The 29t o Mairch is the 88t day o the year (89t in lowp years) in the Gregorian Calendar, wi 277 days ti come.
Events
1974: Mercur, photographed bi Mariner 10- 1549 - The ceety o Salvador, Bahia, Brazil is foondit.
- 1792 - Gustav III o Swaden dies efter he wis shot at a masquerade ball.
- 1849 - The Unitit Kinrick annexes the Punjab.
- 1871 - The Royal Albert Hall in Lunnon opens.
- 1930 - Heinrich Brüning becomes Chancellor o Germany.
- 1971 - William Calley is foond guilty o the My Lai massacre in Vietnam.
- 1974 - Mariner 10 passes the planet o Mercur.
- 1998 - The Vasco da Gama Brig across the River Tagus in Lisbon opens.
- 2004 - NATO expands eastward - Bulgarie, Estonie, Latvie, Lithuanie, Romanie, Slovakie an Slovenie jyn.
- 2004 - The Republic o Ireland bans smokin in aw public places.
- 2006 - A solar eclipse is seen ower the Northren Brazil, the Atlantic Ocean, Africae, Europe an Asie.
- 2010 - Around 40 fowk are kilt in suicide bombins on the Moscow Metro.
- 2014 - The first same-sex marriages in Ingland an Wales take place.
- 2017 - Theresa May triggers "Airticle 50" o the European Union Treaty tae stairt the Brexit process.
Births
John Major- 1790 - John Tyler, 10t Preses o the Unitit States (d. 1862)
- 1889 - Warner Baxter, American actor (d. 1951)
- 1899 - Lavrentiy Beria, Georgian-Soviet politeecian (d. 1953)
- 1929 - Lennart Meri, Preses o Estonie (d. 2006)
- 1941 - Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr., American astropheesicist
- 1943 - John Major, umwhile Prime Meenister o the Unitit Kinrick
- 1943 - Vangelis, Greek componer
- 1943 - Eric Idle, Inglis actor an sangster
- 1955 - Henry Bellingham, Inglish politeecian
- 1957 - Christopher Lambert, French-American actor
- 1960 - Jo Nesbo, Norse writer an muisicker
- 1964 - Elle Macpherson, Australian model an actress
- 1968 - Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress
- 1970 - Ruth England, Inglish televeesion presenter
- 1972 - Rui Costa, Portuguese fitbawer
- 1972 - Priti Patel, Inglis politeecian
- 1976 - Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
- 1984 - Mohamed Bouazizi, Tunisian fruit seller (d. 2011)
- 1987 - Dimitri Payet, French fitbawer
Daiths
Halidays
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