ann Quinlan, American right to die advocate (b: March 29, 1954 ; d: June 11, 1985) (Biography of Karen Ann Quinlan)

1952:
Teofilo Stevenson, Cuban boxer (b: March 29, 1952) (Biography of Teofilo Stevenson)

1949:
Michael Brecker, American jazz saxophonist (b: March 29, 1949) (Biography of Michael Brecker)

1948:
Bud Cort, American actor (b: March 29, 1948) (Biography of Bud Cort)

1945:
Walt Frazier, American basketball player (b: March 29, 1945) (Biography of Walt Frazier)

1944:
Denny McLain, baseball player (b: March 29, 1944) (Biography of Denny McLain)
Terry Jacks, Canadian musician, songwriter, and activist (b: March 29, 1944) (Biography of Terry Jacks)

1943:
Vangelis, Greek musician (b: March 29, 1943) (Biography of Vangelis)
Eric Idle, English actor, writer, and composer (b: March 29, 1943) (Biography of Eric Idle)
John Major, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (b: March 29, 1943) (Biography of John Major)

1941:
Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr., American astrophysicist, Nobel Prize laureate (b: March 29, 1941) (Biography of Joseph Hooton Taylor, Jr.)

1940:
Ray Davis, American musician (P-Funk) (b: March 29, 1940) (Biography of Ray Davis (musician))

1937:
Billy Carter, Presidential brother (b: March 29, 1937) (Biography of Billy Carter)

1936:
Judith Guest, American author (b: March 29, 1936) (Biography of Judith Guest)

1931:
Aleksei Gubarev, cosmonaut (b: March 29, 1931) (Biography of Aleksei Gubarev)

1929:
Lennart Meri, Estonian president (1992–2001), writer (b: March 29, 1929) (Biography of Lennart Meri)

1927:
John McLaughlin, American political commentator (b: March 29, 1927) (Biography of John McLaughlin (host))

1919:
Eileen Heckart, American actress (b: March 29, 1919 ; d: December 30, 2001) (Biography of Eileen Heckart)

1918:
Pearl Bailey, American singer and actress (b: March 29, 1918 ; d: August 17, 1990) (Biography of Pearl Bailey)
Sam Walton, American businessman (b: March 29, 1918 ; d: April 5, 1992) (Biography of Sam Walton)

1916:
Eugene McCarthy, American politician (b: March 29, 1916) (Biography of Eugene McCarthy)

1913:
R. S. Thomas, Welsh poet (b: March 29, 1913 ; d: September 25, 2000) (Biography of Ronald Stuart Thomas)

1912:
Hanna Reitsch, German pilot (b: March 29, 1912 ; d: August 24, 1979) (Biography of Hanna Reitsch)

1911:
Brigitte Horney, German actress (b: March 29, 1911) (Biography of Brigitte Horney)

1908:
Arthur O'Connell, American actor (b: March 29, 1908) (Biography of Arthur O'Connell)
Dennis O'Keefe, American actor (b: March 29, 1908) (Biography of Dennis O'Keefe)

1905:
Philip Ahn, Korean-American actor (b: March 29, 1905 ; d: February 28, 1978) (Biography of Philip Ahn)

1902:
William Walton, English composer (b: March 29, 1902 ; d: March 8, 1983) (Biography of William Walton)
Marcel Aymé, French writer (b: March 29, 1902) (Biography of Marcel Ayme)

1901:
Carl Barks, American cartoonist (b: March 29, 1901 ; d: August 25, 2000) (Biography of Carl Barks)
Andrija Maurovic, Croatian illustrator (b: March 29, 1901 ; d: September 2, 1981) (Biography of Andrija Maurovic)

1900:
John McEwen, eighteenth Prime Minister of Australia (b: March 29, 1900 ; d: November 20, 1980) (Biography of John McEwen)

1899:
Lavrenty Beria, Soviet Communist leader (b: March 29, 1899 ; d: December 23, 1953) (Biography of Lavrenty Beria)

1897:
Ruby Muhammad, Mother of Islam (b: March 29, 1897) (Biography of Ruby Muhammad)

1895:
Ernst Jünger, German author (b: March 29, 1895 ; d: February 17, 1998) (Biography of Ernst Jünger)

1892:
József Cardinal Mindszenty, Hungarian Catholic cardinal (b: March 29, 1892) (Biography of József Cardinal Mindszenty)

1891:
Yvan Goll, French-German writer (b: March 29, 1891) (Biography of Yvan Goll)

1889:
Warner Baxter, American actor (b: March 29, 1889 ; d: May 7, 1951) (Biography of Warner Baxter)

1874:
Lou Hoover, First Lady of the United States (b: March 29, 1874) (Biography of Lou Hoover)

1867:
Cy Young, baseball player (b: March 29, 1867 ; d: November 4, 1955) (Biography of Cy Young)

1826:
Wilhelm Liebknecht, German journalist and politician (b: March 29, 1826) (Biography of Wilhelm Liebknecht)

1790:
John Tyler, 10th President of the United States (b: March 29, 1790 ; d: January 18, 1862) (Biography of John Tyler)

1769:
Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult, French marshal (b: March 29, 1769 ; d: November 26, 1851) (Biography of Nicolas Jean de Dieu Soult)

1602:
John Lightfoot, English churchman (b: March 29, 1602 ; d: December 6, 1675) (Biography of John Lightfoot)

1584:
Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron, English general (b: March 29, 1584 ; d: March 14, 1648) (Biography of Ferdinando Fairfax, 2nd Lord Fairfax of Cameron)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-march/births.html

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People who died on March 29

2005:
Johnnie Cochran (d: March 29, 2005) (Biography of Johnnie Cochran)
Grant Johannesen, American pianist (b: July 30, 1921 ; d: March 29, 2005) (Biography of Grant Johannesen)

2004:
Peter Ustinov, English writer, actor, and film director (b: April 16, 1921 ; d: March 29, 2004) (Biography of Peter Ustinov)

2003:
Carlo Urbani, Italian physician (b: October 19, 1956 ; d: March 29, 2003) (Biography of Carlo Urbani)

2001:
Helge Ingstad, Norwegian explorer (b: December 30, 1899 ; d: March 29, 2001) (Biography of Helge Ingstad)
John Lewis (pianist) (d: March 29, 2001) (Biography of John Lewis (pianist))

1999:
Joe Williams, American singer (b: December 12, 1918 ; d: March 29, 1999) (Biography of Joe Williams (jazz singer))

1994:
Eugène Ionesco, Romanian-born playwright (b: November 26, 1912 ; d: March 29, 1994) (Biography of Eugène Ionesco)
Bill Travers (d: March 29, 1994) (Biography of Bill Travers)

1992:
Paul Henreid, Austrian actor (b: January 10, 1908 ; d: March 29, 1992) (Biography of Paul Henreid)

1991:
Lee Atwater, American political operative (b: February 26, 1951 ; d: March 29, 1991) (Biography of Lee Atwater)

1980:
Mantovani, Italian-born composer, musician, and arranger (b: November 15, 1905 ; d: March 29, 1980) (Biography of Mantovani)

1972:
J. Arthur Rank, American producer (b: December 22, 1888 ; d: March 29, 1972) (Biography of J. Arthur Rank)

1959:
Barthelemy Boganda (d: March 29, 1959) (Biography of Barthelemy Boganda)

1937:
Karol Szymanowski, Polish composer and pianist (b: October 6, 1882 ; d: March 29, 1937) (Biography of Karol Szymanowski)

1934:
Otto Hermann Kahn, German millionaire and benefactor (b: February 21, 1867 ; d: March 29, 1934) (Biography of Otto Hermann Kahn)

1912:
Robert Falcon Scott, English explorer (b: June 6, 1868 ; d: March 29, 1912) (Biography of Robert Falcon Scott)

1906:
Slava Raskaj, Croatian painter (b: January 2, 1877 ; d: March 29, 1906) (Biography of Slava Raskaj)

1888:
Charles-Valentin Alkan, French composer (b: November 30, 1813 ; d: March 29, 1888) (Biography of Charles-Valentin Alkan)

1855:
Henri Druey, Swiss Federal Councilor (b: April 12, 1799 ; d: March 29, 1855) (Biography of Henri Druey)

1826:
Johann Heinrich Voß, German poet (b: February 20, 1751 ; d: March 29, 1826) (Biography of Johann Heinrich Voss)

1792:
Gustav III of Sweden (d: March 29, 1792) (Biography of Gustav III of Sweden)

1772:
Emanuel Swedenborg, Swedish scientist and philosopher (b: January 29, 1688 ; d: March 29, 1772) (Biography of Emanuel Swedenborg)

1628:
Tobias Matthew (d: March 29, 1628) (Biography of Tobias Matthew)

1625:
Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas (d: March 29, 1625) (Biography of Antonio de Herrera y Tordesillas)

1578:
Arthur Champernowne (d: March 29, 1578) (Biography of Arthur Champernowne)
Louis I, Cardinal of Guise, French cardinal (b: October 21, 1527 ; d: March 29, 1578) (Biography of Louis I, Cardinal of Guise)

1461:
Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland, English politician (b: July 25, 1421 ; d: March 29, 1461) (Biography of Henry Percy, 3rd Earl of Northumberland)

1368:
Go-Murakami (d: March 29, 1368) (Biography of Go-Murakami)

1058:
Pope Stephen X (d: March 29, 1058) (Biography of Pope Stephen X)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-march/deaths.html