# What happened on March 29 in history?

**Date:** March 29  
**Events recorded:** 49  
**Years spanned:** 1139 – 2021  
**Full page:** https://thisday.info/events/march/29/

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## Featured Event

**2004** — The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004.

[Read more on Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Vertical_Urbanism)

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## Events on this date

- **1139** — Pope Innocent II issues the bull Omne datum optimum in which he endorses the Knights Templar and approves the Templar Rule. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Innocent_II))
- **1430** — The Ottoman Empire under Murad II captures Thessalonica from the Republic of Venice. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire))
- **1461** — Battle of Towton: Edward of York defeats Queen Margaret to become King Edward IV of England, bringing a temporary stop to the Wars of the Roses. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Towton))
- **1549** — The city of Salvador, Bahia, the first capital of Brazil, is founded. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvador%2C_Bahia))
- **1632** — Treaty of Saint-Germain is signed returning Quebec to French control after the English had seized it in 1629. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Treaty_of_Saint-Germain-en-Laye_(1632)))
- **1792** — King Gustav III of Sweden dies after being shot in the back at a midnight masquerade ball at Stockholm's Royal Opera 13 days earlier. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_III))
- **1806** — Construction is authorized of the Great National Pike, better known as the Cumberland Road, becoming the first United States federal highway. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Road))
- **1809** — King Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden abdicates after a coup d'état. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustav_IV_Adolf))
- **1809** — At the Diet of Porvoo, Finland's four Estates pledge allegiance to Alexander I of Russia, commencing the secession of the Grand Duchy of Finland from Sweden. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diet_of_Porvoo))
- **1847** — Mexican–American War: United States forces led by General Winfield Scott take Veracruz after a siege. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War))
- **1849** — The United Kingdom annexes the Punjab. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_of_Great_Britain_and_Ireland))
- **1857** — Sepoy Mangal Pandey of the 34th Regiment, Bengal Native Infantry mutinies against the East India Company's rule in India and inspires the protracted Indian Rebellion of 1857, also known as the Sepoy Mutiny. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sepoy))
- **1867** — Queen Victoria gives Royal Assent to the British North America Act which establishes Canada on July 1. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Victoria))
- **1871** — Royal Albert Hall is opened by Queen Victoria. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Royal_Albert_Hall))
- **1879** — Anglo-Zulu War: Battle of Kambula: British forces defeat 20,000 Zulus. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anglo-Zulu_War))
- **1882** — The Knights of Columbus is established. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_of_Columbus))
- **1927** — Sunbeam 1000hp breaks the land speed record at Daytona Beach, Florida. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunbeam_1000_hp))
- **1936** — The 1936 German parliamentary election and referendum seeks approval for the recent remilitarization of the Rhineland. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1936_German_parliamentary_election_and_referendum))
- **1941** — The North American Regional Broadcasting Agreement goes into effect at 03:00 local time. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/North_American_Regional_Broadcasting_Agreement))
- **1941** — World War II: British Royal Navy and Royal Australian Navy forces defeat those of the Italian Regia Marina off the Peloponnesian coast of Greece in the Battle of Cape Matapan. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II))
- **1942** — The Bombing of Lübeck in World War II is the first major success for the RAF Bomber Command against Germany and a German city. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bombing_of_L%C3%BCbeck_in_World_War_II))
- **1947** — The Malagasy Uprising against French colonial rule begins in Madagascar. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malagasy_Uprising))
- **1951** — Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julius_and_Ethel_Rosenberg))
- **1951** — Hypnosis murders in Copenhagen. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copenhagen_hypnosis_murders))
- **1957** — The New York, Ontario and Western Railway makes its final run, the first major U.S. railroad to be abandoned in its entirety. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York%2C_Ontario_and_Western_Railway))
- **1961** — The Twenty-third Amendment to the United States Constitution is ratified, allowing residents of Washington, D.C., to vote in presidential elections. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twenty-third_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution))
- **1962** — Arturo Frondizi, the president of Argentina, is overthrown in a military coup by Argentina's armed forces, ending an 11+1⁄2 day constitutional crisis. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arturo_Frondizi))
- **1968** — The funeral of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, begins in Moscow, with thousands of people in attendance. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Funeral_of_Yuri_Gagarin_and_Vladimir_Seryogin))
- **1971** — My Lai massacre: Lieutenant William Calley is convicted of premeditated murder and sentenced to life in prison. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Lai_massacre))
- **1973** — Vietnam War: The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vietnam_War))
- **1973** — Operation Barrel Roll, a covert American bombing campaign in Laos to stop communist infiltration of South Vietnam, ends. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Barrel_Roll))
- **1974** — NASA's Mariner 10 becomes the first space probe to fly by Mercury. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NASA))
- **1974** — The Terracotta Army is discovered in Shaanxi province, China. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terracotta_Army))
- **1979** — Quebecair Flight 255 crashes after takeoff from Québec City Jean Lesage International Airport in Quebec City, killing 17. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quebecair_Flight_255))
- **1982** — The Canada Act 1982 receives the Royal Assent from Queen Elizabeth II, setting the stage for the Queen of Canada to proclaim the Constitution Act, 1982. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canada_Act_1982))
- **1984** — The Baltimore Colts load their possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer their operations to Indianapolis. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indianapolis_Colts))
- **1990** — The Czechoslovak parliament is unable to reach an agreement on what to call the country after the fall of Communism, sparking the so-called Hyphen War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czechoslovakia))
- **1999** — The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark (10,006.78) for the first time, during the height of the dot-com bubble. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dow_Jones_Industrial_Average))
- **1999** — A magnitude 6.8 earthquake in India strikes the Chamoli district in Uttar Pradesh, killing 103. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999_Chamoli_earthquake))
- **2001** — A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulfstream_III))
- **2002** — In reaction to the Passover massacre two days prior, Israel launches Operation Defensive Shield against Palestinian militants, its largest military operation in the West Bank since the 1967 Six-Day War. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passover_massacre))
- **2004** — Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bulgaria))
- **2004** — The Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat certifies Taipei 101 as the world's tallest building, based on the building having been topped out on 1 July 2003, even though the building was not completed until 31 December 2004. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Council_on_Vertical_Urbanism))
- **2010** — Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Moscow_Metro_bombings))
- **2013** — At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Dar_es_Salaam_building_collapse))
- **2014** — The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Same-sex_marriage_in_the_United_Kingdom))
- **2015** — Air Canada Flight 624 skids off the runway at Halifax Stanfield International Airport, after arriving from Toronto shortly past midnight. All 133 passengers and five crews on board survive, with 23 treated for minor injuries. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Canada_Flight_624))
- **2017** — Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_the_United_Kingdom))
- **2021** — The ship Ever Given is dislodged from the Suez Canal. ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ever_Given))

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## Notable births on March 29

- **2004** — **Kim Ju-chan** — South Korean footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Ju-chan))
- **1996** — **Wade Baldwin IV** — American basketball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wade_Baldwin_IV))
- **1994** — **Jung Jae-won** — South Korean rapper, singer-songwriter, and actor ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(rapper)))
- **1994** — **Matt Olson** — American baseball player ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Olson))
- **1993** — **Thorgan Hazard** — Belgian footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thorgan_Hazard))
- **1991** — **Irene** — South Korean idol, actress and television host ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irene_(singer)))
- **1991** — **N'Golo Kanté** — French footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N'Golo_Kant%C3%A9))
- **1990** — **Lyle Taylor** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyle_Taylor))
- **1989** — **James Tomkins** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Tomkins_(footballer)))
- **1986** — **Sylvan Ebanks-Blake** — English footballer ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sylvan_Ebanks-Blake))

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## Notable deaths on March 29

- **2025** — **Richard Chamberlain** — American actor (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Chamberlain))
- **2024** — **Gerry Conway** — English folk and rock drummer/percussionist (born 1947) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerry_Conway_(musician)))
- **2024** — **Louis Gossett Jr.** — American actor (born 1936) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Louis_Gossett_Jr.))
- **2023** — **John Kerin** — Australian politician (born 1937) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Kerin))
- **2023** — **Vivan Sundaram** — Indian contemporary artist (born 1943) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vivan_Sundaram))
- **2022** — **Charles Jeffrey** — British botanist (born 1934) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Jeffrey_(botanist)))
- **2022** — **Jennifer Wilson** — English actress (born 1932) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Wilson_(actress)))
- **2021** — **Bashkim Fino** — Albanian politician, 29th Prime Minister of Albania (born 1962) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashkim_Fino))
- **2021** — **Sarah Onyango Obama** — Kenyan educator and philanthropist (born 1921) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Onyango_Obama))
- **2020** — **Joe Diffie** — American country music singer (born 1958) ([Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Diffie))

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