March 29th, 1949

Born on March 29th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1949

57

Michael Brecker

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1949-2007)

*March 29th, 1949, Philadelphia †January 13th, 2007, New York City

66

Kayahan

Turkish singer

*March 29th, 1949, İzmir †April 3rd, 2015, Istanbul

57

Yuri Stern

Israeli politician (1949-2007)

*March 29th, 1949, Moscow †January 16th, 2007, Jerusalem

75

Pauline Marois

30th Premier of Quebec (2012–2014)

*March 29th, 1949, Quebec City

75

Hugo Stamm

Swiss journalist and author

*March 29th, 1949, Schaffhausen

75

Christoph Leitl

Austrian politician

*March 29th, 1949, Linz

75

Joe Ehrmann

American football player

*March 29th, 1949, Buffalo

71

Dave Greenfield

British rock keyboardist (1949–2020)

*March 29th, 1949, Brighton †May 3rd, 2020

58

Wayne Howard

American comic artist

*March 29th, 1949, Cleveland †December 9th, 2007, Derby

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Who's birthday is on March 29th?

69

Brendan Gleeson

Irish actor

*March 29th, 1955, Dublin

56

Alan Budikusuma

Badminton player

*March 29th, 1968, Surabaya

81

John Major

Former prime minister of the United Kingdom (born 1943)

*March 29th, 1943, London

40

Valeria Sorokina

Russian badminton player

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

98

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

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

64

Annabella Sciorra

American actress

*March 29th, 1960, Brooklyn

78

Robert J. Shiller

American economist

*March 29th, 1946, Detroit

57

Michel Hazanavicius

French film director, producer and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1967, Paris

80

Nana Akufo-Addo

President of the Republic of Ghana

*March 29th, 1944, Accra

25

Sulli

South Korean singer and actress (1994-2019)

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

37

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

*March 29th, 1987, Saint-Pierre

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

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

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

70

Mory Kanté

Guinean musician

*March 29th, 1950, Albadaria †May 22nd, 2020, Conakry

64

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian novelist, musician and economist

*March 29th, 1960, Oslo

81

Eric Idle

British comedian, actor and writer

*March 29th, 1943, South Shields

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

85

Terence Hill

Italian actor, film director, screenwriter and film producer

*March 29th, 1939, Venice

83

Astrud Gilberto

Brazilian-American singer and songwriter (1940–2023)

*March 29th, 1940, Salvador †June 5th, 2023, Philadelphia

72

Rainer Bonhof

German footballer

*March 29th, 1952, Emmerich am Rhein

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Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

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Public holidays on March 29th

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Born on March 29th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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