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April 29 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 246 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
1429 - Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans .1672 - Franco-Dutch War : Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands .1770 - James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay , Australia .1832 - Évariste Galois released from prison.1861 - American Civil War : Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union .1862 - American Civil War: New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut .1864 - The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York .1882 - The "Elektromote " – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin .1903 - A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta , Canada .1916 - World War I : The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at Kut . One of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.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 .
1945 - World War II : The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies .1945 - World War II : Start of Operation Manna .
1945 - World War II - Fuehrerbunker : Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day.
1945 - The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
1946 - Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes .1951 - A Tibetan delegation to the Chinese government is presented with a draft treaty regarding the Chinese occupation of Tibet.1953 - The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.1965 - Pakistan Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO ) successfully launches its seventh rocket in their Rehber series.1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.1968 - The controversial musical Hair Broadway .1970 - Vietnam War : United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong .1974 - Watergate Scandal : President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.1975 - Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind : The U.S. begins to evacuate US citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.1980 - Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded.1986 - Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners .1986 - A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
1991 - 1991 Bangladesh cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.1992 - 1992 Los Angeles riots : Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King . Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.1997 - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.1999 - Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in NATO bombing of Yugoslavia .2002 - The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights , one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years.2004 - Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office .2004 - Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
2005 - Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon , ending 29 years of occupation.2005 - New Zealand's first civil union takes place.
2007 - Republic Protests in Turkey .
Births
534 - Taliesin , Welsh poet, according to legend in Mabinogion 1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde , Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745 )1667 - John Arbuthnot , English physician and satirist (d. 1735 )1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven , English statesman (d. 1742 )1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre , French dancer (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 Turell Armstrong , American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850 )1837 - Georges Boulanger , French general and politician (d. 1891 )1842 - Karl Millöcker , Dutch composer (d. 1899 )1854 - Henri Poincaré , French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912 )1863 - William Randolph Hearst , American publisher (d. 1951 )1863 - Constantine P. Cavafy , Greek poet (d. 1933 )
1863 - Maria Theresa Ledochowska , Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922 )
1872 - Harry Payne Whitney , American businessman (d. 1930 )1875 - Rafael Sabatini , Italian/British writer (d. 1950 )1876 - Zauditu of Ethiopia (d. 1930 )1879 - Thomas Beecham , English conductor (d. 1961 )1882 - Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman , Dutch artist and printer (d. 1945 )1885 - Egon Erwin Kisch , Czech journalist and author (d. 1948 )1893 - Harold Urey , Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981 )1895 - Sir Malcolm Sargent , English conductor (d. 1967 )1899 - Duke Ellington , American jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 1974 )1901 - Hirohito , Emperor of Japan (d. 1989 )1907 - Tino Rossi , French singer and actor (d. 1983 )1907 - Fred Zinnemann , Austrian-born American film director (d. 1997 )
1908 - Jack Williamson , American writer (d. 2006 )1909 - Tom Ewell , American actor (d. 1994 )1912 - Richard Carlson , American actor (d. 1977 )1915 - Donald Mills , American singer (Mills Brothers ) (d. 1999 )1917 - Celeste Holm , American actress1918 - George Allen , American football player and coach (d. 1990 )1919 - Gérard Oury , French film actor and director (d. 2006 )1920 - Harold Shapero , American composer1922 - Helmut Krackowizer , Austrian motorcyclist (d. 2001 )1922 - Toots Thielemans , Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player
1924 - Al Balding , Canadian golfer (d. 2006 )1924 - Zizi Jeanmaire , French ballet dancer and actress
1925 - Ned Austin , American character actor (d. 2007 )1925 - John Compton , Saint Lucian Prime Minister (d. 2007 )
1925 - Iwao Takamoto , American animator, producer and film director (d. 2007 )
1928 - Carl Gardner , American singer (The Coasters )1929 - Ray Baretto , American jazz musician (d. 2006 )1929 - Walter Kempowski , German author (d. 2007 )
1929 - Mickey McDermott , American baseball player (d. 2003 )
1929 - Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer
1930 - Jean Rochefort , French actor1931 - Frank Auerbach , German-born British painter1931 - Lonnie Donegan , Scottish musician (d. 2002 )
1933 - Mark Eyskens , Prime Minister of Belgium 1933 - Rod McKuen , American poet and composer
1934 - Luis Aparicio , Venezuelan baseball player1934 - Otis Rush , American musician
1936 - Zubin Mehta , Indian-born conductor1936 - April Stevens , American singer
1936 - Lane Smith , American actor (d. 2005 )
1937 - Jill Paton Walsh , English writer1938 - Fred Dibnah , English television personality (d. 2004 )1938 - Klaus Voormann , German musician, artist, and record producer
1942 - Galina Kulakova , Soviet cross country skier1944 - Princess Benedikte of Denmark 1944 - Richard Kline , American actor and director
1945 - Tammi Terrell , American singer (d. 1970 )1947 - Serge Bernier , Canadian ice hockey player1947 - Olavo de Carvalho , Brazilian philosopher
1947 - Tommy James , American musician
1947 - Jim Ryun , American athlete and politician
1948 - Bruce Cutler , American attorney1948 - Michael Karoli , German guitarist and violinist (Can ) (d. 2001 )
1950 - Phillip Noyce , Australian film director1950 - Debbie Stabenow , American politician
1951 - Dale Earnhardt , American race car driver (d. 2001 )1952 - Nora Dunn , American actress1952 - David Icke , English writer
1952 - Bob McClure , American baseball player
1954 - Jake Burton Carpenter , American snowboarder1954 - Jerry Seinfeld , American comedian
1955 - Kate Mulgrew , American actress1955 - Wendee Lee , American voice actress
1955 - Gino Quilico , Canadian baritone
1956 - Sofia Sakorafa , Greek javelin thrower and politician1956 - Ketil Stokkan , Norwegian singer
1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis , British-Irish actor1957 - Mark Kendall , American guitarist
1957 - Timothy Treadwell , American bear enthusiast (d. 2003 )
1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer , American actress1958 - Eve Plumb , American actress
1958 - Gary Cohen , Baseball broadcaster
1960 - Phil King , English bassist1960 - Robert J. Sawyer , Canadian writer
1960 - Caveh Zahedi , American filmmaker
1961 - Fumihiko Tachiki , Japanese seiyū 1963 - Mike Babcock , NHL Coach1964 - Federico Castelluccio , Italian-American actor1966 - Phil Tufnell , English cricketer1967 - Curtis Joseph , Canadian ice hockey player1967 - Master P , American rapper
1968 - Carnie Wilson , American singer1969 - Paul Adelstein , American actor1970 - Andre Agassi , American tennis player1970 - China Forbes , American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini )
1970 - Uma Thurman , American actress
1971 - Sam Michael , Australian engineer1972 - Dustin McDaniel , American politician1973 - David Belle , French physical educator1973 - Johan Hegg , Swedish heavy metal vocalist
1974 - Anggun , Indonesian singer1974 - Pascal Cygan , French footballer
1974 - Julian Knowle , Austrian tennis player
1974 - Jasper Wood , Canadian violinist
1975 - Rafael Betancourt , Venezuelan baseball player1976 - Jay Orpin , Swedish composer and producer1977 - Rocío Carrasco , Spanish TV host and socialite1977 - Claus Jensen , Danish footballer
1978 - Tony Armas, Jr. , Venezuelan baseball player1978 - Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan , American tennis players
1979 - Ryan Sharp , Scottish racing driver1979 - Jo O'Meara , British singer (S Club )
1979 - Lee Dong-Gook , Korean footballer
1979 - Matt Tong , English drummer (Bloc Party )
1980 - Mathieu Biron , Canadian ice hockey player1980 - Kian Egan , Irish singer (Westlife )
1980 - Kelly Shoppach , American baseball player
1981 - George McCartney , Northern Irish footballer1981 - Émilie Mondor , Canadian athlete (d. 2006 )
1981 - Alex Vincent , American actor
1982 - Kamran Jawaid , Pakistani film critic1983 - Jay Cutler , American football player1983 - Yuriko Shiratori , Japanese gravure idol and actress
1983 - David Lee , American basketball player1983 - Sam Jones III , American Actor
1984 - Taylor Cole , American actress1984 - Firass Dirani , Lebanese-Australian actor
1984 - Phạm Văn Quyến , Vietnamese footballer
1986 - Renee Alway , American Model1987 - Matthew Doherty , Northern Irish footballer1987 - Alicia Morton , American actress
1988 - Younha , Korean pop singer2003 - Barbaro , American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007 )2003 - Maud Behn , Princess of Norway
2007 - Infanta Sofía of Spain , Princess of Spain
Deaths
926 - Burchard II, Duke of Swabia 1380 - Catherine of Siena , Italian saint (b. 1347 )1594 - Thomas Cooper , English bishop, lexicographer, and writer1630 - Agrippa d'Aubigné , French poet (b. 1552 )1658 - John Cleveland , English poet (b. 1613 )1676 - Michiel de Ruyter , Dutch admiral (b. 1607 )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 )1743 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre , French writer (b. 1658 )1768 - Georg Brandt , Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694 )1776 - Edward Wortley Montagu , English traveler and writer (b. 1713 )1782 - Richard Kempenfelt , Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1718 )1793 - Yechezkel Landau , Polish rabbi (b. 1713 )1793 - John Michell , English scientist (b. 1724 )
1798 - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus , German entomologist (b. 1723 )1854 - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey , English general (b. 1768 )1903 - Paul du Chaillu , French explorer (b. 1835 )1916 - Jørgen Pedersen Gram , Danish mathematician (b. 1850 )1920 - William Henry Seward, Jr. , Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839 )1933 - Constantine P. Cavafy , Greek poet (b. 1863 )1935 - Leroy Carr , American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905 )1937 - William Gillette , American actor (b. 1853 )1944 - Bernardino Machado , President of Portugal (b. 1851 )1945 - Matthias Kleinheisterkamp , German SS officer (b. 1893 )1951 - Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian-born philosopher (b. 1889 )1956 - Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb , German field marshal (b. 1876 )1961 - Cisco Houston , American folk singer (b. 1918 )1966 - William Eccles , English physicist and radio pioneer (b. 1875 )1967 - Anthony Mann , American actor and director (b. 1906 )1967 - J.B. Lenoir , American Blues Musician (b. 1929 )1979 - Hardie Gramatky , American author and animator (b. 1907 )1980 - Alfred Hitchcock , English film director (b. 1899 )1988 - James McCracken , American tenor (b. 1926 )1993 - Mick Ronson , English musician (b. 1946 )1993 - Michael Gordon , American film director (b. 1909 )
1997 - Mike Royko , American columnist (b. 1932 )1998 - Hal Laycoe , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922 )2002 - Bob Akin , American industrialist and race car driver (b. 1936 )2002 - Lor Tok , Thai comedian and actor (b. 1914 )
2004 - Sid Smith , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925 )2005 - William J. Bell , American television writer and producer (b. 1927 )2005 - Mariana Levy , Mexican actress, singer, and television show host (b. 1966 )
2006 - John Kenneth Galbraith , Canadian economist (b. 1908 )2007 - Milt Bocek , American baseball player (b. 1912 )2007 - Josh Hancock , American baseball player (b. 1978 )
2007 - Ivica Račan , former Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944 )
2007 - Arve Opsahl , Norwegian actor, known as the leader of Olsenbanden
2007 - Dick Motz , New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940 )
2008 - Albert Hofmann , Swiss chemist, known as the first to synthesize LSD (b. 1906 )
Holidays and observances
Roman Catholic Calendar of saints :
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