At A Glance

29 March 2016 at a glance

Day of the week
29 March 2016 was a Tuesday.
ARIA No. 1
The ARIA No. 1 was “7 Years” by Lukas Graham.
Top Film of 2016
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2016 was Captain America: Civil War.
Best-Selling Vehicle of 2016
Australia's top-selling new vehicle in 2016 was the Toyota HiLux.
Star sign
The star sign for 29 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 29 March 2016 fell in the Year of the Monkey.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 29 March 2016 was Waning Gibbous.

On this day: 29 March

  • 2004 Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia join NATO as full members.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 2021 The ship Ever Given is dislodged from the Suez Canal.

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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Events of 2016 in Australia

A selection from Wikipedia's '2016 in Australia'. Not a complete list.

  • 2 February – The Federal Government reintroduces its bill for the Australian Building and Construction Commission on the first parliamentary sitting of 2016.
  • 2 July – A double dissolution federal election is held. On 10 July, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull claims victory for the Liberal–National Coalition which was returned with a reduced majority.
  • 26 July – A royal commission into juvenile detention in the Northern Territory is announced, after the Four Corners program airs footage of abuse of detainees at the Don Dale Youth Detention Centre.

Life in Australia in 2016

Prime Minister

Malcolm Turnbull

Monarch

Queen Elizabeth II

Petrol (per litre)

$1.10

Loaf of Bread

$3.55

Average House

$600,000

Weekly Wage

$1,530.00

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