Born on 29 March 2005

At A Glance

29 March 2005 at a glance

Day of the week

29 March 2005 was a Tuesday.

ARIA No. 1

The ARIA No. 1 was “Rain / Bridge over Troubled Water” by Anthony Callea.

Top Film of 2005

The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2005 was Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire.

Best-Selling Vehicle of 2005

Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2005 was the Holden Commodore.

Star sign

The star sign for 29 March is Aries.

Chinese zodiac

In the Chinese zodiac, 29 March 2005 fell in the Year of the Rooster.

Birthstone

The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.

Moon phase

The moon phase on 29 March 2005 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 29 March

• 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.
• 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
• 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.
• 2014 The first same-sex marriages in England and Wales are performed.
• 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.

Famous people born on 29 March

• Brendan Gleeson, Irish actor (born 1955)
• Billy Beane, American baseball player and manager (born 1962)
• Eric Idle, English actor, comedian, musician and writer (born 1943)
• N'Golo Kanté, French footballer (born 1991)

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