April 29
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of the year.
Contents |
Births [change]
- 1667 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish doctor, mathematician and writer (d. 1735)
- 1686 - Vasily Tartishchev, Russian statesman, historian and geographer (d. 1750)
- 1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer, founder of modern ballet (d. 1810)
- 1745 – Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)
- 1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833)
- 1780 - Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844)
- 1784 - Samuel Turrell Armstrong, Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
- 1818 – Tsar Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)
- 1820 - Henry Watkins Alley, Confederate general and Governor of Louisiana (d. 1866)
- 1824 – Francisco Pi y Margell, Catalan-Spanish politician and writer (d. 1901)
- 1837 - Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (d. 1891)
- 1854 – Henri Poincare, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912)
- 1857 – Grand Duke Sergei Alexandrovich of Russia (d. 1905)
- 1863 – Constantine Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933)
- 1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American media tycoon (d. 1951)
- 1868 – Alice Keppel, English socialite and mistress to Edward VII (d. 1947)
- 1872 - Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman, lawyer and horse-breeder (d. 1930)
- 1875 - Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English writer (d. 1950)
- 1876 – Zauditu, Empress of Ethiopia (d. 1930)
- 1879 – Thomas Beecham, British conductor (d. 1961)
- 1882 - Hendrik Nicolaes Werkman, Dutch artist and painter (d. 1945)
- 1885 – Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)
- 1887 - Raymond Thorne, American freestyle swimmer (d. 1921)
- 1893 – Harold C. Urey, American chemist (d. 1981)
- 1895 – Malcolm Sargent, British conductor (d. 1967)
- 1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist and jazz musician (d. 1974)
- 1901 – Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (d. 1989)
- 1907 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born movie director (d. 1997)
- 1907 - Chuya Nakahara, Japanese poet (d. 1937)
- 1907 - Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (d. 1983)
- 1909 - Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1915 – Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999)
- 1917 - Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)
- 1919 - Alla Rakha, Indian tabla player (d. 2000)
- 1921 – Cornelius de Jager, Dutch astronomer
- 1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz musician and harmonica player
- 1923 – Irvin Kershner, American movie director (d. 2010)
- 1925 – Iwao Takamoto, Japanese-American animator and movie director (d. 2007)
- 1925 – John Compton, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)
- 1925 - Ned Austin, American actor (d. 2007)
- 1926 – Paul Baran, American computer pioneer (d. 2011)
- 1929 – Walter Kempowski, German author (d. 2007)
- 1933 – Mark Eyskens, former Prime Minister of Belgium
- 1933 - Rod McKuen, American poet and composer
- 1934 – Pedro Pires, former President of Cape Verde
- 1936 – Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor
- 1938 - Klaus Voormann, German artist, musician and producer
- 1938 – Bernard Madoff, American financier and convict
- 1942 - Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross-country skier
- 1944 – Hermann Scheer, German politician (d. 2010)
- 1944 – Princess Benedikte of Denmark
- 1944 - Richard Kline, American actor and director
- 1947 - Joey Levine, American singer and composer
- 1947 - Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician
- 1949 - Anita Dobson, English actress
- 1950 – Phillip Noyce, Australian movie director
- 1951 – Dale Earnhardt, American racing driver (d. 2001)
- 1952 – David Icke, British author, and former footballer and journalist
- 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian
- 1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress
- 1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor
- 1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
- 1964 – Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor
- 1966 – Phil Tufnell, English cricketer
- 1970 – Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- 1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress
- 1972 – Marko Rehmer, German footballer
- 1974 - Anggun, Indonesian-French singer-songwriter
- 1978 – Bob Bryan, American tennis player
- 1978 – Mike Bryan, American tennis player
- 1979 – Lee Dong-Gook, South Korean footballer
- 1979 – Jo O'Meara, English singer (S Club)
- 1979 - Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party)
- 1980 – Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife)
- 1983 - Semih Senturk, Turkish footballer
- 1984 - Taylor Cole, American actress
- 1985 – Jean-Francois Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1987 - Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
- 1987 – Alicia Morton, American actress
- 1988 – Jonathan Toews, NHL ice hockey centre for the Chicago Blackhawks
- 1988 – Younha, South Korean singer
- 1989 – Charlotte Francis, English actress
- 1992 - Emilio Orozco, American soccer player
Deaths [change]
- 926 - Burchard III, Duke of Swabia
- 1380 – Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347)
- 1594 - Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer and writer
- 1688 – Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)
- 1698 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)
- 1707 – George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678)
- 1776 - Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713)
- 1782 - Richard Kempenfelt, English admiral (b. 1718)
- 1905 - Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
- 1921 - Annie Edson Taylor, American adventuress (b. 1838)
- 1933 – Constantine Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863)
- 1935 – Leroy Carr, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)
- 1937 – William Gillette, actor (b. 1853)
- 1944 – Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (b. 1851)
- 1947 - Irving Fisher, American economist (b. 1867)
- 1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (b. 1889)
- 1957 – Belle Baker, American 1920s torch singer, movie and television actress (b. 1893)
- 1967 – Anthony Mann, American actor and director (b. 1867)
- 1967 - J. B. Lenoir, American blues guitarist and singer-songwriter (b. 1929)
- 1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, British movie director (b. 1899)
- 1993 – Mick Ronson, British musician (b. 1946)
- 1997 – Mike Royko, columnist (b. 1932)
- 2001 – Barend Biesheuvel, Prime Minister of the Netherlands (b. 1920)
- 2005 – William J. Bell, soap opera creator, writer, producer (b. 1927)
- 2006 - John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist (b. 1908)
- 2007 – Ivica Racan, Croatian Prime Minister (b. 1944)
- 2008 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss physicist (b. 1906)
- 2012 - Eric Charden, French singer (b. 1943)
- 2012 – Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician (b. 1942)
- 2012 - Joel Goldsmith, American composer (b. 1957)
- 2012 – Amarillo Slim, American professional poker player (b. 1928)
Events [change]
- 711 -Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula.
- 1429 – Battle of Orléans: French troops led by Joan of Arc lifted the English siege of Orléans, a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.
- 1521 - Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops under Gustav Vasa defeat a Danish force under Didrik Slagheck in the Battle of Vasteras.
- 1587 - Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cadiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
- 1672 – Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
- 1770 – James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
- 1854 – The Ashmun Institute is officially begins as the first college for African American students.
- 1861 – American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to split from the Union
- 1862 – American Civil War: New Orleans falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
- 1882 - The Elektromote, a forerunner of the trolleybus, is tested by Eduard Werner von Siemens in Berlin.
- 1903 – A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
- 1910 – Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
- 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.
- 1944 – Dancing Romeo, the last Our Gang movie, is shown for the first time.
- 1945 – World War II: The German Army in Italy surrenders (gives up) to the Allies.
- 1945 – Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and decides that Admiral Karl Dönitz will be the next ruler.
- 1945 – Holocaust: The Dachau concentration camp is freed by United States troops.
- 1946 – Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are accused of war crimes.
- 1967 – After refusing to go into the United States Army the day before (because of religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
- 1968 - The musical Hair opens on Broadway.
- 1969 – Jazz musician Duke Ellington receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 1970 – Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces go into Cambodia to hunt NLF soldiers.
- 1974 – Watergate scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited word copies of White House tape recordings that deal with the scandal.
- 1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind – The last U.S. citizens begin to leave Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. United States part in the war comes to an end.
- 1986 - Fire at central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages over 400,000 books and other items.
- 1986 - Funeral of Wallis Simpson, who had died five days earlier. Edward VIII of the United Kingdom had left the throne in order to marry her.
- 1991 – Bangladesh is hit by a cyclone, killing at least 138,000 people.
- 1991 – A train crash in Hunan province in China kills over 200 people.
- 1992 – 1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, follow the release of police officers charged with too much strength and force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days, 54 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
- 1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, and makes the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons illegal.
- 1999 – The Avala TV tower in Belgrade in destroyed by NATO allied bombing.
- 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.
- 2005 – Syrian troops complete their withdrawal from Lebanon.
- 2011 – Prince William, Duke of Cambridge marries Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 2013 - NBA player Jason Collins announces that he is openly gay, the first American sportsman to come out as gay while still active.
