At A Glance

29 March 2022 at a glance

Day of the week
29 March 2022 was a Tuesday.
UK Number One
The UK Number One single was “Starlight” by Dave.
Top Film of 2022
The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 2022 was Avatar: The Way of Water.
Star sign
The star sign for 29 March is Aries.
Chinese zodiac
In the Chinese zodiac, 29 March 2022 fell in the Year of the Tiger.
Birthstone
The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
Moon phase
The moon phase on 29 March 2022 was Waning Crescent.

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 2022 in the United Kingdom

A selection from Wikipedia's '2022 in the United Kingdom'. Not a complete list.

  • 6 February – The Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II marks the 70th anniversary of her accession to the throne as Queen of the United Kingdom.
  • 8 April – The home secretary, Priti Patel, apologises for delays in accepting Ukrainian refugees, with only a quarter of the 41,000 granted visas having entered the UK so far.
  • 4 May – 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine: A new set of sanctions is announced by the government, with Russia banned from using British management consulting, accounting and PR services.

Life in 2022

Prime Minister

Boris Johnson

Monarch

Elizabeth II

Pint of Beer

£4.50

Loaf of Bread

£1.80

Average House

£283,615

Weekly Wage

£975.00

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