April 29Birthdays & History

On this day: April 29 in history

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1. 801An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.Europe
2. 1091Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.Europe
3. 1429Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.Europe
4. 1483Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.Europe
5. 1492The Crown's decision to expel the Jews is announced in Zaragoza, Aragon, to the kingdom's procurators.Europe
6. 1521Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.Europe
7. 1670Emilio Altieri is elected pope after a four-month conclave and takes the name Clement X.Europe
8. 1760French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.EuropeNorth America
9. 1770James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.Oceania
10. 1781American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.North AmericaEurope
11. 1826The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.Oceania
12. 1861Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.North America
13. 1862American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck move to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard.North America
14. 1862American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.North America
15. 1864Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.North America
16. 1903A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.North America
17. 1910The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.Europe
18. 1911Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.Asia
19. 1916World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.EuropeAsiaMiddle East
20. 1916Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.Europe
21. 1945Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.North America
22. 1945World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.Europe
23. 1945World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.Europe
24. 1945World War II: Allied airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.Europe
25. 1946The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.Asia
26. 1952Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.Latin America
27. 1953The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.North America
28. 1967After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.North America
29. 1970Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.AsiaNorth America
30. 1974Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.North America
31. 1975Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands.Asia
32. 1975Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. This happens after the Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base.AsiaNorth America
33. 1985Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B.North America
34. 1986An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declare independence for a state of Khalistan.Asia
35. 1986The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the USS Coral Sea.North AmericaMiddle East
36. 1986A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.North America
37. 1991A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.Asia
38. 1991The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.Europe
39. 1992Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.North America
40. 1997The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.World
41. 2004The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.North America
42. 2011The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.Europe
43. 2013National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.Asia
44. 2013A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.Europe
45. 2015A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.North America

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