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This day in history: 29 April

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320 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 29 April.
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2015: A 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 th

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day: April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Catherine of Siena (Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican Church)

Christian feast day: Hugh of Cluny

Christian feast day: Robert of Molesme

Christian feast day: Wilfrid II

International Dance Day (UNESCO)

Shōwa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5. (Japan)

Events

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 th

2013A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.

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.

2011The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.

2004The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.

1997The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

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.

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.

1991The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.

1986A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.

1986An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declare independence for a state of Khalistan.

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.

1985Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B.

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.

1975Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands.

1974Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.

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.

1967After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

1953The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.

1952Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.

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.

1945Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

1945World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.

1945World War II: Allied airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.

1945World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.

1916Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.

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.

1911Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.

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.

1903A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.

1864Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.

1862American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.

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.

1861Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.

1826The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.

1781American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

1770James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.

1760French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.

1670Emilio Altieri is elected pope after a four-month conclave and takes the name Clement X.

1521Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.

Born on this day

2007Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess

2007Mirra Andreeva, Russian tennis player

2006Xochitl Gomez, American actress

2001Danilo, Brazilian footballer

1999Mateo Retegui, Argentine-Italian footballer

1998Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player

1998Mallory Pugh, American soccer player

1997Lucas Tousart, French footballer

1996Katherine Langford, Australian actress

1994Christina Shakovets, German tennis player

1992Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian

1991Adam Smith, English footballer

1991Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress

1991Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player

1990Chris Johnson, American basketball player

1990James Faulkner, Australian cricketer

1989Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist

1989Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer

1988Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer

1988Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player

1988Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete

1988Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer

1987Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer

1987Rob Atkinson, English footballer

1987Sara Errani, Italian tennis player

1986Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor

1986Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress

1984Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer

1984Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player

1983Jay Cutler, American football player

1983Megan Boone, American actress

1983Sam Jones III, American actor

1981George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer

1980Bre Blair, Canadian actress

1980Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player

1979Jo O'Meara, English pop singer

1979Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer

1978Bob Bryan, American tennis player

1978Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician

1978Mike Bryan, American tennis player

Died on this day

2023Padma Desai, Indian-American development economist (born 1931)

2022Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (born 1934)

2021Cate Haste, English author (born 1945)

2020Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (born 1921)

2020Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (born 1967)

2019Josef Šural, Czech footballer (born 1990)

2018Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (born 1929)

2018Michael Martin, British politician (born 1945)

2017R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (born 1939)

2016Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian singer (born 1925)

2016Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (born 1948)

2015Calvin Peete, American golfer (born 1943)

2015Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (born 1922)

2015François Michelin, French businessman (born 1926)

2015Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (born 1923)

2014Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (born 1925)

2014Bob Hoskins, English actor (born 1942)

2014Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (born 1966)

2013Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (born 1992)

2013John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (born 1920)

2013Kevin Moore, English footballer (born 1958)

2013Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (born 1990)

2013Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (born 1924)

2012Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (born 1957)

2012Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (born 1926)

2012Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (born 1945)

2012Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (born 1942)

2011Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (born 1937)

2011Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (born 1931)

2010Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (born 1929)

Quote of the day

“Nothing is so certain as that the evils of idleness can be shaken off by hard work.”

Seneca

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