March 29 Holidays & National Days & Fun Days | March 29 Calendar
March 29th Daily Holidays include:
- Knights of Columbus Founders Day
- Little Red Wagon Day – March 29, 2023 (Last Wednesday in March)
- Manatee Appreciation Day – March 29, 2023 (Last Wednesday in March)
- National Lemon Chiffon Cake Day
- National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day
- Niagara Falls Runs Dry Day
- Piano Day – March 29, 2023 (88th Day of the Year)
- Smoke and Mirrors Day
- Texas Loves the Children Day
- Vietnam Veterans Day or Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day
- Whole Grain Sampling Day – March 29, 2023 (Last Wednesday in March)
March 29: Famous Birthdays
- March 29, 1790 – John Tyler, American politician, 10th President of the United States (d. 1862)
- March 29, 1874 – Lou Hoover, American First Lady from 1929 to 1933, wife of President of the US Herbert Hoover (d. 1944)
- March 29, 1918 – Pearl Bailey, American actress and singer (Hello Dolly!) (d. 1990)
- March 29, 1918 – Sam Walton, American businessman, founded the retailers Walmart and Sam’s Club (d. 1992)
- March 29, 1956 – Kurt Thomas, American gymnast
- March 29, 1963 – Elle Macpherson, Australian model
- March 29, 1968 – Lucy Lawless, New Zealand actress and singer (Xena: Warrior Princess)
- March 29, 1976 – Jennifer Capriati, American tennis player
March 29: Historical Events
- March 29, 1638 – Swedish colonists establish the first European settlement in Delaware, naming it New Sweden
- March 29, 1848 – Niagara Falls stops flowing for 30 hours due to an ice jam
- March 29, 1852 – Ohio makes it illegal for children under 18 & women to work more than 10 hours a day
- March 29, 1867 – Congress approves Lincoln Memorial
- March 29, 1882 – The Knights of Columbus, the world’s largest Catholic fraternal service organization is established
- March 29, 1886 – The first batch of Coca-Cola is brewed in a backyard in Atlanta, Georgia, by Dr. John Pemberton
- March 29, 1943 – Meat, butter & cheese rationed in US during WW II
- March 29, 1961 – After a 4 1/2 year trial, Nelson Mandela is acquitted on treason charge
- March 29, 1971 – A Los Angeles, California jury recommends the death penalty for Charles Manson and three female followers
- March 29, 1973 – The last United States combat soldiers leave South Vietnam (Vietnam War)
- March 29, 1999 – The Dow Jones Industrial Average closes above the 10,000 mark for the first time
- March 29, 2004 – The Republic of Ireland becomes the first country in the world to ban smoking in all work places, bars, and restaurants
- March 29, 2017 – The UK invokes Article 50 which begins the formal process of Brexit which withdraws the UK from the European Union (EU)
March 29: Music Events
- March 29, 1795 – Beethoven debuts as pianist in Vienna, at age 24
- March 29, 1975 – Led Zeppelin becomes the first band in history to have six albums on the Billboard chart at once
- March 29, 1982 – Stevie Wonder and Paul McCartney, Ebony And Ivory is released
- March 29, 1985 – Madonna’s first film, Desperately Seeking Susan, debuts
- March 29, 1986 – Beatle records officially go on sale in Russia
- March 29, 1987 – Starship’s Nothing’s Gonna Stop Us Now hits #1
- March 29, 2006 – Tom Jones is knighted by Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace
- March 29, 2009 – Nickelback win Album of the Year, Group of the Year and the Fan Choice Award at the Juno Awards
March 29: Astrological Sign
The Astrological Sign for March 29 is Aries.
March Birthstone:
What is the March Birthstone? Aquamarine
The modern birthstone representing March is aquamarine. Famed for millennia for its pure and even blue or blue-green color, potentially large size, and sparkling clarity, the aquamarine has been a valued gem to many cultures.
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