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This Day In History: 04/29/1992 - Riots Erupt in Los Angeles. Wake Up to This Day in History. Discover what happened on April 29 with HISTORY’s summaries of major events, anniversaries, famous...
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Up to 1900
1. 711 -Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula. 2. 1429 – Battle of Orléans: French troops led by Joan of Arc lifted the English Siege of Orleans, a turning point in the Hundred Years' War. 3. 1483 - Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile. 4. 1521 - Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops under Gustav Vasa defeat a Danish force under Didrik Slagheck in the Battle of Vastera...
1901 – 2000
1. 1903 – A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada. 2. 1910 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australiafor the second time. 3. 1916 – Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin. 4. 1944 – Dancing Romeo, the last Our Gangmovie, is shown for the first time. 5. 1945 – World War II: The German Army in Italy surrenders (gives up) to the Allies....
From 2001
1. 2002 – The United States is re-elected (chosen again) to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years. 2. 2004 - Oldsmobile builds its final car, ending 107 years of production. 3. 2005 – Syrian troops complete their withdrawal from Lebanon. 4. 2011 – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge marries Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London. 5. 2013 - NBA player Jason Collins announces that he is openly gay, the first American spo...
Up to 1900
1. 1667 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish doctor, mathematician and writer (d. 1735) 2. 1686 - Vasily Tartishchev, Russian statesman, historian and geographer (d. 1750) 3. 1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer, founder of modern ballet (d. 1810) 4. 1745 – Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807) 5. 1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833) 6. 1766 - Nicolas Vansittart, 1st Baron Bexley, English statesman (d. 1851) 7. 1780 - Charles Nodier, French writer (d...
1901 – 1950
1. 1901 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (d. 1989) 2. 1907 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born movie director (d. 1997) 3. 1907 - Chuya Nakahara, Japanese poet (d. 1937) 4. 1907 - Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983) 5. 1909 - Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994) 6. 1915 – Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999) 7. 1917 - Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012) 8. 1917 - Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet and photographer (d. 1961) 9. 1917 - Urie Bronfe...
1951 – 1975
1. 1951 - John Holmes, British diplomat 2. 1951 – Dale Earnhardt, American racing driver (d. 2001) 3. 1952 – David Icke, British writer, and former footballer and journalist 4. 1952 - Rob Nicholson, Canadian politician 5. 1953 - Nikolai Budarin, Russian cosmonaut 6. 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian 7. 1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress 8. 1955 - Klaus Siebert, German biathlete (d. 2016) 9. 1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor 10. 1957 - Timothy Treadwell, American activist (d. 20...
Up to 1950
1. 643 - Hou Junji, Chinese chancellor during the Tang Dynasty 2. 926 - Burchard III, Duke of Swabia 3. 1380 – Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347) 4. 1594 - Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer and writer 5. 1688 – Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620) 6. 1698 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655) 7. 1707 – George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678) 8. 1768 - Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 16...
1951 – 2000
1. 1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (b. 1889) 2. 1957 – Belle Baker, American 1920s torch singer, movie and television actress (b. 1893) 3. 1961 - Cisco Houston, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1918) 4. 1967 – Anthony Mann, American actor and director (b. 1867) 5. 1967 - J. B. Lenoir, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (b. 1929) 6. 1968 - Anthony Boucher, American science fiction writer (b. 1911) 7. 1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, British movie director...
From 2001
1. 2001 – Barend Biesheuvel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1920) 2. 2002 - Sune Andersson, Swedish footballer (b. 1921) 3. 2005 – William J. Bell, soap opera creator, writer, producer (b. 1927) 4. 2006 - John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist (b. 1908) 5. 2007 – Ivica Racan, Croatian Prime Minister (b. 1944) 6. 2008 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss physicist (b. 1906) 7. 2008 - Bo Yang, Chinese author and cultural critic (b. 1920) 8. 2012 - Eric Charden, French singer (b. 1943) 9....
Showa Day in Japan, birthday of HirohitoUK Bank Holiday (in 2011)International DanceDayBaseball Player Tris Speaker. 1920 Duke Kahanamoku wins his 2nd gold medal of the day in the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team with Perry McGillivray, Pua Kealoha and Norman Ross in world record 10:04.4. 1922 1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ in Tallinn, Estonia.
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On This Day In History - April 29: anniversaries, birthdays, major events, and time capsules. This day's facts in the arts, politics, and sciences.
Jun 20, 2023 · HISTORICAL EVENTS. 1789: George Washington is inaugurated as the first President of the United States. 1952: IBM announces the first commercially successful computer, the IBM 701. 1975: The Vietnam War comes to an end as North Vietnam forces capture Saigon, leading to the reunification of Vietnam.
