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TODAY IN HISTORY

March 29

Sunday, March 29, 2026

Day 87 of 2026 | Week 13 | 272 days until Christmas πŸŽ…

HISTORIC EVENTS

1
2021

The ship Ever Given was dislodged from the Suez Canal.

2
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.

3
2016

A United States Air Force F-16 crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan.

4
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.

5
2014

The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.

6
2013

At least 36 people are killed when a 16-floor building collapses in the commercial capital Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

7
2010

Two suicide bombers hit the Moscow Metro system at the peak of the morning rush hour, killing 40.

8
2004

Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.

9
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.

10
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.

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

1968 CD Águila)

born in Arauco

1964 Catherine Cortez Masto

American politician (Senator-D-Nevada 2017-)

1962 Billy Beane

American baseball executive (GM Oakland Athletics 1997-2016; MLB Executive of the Year Award 2018; film 'Moneyball' based on Beane)

1962 Kirk Triplett

American golfer (3 x PGA Tour

1961 Amy Sedaris

American comedian and actress (At Home with Amy Sedaris

1961 Gary Brabham

Australian auto racer

1961 Michael Winterbottom

British director (A Mighty Heart

1960 Annabella Sciorra

American actress (The Sopranos)

1960 Jo NesbΓΈ

Norwegian writer (Harry Hole crime novels) and singer

1959 Barry Blanchard

Canadian mountaineer

1959 Brad McCrimmon

Canadian ice hockey defenseman (Stanley Cup 1989 Calgary Flames; NHL All-Star 1988; Plus-Minus Award +48 1989)

1959 Maggie Baird

American actress (The X-Files

1958 Fiona Reynolds

Master of Emmanuel College

1958 Marc Silvestri

American comic book artist

1958 Victor Salva

American film director (Jeepers Creepers)

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