Born on March 29
March 29 birthdays & history
If you were born on March 29, you share a birthday with John Tyler, N'Golo Kanté and Vangelis. March 29 babies are Aries, with aquamarine as their birthstone and the daffodil as their birth flower. March 29 is the 89th day of the year in leap years (88th in other years).
Famous people born on March 29
- 1790John Tyler, American lawyer and politician, 10th President of the United States
- 1991N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
- 1943Vangelis, Greek keyboard player and songwriter
- 1895Ernst Jünger, German philosopher and author
- 1968Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
- 1960Jo Nesbø, Norwegian writer, musician and football player
- 1957Christopher Lambert, American-French actor
- 1967Michel Hazanavicius, French director, producer, and screenwriter
- 1943Eric Idle, English actor, comedian, musician and writer
- 1918Sam Walton, American businessman, founded Walmart and Sam's Club
What happened on March 29
- 1800William Matthews was ordained as the first Catholic priest born in British America.
- 1806Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway.
- 1867Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1.
- 1871Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria.
- 1882The Knights of Columbus, the world's largest Catholic fraternal service organization, was founded by Michael J. McGivney in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
- 1927Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida.
- 1941The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement to define technical standards for AM band radio stations came into effect.
- 1951The King and I, a musical about Mongkut of Siam by Rodgers and Hammerstein, premiered on Broadway.
- 1974NASA's Mariner 10 became the first space probe to make a flyby of Mercury.
- 1975Jeff Beck released Blow by Blow, his most successful album in the U.S., reaching the top five and selling over one million copies.
- 1982Queen 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.
- 2017British prime minister Theresa May invoked Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
Also observed on March 29
- Boganda Day (Central African Republic)
- Youth Day (Taiwan)
Questions, answered
What star sign is March 29?
People born on March 29 are Aries. Their birthstone is aquamarine and their birth flower is the daffodil.
Which famous people were born on March 29?
John Tyler (1790), N'Golo Kanté (1991), Vangelis (1943), Ernst Jünger (1895), Lucy Lawless (1968), Jo Nesbø (1960) were all born on March 29.
What happened on March 29 in history?
Among other things: in 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; in 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; in 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.
Can I get a newspaper front page from March 29?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any March 29 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “March 29”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.