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What happened in history on this day: March 29?
On March 29 in ...
- 1906 - Stanley Cup: Montréal Wanderers sweep Kenora Thisles in two games.
- 1919 - Stanley Cup: Montréal (NHL) and Seattle (PCHA) win two games each with one tie; 1919 Stanley Cup not awarded due to flu epidemic.
- 1929 - NHL Stanley Cup: Boston Bruins sweep New York Rangers in two games.
- 1940 - Joe Louis knocks out Johnny Paycheck in two rounds to retain heavyweight boxing title.
- 1941 - Third NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Wisconsin beats Washington State 39-34.
- 1946 - First Test Cricket between Australia and New Zealand.
- 1946 - Test Cricket debuts of Lindwall, Miller and Tallon.
- 1948 - New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox tie at 2-2 in 17 innings, spring training game.
- 1953 - Patty Berg wins LPGA New Orleans Women's Golf Open.
- 1958 - US Ladies Figure Skating Championship won by Carol Heiss.
- 1958 - US Men's Figure Skating Championship won by David Jenkins.
- 1959 - Wes Hall takes Pakistani cricket hat-trick at Lahore.
- 1966 - Muhammad Ali beats George Chuvalo in 15 rounds for heavyweight boxing title.
- 1970 - Manchester City wins 10th Europe Cup II.
- 1973 - Dave Cowens wins NBA Most Valuable Player.
- 1975 - Jane Blalock wins LPGA Karsten-Ping Golf Open.
- 1975 - Only second time New York Islanders beat Texas Rangers.
- 1976 - 38th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: Indiana beats Michigan 86-68.
- 1979 - Andrew Hilditch given out handled the ball versus Pakistan at WACA.
- 1979 - Delhi beats Karnataka by 399 runs to win Cricket's Ranji Trophy.
- 1979 - Last day of Test cricket for Mushtaq Mohammad.
- 1981 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Women's Kemper Golf Open.
- 1981 - Tiina Lehtola ski jumps female record 110 metre.
- 1981 - The first London Marathon starts with 7,500 runners.
- 1982 - 44th NCAA Men's Basketball Championship: North Carolina beats Georgetown 63-62.
- 1982 - Delhi 707 beats Karnataka 705 on first innings to win Ranji Trophy.
- 1984 - NFL Baltimore Colts move to Indianapolis under cover of night.
- 1985 - Wayne Gretzky breaks own NHL season record with 126th assist.
- 1987 - 6th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship: Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 67-44.
- 1987 - Pat Bradley wins LPGA Standard Register Turquoise Golf Classic.
- 1987 - Australian Football League expansion team, the West Coast Eagles, play their first ever match (not including pre-season). They defeat the Richmond Tigers 20.13 (133) to 16.23 (119).
- 1989 - First Soviet hockey players are permitted to play for the NHL.
- 1990 - Houston Rockets' Akeen Olajuwan scores the third NBA quadruple double 18 points, 16 rebounds, ten assists and 11 blocks versus Milwaukee Bucks.
- 1992 - 21st Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship won by Dottie Mochrie.
- 1992 - NCAA Basketball Women's Championship at Kemper Arena, Kansas City, Stanford beats Western Kentucky 78-62.
- 1992 - World Ice Dance Championship in Oakland won by Klimova and Ponomarenko (CIS).
- 1992 - World Ice Pairs Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Mishuktienok and Dmitriev (CIS).
- 1992 - World Ladies Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Kristi Yamaguchi (USA).
- 1992 - World Men's Figure Skating Championship in Oakland won by Viktor Petrenko (CIS).
- 1993 - Queensland all out for 75 versus New South Wales in Sheffield Shield Final.
- 1994 - Coach Jimmy Johnson quits Dallas Cowboys.
- 1994 - Last day of Test cricket for Allan Border.
- 1996 - Cleveland Browns choose new name, Baltimore Ravens.
- 1996 - New York Yankees beats New York Mets 7-3 in an exhibition game.
- 1997 - First game at Turner Field in Atlanta, Atlanta Braves beats New York Yankees 2-0 (exhibition game).
- 1997 - PBA National Championship Won by Rick Steelsmith.
- 1998 - 17th NCAA Women's Basketball Championship, at Kemper Arena in Kansas City. Tennessee beats Louisiana Tech 93-75.
- 1998 - 27th Nabisco Dinah Shore Golf Championship.
- 1999 - UConn defeats Duke 77-74, for the 61st NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship.
- 2001 - Todd Helton signs a nine-year, $141.5 million contract extension with the Colorado Rockies.
- 2009 - At the world women's curling championship in Gangneung, South Korea, Bingyu Wang of China defeats Sweden's Anette Norberg 8-6 to give China its first-ever world women's curling championship title.
- 2009 - At least 22 people are killed and 132 injured in a stampede before a World Cup of soccer qualifying match in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Births of sports figures on March 29
- 1867 - Birth of Cy [Denton True] Young Gilmore Ohio, winningest pitcher (511 wins, 1890-1911).
- 1871 - Birth of Tom Hayward cricket player (great England batsman of the Golden Age).
- 1917 - Birth of Man O' War; racehorse (winner of 20 out of 21 races and US$249,465).
- 1921 - Birth of Sam Loxton; cricket player (flamboyant Australian batsman of late 1940s).
- 1925 - Birth of Emlen Tunnell; NFL safety (New York Giants, Green Bay Packers).
- 1930 - Birth of G R Sunderam; cricket pace bowler (two Tests India versus New Zealand 1955-56).
- 1939 - Birth of Hanumant Singh; cricket player (14 Tests for India-century on debut).
- 1944 - Birth of Denny McLain; Detroit Tiger pitcher (1968 American League Most Valuable Player/Cy Young/31 wins).
- 1945 - Birth of Walt "Clyde" Frazier; NBA guard (New York Knicks).
- 1949 - Birth of Uton Dowe; cricket player (West Indies pace bowler 1972-73 "Dowe shall not bowl").
- 1951 - Birth of Geoff Howarth; cricket player (New Zealand captain early 1980s).
- 1952 - Birth of Teofilo Stevenson in Cuba; heavyweight boxer (Olympics-gold-1972, 1976, 1980).
- 1955 - Birth of Earl Campbell; NFL running back (Houston Texans, New Orleans Saints, 1977 Heisman).
- 1956 - Birth of Kurt Thomas; American gymnast (Olympics) / actor (Gymkata).
- 1959 - Birth of Brad McCrimmon in Dodsland, Saskatchewan, Canada; NHL defenseman (Hartford Whalers).
- 1961 - Birth of Mike Kingery in Saint James, Minnesota, USA; outfielder (Pittsburgh Pirates).
- 1962 - Birth of Kirk Alan Triplett in Moses Lake, Washington, USA; PGA golfer (1992 Shell Houston-second).
- 1966 - Birth of Dwayne Harper; NFL cornerback (San Diego Chargers).
- 1966 - Birth of Eric Gunderson in Portland, Oregon, USA; pitcher (Boston Red Sox).
- 1966 - Birth of Robb Thomas; NFL receiver (Seattle Seahawks, Tampa Bay Buccaneers).
- 1967 - Birth of Brian Jordan in Baltimore, Maryland, USA; outfielder (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 1967 - Birth of Jerry Olsavsky; NFL linebacker (Pittsburgh Steelers).
- 1968 - Birth of Chris Calloway; NFL wide receiver (New York Giants).
- 1968 - Birth of James Williams; NFL tackle (Chicago Bears).
- 1969 - Birth of Darren Chandler; WLAF receiver (Amsterdam Admirals).
- 1969 - Birth of Jeff Blackshear; guard (Baltimore Ravens).
- 1969 - Birth of Jimmy Spencer; NFL cornerback (New Orleans Saints, Cincinnati Bengals).
- 1969 - Birth of Kai Nurminen in Turku, Finland; hockey forward (Team Finland).
- 1969 - Birth of [Jane] Kim[berly] Batten in McRae, Georgia, USA; 400 metre hurdler (Olympics-silver-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Alex Ochoa in Miami, Florida, USA; outfielder (New York Mets).
- 1972 - Birth of John Rothell in Titusville, Florida, USA; 400-metre hurdler.
- 1972 - Birth of Paul Michael in Kent, Australia; New Zealand breast-stroke swimmer (Olympics-1996).
- 1972 - Birth of Trevor Kidd in Dugald, Manitoba, Canada; NHL goalie (Calgary Flames).
- 1973 - Birth of Brad Bridgewater; American 200 metre backstroke (Olympics-gold-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of John Oppio in Sparks, Nevada, USA; double trap (Olympics-1996).
- 1973 - Birth of Marc Overmars; Dutch soccer player (Ajax).
- 1973 - Birth of Mark Platt in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada; rower (Olympics-1996).
- 1975 - Birth of Christopher Yule; hockey forward (Team Japan 1998).
- 1976 - Birth of Jennifer Capriati in Long Island, New York; tennis professional (Federation Cup-1990, Olympics-gold-1992).
- 1986 - Birth of Romina Oprandi; Italian tennis player.
Deaths of sports figures on March 29
- 1978 - Jayasinghrao Mansinghrao Ghorpade, cricket player (8 Tests for India), dies.
- 1995 - Death of Tony Lock, English cricket player (born 1929).
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