March 29
People born on this day are Aries.
- 1984
The Baltimore Colts load their possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer their operations to Indianapolis.
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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.
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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.
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A Gulfstream III crashes on approach to Aspen/Pitkin County Airport in Aspen, Colorado. All 18 people on board are killed.
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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.
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Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
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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.
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Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.
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At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.
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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.
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Prime Minister Theresa May invokes Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union, formally beginning the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union.
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The ship Ever Given is dislodged from the Suez Canal.
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2004Kim Ju-chan, South Korean footballer
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1996Wade Baldwin IV, American basketball player
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1994Matt Olson, American baseball player
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1994Tom Wilson, Canadian ice hockey player
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1993Thorgan Hazard, Belgian footballer
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1991Irene, South Korean idol, actress and television host
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1991N'Golo Kanté, French footballer
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1990Lyle Taylor, English footballer
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1989James Tomkins, English footballer
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1986Sylvan Ebanks-Blake, English footballer
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1985Fernando Amorebieta, Venezuelan footballer
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1983Chokwe Antar Lumumba, American attorney, activist and politician
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