March 29th, 1918

Born on March 29th, 1918

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 38,000 days old!

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What happened on March 29th?

March 29th, 1968

The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, began in Moscow with tens of thousands of people in attendance.

March 29th, 2017

British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.

March 29th, 2010

Islamist separatists of the Caucasus Emirate detonated two bombs on the Moscow Metro, killing 40 people and injuring 102 others.

March 29th, 1982

Queen Elizabeth II granted royal assent to the Canada Act 1982, which ended any remaining constitutional dependence of Canada on the United Kingdom by a process known as patriation.

March 29th, 1981

Dick Beardsley and Inge Simonsen jointly won the Men's Elite Race and Joyce Smith won the Women's Elite Race in the inaugural London Marathon.

March 29th, 1975

Jeff Beck released Blow by Blow, his most successful album in the U.S., reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.

March 29th, 1974

NASA's Mariner 10 (pictured) became the first space probe to make a flyby of Mercury.

March 29th, 1969

The New People's Army, the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines, was formed.

March 29th, 1951

The King and I, a musical about Mongkut of Siam by Rodgers and Hammerstein, premiered on Broadway.

March 29th, 1941

Second World War: British and Australian ships defeated Italian Regia Marina vessels at the Battle of Cape Matapan.

March 29th, 1882

The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.

March 29th, 1865

American Civil War: The Appomattox campaign opened with the Battle of Lewis's Farm, in which the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia was forced into a series of retreats that would culminate in their surrender.

March 29th, 1807

German astronomer Heinrich Wilhelm Matthias Olbers discovered Vesta, the brightest asteroid and second-most massive body in the asteroid belt.

March 29th, 1800

William Matthews was ordained as the first Catholic priest born in British America.

March 29th, 1461

Wars of the Roses: The Yorkists defeated the Lancastrian army at the Battle of Towton, allowing Edward IV to secure the English throne.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on March 29th

Born on March 29th, 1918

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

*March 29th, 1918, Kingfisher †April 5th, 1992, Little Rock

72

Pearl Bailey

American actress and singer (1918–1990)

*March 29th, 1918, Newport News †August 17th, 1990, Philadelphia

73

Friedelind Wagner

German opera director (1918-1991)

*March 29th, 1918, Bayreuth †May 8th, 1991, Herdecke

73

Lê Văn Thiêm

Vietnamese mathematician (1918-1991) Dr. rer. nat. Georg-August-Universität Göttingen 1946

*March 29th, 1918, Lâm Trung Thủy †July 3rd, 1991, Ho Chi Minh City

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98

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

*March 29th, 1911, Cologne †January 1st, 2010, Norwich

107

Friedrich Grade

German engineer and naval officer

*March 29th, 1916, Büdelsdorf †October 13th, 2023, Bornheim

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

101

Sam Beazley

British actor

*March 29th, 1916, Kensington †June 12th, 2017, London

82

Eileen Heckart

American actress (1919–2001)

*March 29th, 1919, Columbus †December 31st, 2001, Norwalk

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

*March 29th, 1984, Reshetikha, Nizhny Novgorod Oblast

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

67

Hanna Reitsch

German aviator

*March 29th, 1912, Jelenia Góra †August 24th, 1979, Frankfurt

69

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

86

Pierre Moinot

French writer (1920-2007)

*March 29th, 1920, Fressines †March 6th, 2007, 6th arrondissement of Paris

86

Frederick Treves

British actor (1925-2012)

*March 29th, 1925, Cliftonville †January 30th, 2012, Mitcham

57

Michel Hazanavicius

French film director, producer and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1967, Paris

104

Simone Rozès

French magistrate

*March 29th, 1920, 7th arrondissement of Paris

25

Sulli

South Korean singer and actress (1994-2019)

*March 29th, 1994, Haeundae District †October 14th, 2019, Sujeong-su

64

Annabella Sciorra

American actress

*March 29th, 1960, Brooklyn

71

John Tyler

President of the United States from 1841 to 1845

*March 29th, 1790, Greenway Plantation †January 18th, 1862, Richmond

37

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

*March 29th, 1987, Saint-Pierre

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

80

Nana Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic of Ghana

*March 29th, 1944, Accra

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95

Nelson Mandela

First President of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist (1918–2013)

*July 18th, 1918, Mvezo †December 5th, 2013, Houghton Estate

84

Massimo Girotti

Italian actor (1918-2003)

*May 18th, 1918, Mogliano †January 5th, 2003, Rome

89

Ingmar Bergman

Swedish director and screenwriter (1918–2007)

*July 14th, 1918, Uppsala Cathedral Assembly †July 30th, 2007, Fårö parish

97

Patricio Aylwin

Chilean politician and former president (1918-2016)

*November 26th, 1918, Viña del Mar †April 19th, 2016, Providencia

91

Lucian Pulvermacher

Pope

*April 20th, 1918, Wisconsin †November 30th, 2009, Springdale

96

Helmut Schmidt

Chancellor of West Germany (1974-1982), SPD

*December 23rd, 1918, Hamburg †November 10th, 2015, Hamburg

89

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

Russian writer and historian (1918–2008)

*December 11th, 1918, Kislovodsk †August 3rd, 2008, Moscow

69

Richard Feynman

American theoretical physicist (1918–1988)

*May 11th, 1918, Queens †February 15th, 1988, Los Angeles

72

Leonard Bernstein

American conductor and composer (1918–1990)

*August 25th, 1918, Lawrence †October 14th, 1990, New York City

99

Teoh Seng Khoon

Badminton player

*November 8th, 1918, Ipoh †July 31st, 2018, Ipoh

62

Anwar Sadat

President of Egypt from 1970 to 1981

*December 25th, 1918, Mit Abu al-Kum †October 6th, 1981, Cairo

71

Nicolae Ceaușescu

Romanian communist leader from 1965 to 1989

*January 26th, 1918, Scornicești †December 25th, 1989, Târgoviște

85

Art Carney

American actor and comedian (1918-2003)

*November 4th, 1918, Mount Vernon †November 9th, 2003, Chester

52

Gamal Abdel Nasser

President of Egypt from 1956 to 1970

*January 15th, 1918, Alexandria †September 28th, 1970, Cairo

90

Fred Crane

American film and television actor and radio announcer (1918-2008)

*March 22nd, 1918, New Orleans †August 21st, 2008, Atlanta

68

Robert Preston

American actor and singer (1918–1987)

*June 8th, 1918, Massachusetts †March 21st, 1987, Montecito

32

Robert Walker

American actor (1918-1951)

*October 13th, 1918, Salt Lake City †August 28th, 1951, Los Angeles

56

Jacqueline Susann

American writer and actress (1918-1974)

*August 20th, 1918, Philadelphia †September 21st, 1974, New York City

68

Rita Hayworth

American actress (1918–1987)

*October 17th, 1918, New York City †May 14th, 1987, Upper West Side

65

Robert Aldrich

American film director, screenwriter and producer (1918-1983)

*August 9th, 1918, Cranston †December 5th, 1983, Los Angeles

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Public holidays on March 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on March 29th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1918 is a normal year and no leap year.

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