March 29th, 1950

Born on March 29th, 1950

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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, 1950

70

Mory Kanté

Guinean musician

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

74

Hans-Jürgen Misselwitz

German politician

*March 29th, 1950, Altenburg

74

Barry Pearl

American actor

*March 29th, 1950, Lancaster

74

Catti Edfeldt

Swedish actor and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1950, Gävle

72

Norman Snow

American actor

*March 29th, 1950, Little Rock †November 28th, 2022

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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

64

Annabella Sciorra

American actress

*March 29th, 1960, Brooklyn

98

Freya von Moltke

German writer and scholar

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

57

Michel Hazanavicius

French film director, producer and screenwriter

*March 29th, 1967, Paris

78

Robert J. Shiller

American economist

*March 29th, 1946, Detroit

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

72

Rainer Bonhof

German footballer

*March 29th, 1952, Emmerich am Rhein

64

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian novelist, musician and economist

*March 29th, 1960, Oslo

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

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

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

57

Michael Brecker

American jazz saxophonist and composer (1949-2007)

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

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

71

Christel Agrikola

German rower

*March 29th, 1953, Germersheim

73

Roger Myerson

American economist

*March 29th, 1951, Boston

81

Eric Idle

British comedian, actor and writer

*March 29th, 1943, South Shields

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Born in 1950

67

Jeff Lowe

American mountain climber

*September 13th, 1950, Ogden †August 24th, 2018, Colorado

73

Annette Badland

English actress

*August 26th, 1950, Edgbaston

73

Narendra Modi

14th Prime Minister of India

*September 17th, 1950, Vadnagar

66

Martin McGuinness

Sinn Féin politician and deputy First Minister (1950-2017)

*May 23rd, 1950, Derry †March 21st, 2017, Altnagelvin Area Hospital

74

Billy Currie

British multi-instrumentalist

*April 1st, 1950, Huddersfield

66

Sandra Reemer

Dutch singer and presenter (1950–2017)

*October 17th, 1950, Bandung City †June 6th, 2017, Amsterdam

73

Øivind Blunck

Norwegian actor and comedian

*December 28th, 1950, Norway

73

Wayne Eagling

Canadian ballet dancer

*November 27th, 1950, Montreal

74

Peter Funke

German historian of classical antiquity

*March 18th, 1950, Rheine

74

Rötger Feldmann

German comic artist

*March 17th, 1950, Travemünde

73

Pedro Barceló

Spanish historian of classical antiquity

*April 30th, 1950, Vinaròs

70

Jóhannes Eðvaldsson

Icelandic football player (1950-2021)

*September 3rd, 1950, Reykjavík †January 24th, 2021, Glasgow

74

Ade Chandra

Badminton player

*February 4th, 1950, Jakarta

73

Ed Harris

American actor and director (born 1950)

*November 28th, 1950, Englewood

67

Horace Burrell

Jamaican sports executive

*February 8th, 1950, Clarendon Parish †June 6th, 2017, Kingston

73

Harriet Walter

British actress

*September 24th, 1950, London

74

Martin Short

Canadian actor and comedian (born 1950)

*March 26th, 1950, Hamilton

73

Stevie Wonder

American musician (born 1950)

*May 13th, 1950, Saginaw

74

William Sadler

American actor

*April 13th, 1950, Buffalo

74

Rick Perry

14th United States Secretary of Energy

*March 4th, 1950, Haskell

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1950 is a normal year and no leap year.

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