On This Day: What happened on 29 March?

Here’s a look at what happened on this day, 29 March, throughout history. We remember the news, events, and people that influenced the course of history forever.

1947 | Malagasy Uprising a rebellion against French colonial rule began in Madagascar.

1979 | Idi Amin, Ugandan president, flees Uganda when Tanzanians took control of the capital city Kampala.

1998 | Smoking was prohibited on all flights by British Airways (BA).

2013 | A 16-floor building collapses in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania killing at least 36 people.

2020 | Khayelitsha had the first confirmed township COVID-19 case.

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DEATHS

1959 |1st Prime Minister of the Central African Republic, Barthélemy Boganda (48) 

2012 | Minister of justice and the former Attorney General of the Gambia, Pap Cheyassin Secka (69)

2020 | Ghanaian football player, Opoku Afriyie (75) 

BIRTHDAYS

1946 | Nigerian musician and journalist, Segun Bucknor 

1971 | South African television and radio journalist, Lara Logan 

1974 | South African businesswoman, Basetsana Kumalo

1996 | South African cricket player, Lungi Ngidi

SPORT

2009 | Sevens World Series in Hong Kong: South African Rugby team lost the final match to Fiji 24-26.

2009 | A wall collapse in Félix Houphouët-Boigny Stadium in Ivory Coast killing 22 spectators and injuring more than a hundred in a stampede shortly before the kick-off game between Ivory Coast & Malawi.

2010 | Ernie Els, South African professional golfer wins the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Florida for the second time.

 

ENTERTAINMENT

2005 | Mariah Carey releases her single We Belong Together.

2007 | ‘Umbrella’ Rihanna’s single featuring Jay-Z is released.

2019 | Billie Eilish’s debut studio album ‘When We All Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?’ is released.

AFRICA FACT

Algeria is the largest country in the African Continent and the tenth-largest country in the world.