At A Glance
29 March 1997 at a glance
- Day of the week
- 29 March 1997 was a Saturday.
- Irish Chart Song in 1997
- The Irish chart song for 1997 was “Barbie Girl” by Aqua.
- Top Film of 1997
- The highest-grossing film worldwide released in 1997 was Titanic.
- Star sign
- The star sign for 29 March is Aries.
- Chinese zodiac
- In the Chinese zodiac, 29 March 1997 fell in the Year of the Ox.
- Birthstone
- The birthstone for March is Aquamarine.
- Moon phase
- The moon phase on 29 March 1997 was Waning Gibbous.
On this day: 29 March
- 1984 The Baltimore Colts load their possessions onto fifteen Mayflower moving trucks in the early morning hours and transfer their operations to Indianapolis.
- 1990 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.
- 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.
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)
Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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Events of 1997 in Ireland
A selection from Wikipedia's '1997 in Ireland'. Not a complete list.
- 8 January – Russia sought to widen its ban on the importation of Irish beef due to bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
- 27 February – A new law providing for divorce came into effect.
- 17 March – The new national independent radio station, Radio Ireland, went on the air.
Life in Ireland in 1997
Taoiseach
John Bruton
Petrol (per litre)
£1.75/gal
Loaf of Bread
£0.80
Average House
£68,000
Weekly Wage
£130
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