March 29th, 1951

Born on March 29th, 1951

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What happened on March 29th, 1951?

March 29th, 1951

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

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_King_and_I

What else 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, 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, 1951

73

Roger Myerson

American economist

*March 29th, 1951, Boston

73

David Cheriton

Canadian businessman and computer scientist

*March 29th, 1951, Vancouver

73

Vreni Müller-Hemmi

Politician

*March 29th, 1951, Chur

73

Lydia Tews

German author

*March 29th, 1951, Neustadt an der Waldnaab

73

Hans-Wilhelm Steinfeld

Norwegian journalist

*March 29th, 1951, Bergen

73

Klaus Herzog

German politician

*March 29th, 1951, Obernau

73

Hardy Åström

Swedish ice hockey player

*March 29th, 1951, Skellefteå

73

Christiane Charette

Canadian broadcaster

*March 29th, 1951, Montreal

73

Nick Ut

Vietnamese photographer

*March 29th, 1951, Bình Quới

70

Sándor Szabó

Hungarian swimmer

*March 29th, 1951, Budapest †April 17th, 2021, Törökbálint

Same Day
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

72

Rainer Bonhof

German footballer

*March 29th, 1952, Emmerich am Rhein

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

71

Christel Agrikola

German rower

*March 29th, 1953, Germersheim

64

Jo Nesbø

Norwegian novelist, musician and economist

*March 29th, 1960, Oslo

37

Dimitri Payet

French footballer (born 1987)

*March 29th, 1987, Saint-Pierre

34

Justin Quiles

American singer

*March 29th, 1990, Bridgeport

74

Sam Walton

American businessman

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

70

Mory Kanté

Guinean musician

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

43

Megan Hilty

American musical theatre actress

*March 29th, 1981, Bellevue

72

Bola Tinubu

President of Nigeria

*March 29th, 1952, Lagos

63

Amy Sedaris

American comedian and actor

*March 29th, 1961, Endicott

Same year
Born in 1951

72

John McDonnell

British Labour politician (born 1951)

*September 8th, 1951, Liverpool

72

Jesse Ventura

American professional wrestler and 38th governor of Minnesota (born 1951)

*July 15th, 1951, Minneapolis

72

Ellen Foley

American singer and actress

*June 5th, 1951, St. Louis

72

Agathe Fontain

Greenlandic politician

*June 9th, 1951, Sisimiut

63

Robin Williams

American actor and comedian (1951–2014)

*July 21st, 1951, Chicago †August 11th, 2014, Tiburon

65

Gilbert Baker

American artist and gay rights activist

*June 2nd, 1951, Chanute †March 31st, 2017, New York City

73

Daniel Miller

British music producer and founder of Mute Records

*February 14th, 1951, London

65

Kaci Kullmann Five

Norwegian politician (1951-2017)

*April 13th, 1951, Oslo †February 19th, 2017, Oslo

72

Imelda Wiguna

Badminton player

*October 12th, 1951, Slawi

73

Horst Hrubesch

German association football player and manager

*April 17th, 1951, Hamm

71

Joachim Streich

German association football player and manager

*April 13th, 1951, Wismar †April 16th, 2022, Leipzig

72

Volker Bouffier

German politician (CDU), Minister President of Hesse

*December 18th, 1951, Giessen

73

Cajus Julius Caesar

German politician

*January 22nd, 1951, Rinteln

70

Hans-Jürgen Dörner

East German football player and long-term coach of national junior football teams (1951–2022)

*January 25th, 1951, Görlitz †January 19th, 2022, Dresden

72

Sven-Åke Nilsson

Road racing cyclist

*September 13th, 1951, Malmö

73

Raphaële Billetdoux

French novelist

*January 1st, 1951, Paris

72

Andrea Tidona

Italian actor

*November 30th, 1951, Modica

72

Geoffrey Rush

Australian actor (born 1951)

*July 6th, 1951, Toowoomba

72

Juan Manuel Santos

Former president of Colombia

*August 10th, 1951, Bogotá

65

Věra Špinarová

Czech singer

*December 22nd, 1951, Pohořelice †March 26th, 2017, Prague

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1951 is a normal year and no leap year.

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