April 29

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on April 29. From 1900 until now. April 29 is under the sign of Taurus. Famous birthdays on this day include Uma Thurman (1970), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958) and Daniel Day-Lewis (1957). Several movies were released around April 29 over the years, such as Forbidden Games in 1952 directed by René Clément and The Fifth Element in 1997 directed by Luc Besson.
But much more happened on April 29 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

Saint Robert Blessed Robrecht Gruuthuuse (d.1157)
Saint Hugh of Cluny
International Dance Day.
Japan (public holiday since 1927, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period.) The Emperor's Birthday (1927-1988. Holiday of Emperor Hirohito's birthday until his death in 1989).
Greenery Day (1989-2006).
Sh?wa Day (2007 - Day of Showa period, which is reigned by Emperor Hirohito)
Roman Empire - second day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.
Bah�'f Faith - The ninth day of the Festival of Ridv�n.
Saint Catherine of Siena
Saint Wilfred the Younger
Saint Peter of Verona
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Events

2019 A propaganda video featuring Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi is released, in which he references the 2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings, indicating that he is still alive and that the video was shot very recently. It is the first time he's been seen on video since July 2014, when he addressed a crowd at the now destroyed Great Mosque of al-Nuri in Mosul. (Al Jazeera)
2018 The Israel Defense Forces arrest a suspected Hamas member caught tampering with equipment at the Karni Crossing on the Israeli-Gazan border. (Haaretz)
2017 North Korea and weapons of mass destruction: The U.S. Pacific Command and South Korean defense officials report that a North Korean missile was fired in the early morning, but quickly failed and did not travel beyond North Korea, echoing a similar failed attempt by North Korea thirteen days ago. (The Washington Post)
2016 According to Russian ambassador to the United Nations Aleksi Borodavkin, the Syrian Army is preparing to launch an offensive against the ISIL strongholds of Al-Raqqah and the countryside around Deir ez-Zor and that the Russian Air Force will be providing the ground campaign with air support. (Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty)
2015 Yemeni Civil War (2015–present): An Iranian Red Crescent plane is blocked by bombing of Sanaa International Airport's runway by Saudi Arabian F-15 fighters, which unsuccessfully intercepted and issued warnings to the plane to turn back. (The Guardian)
2014 2014 pro-Russian unrest in Ukraine:: Pro-Russian militants in the eastern Ukrainian city of Luhansk seize the regional administration's headquarters, resulting in a tense standoff with the militants and security personnel. (BBC)
2013 War in North-West Pakistan:: A suicide bomber kills at least four people in an attack on a police station in Peshawar, Pakistan. (AP via Fox News)
2012 Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia kill four members of Colombian Army on a mission to destroy cocaine laboratories in Caquetá Department with another four soldiers, a police officer and a French journalist missing. (BBC)
2011 Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.
2010 Deepwater Horizon drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico
2009 (to May 1) Heritage Numismatic Auctions conductions coin auctions at the Central States Numismatic Society convention in Cincinnati, Ohio.
2008 Take-Two Interactive Software releases the Grand Theft Auto IV video game for the PlayStation III and Xbox 360 in the USA and UK. First day sales in the UK: 609,000, a record. First week worldwide sales: six million copies, US$500 million.
2007 At least three people including the gunman die in a shooting at the Ward Parkway shopping center in Kansas City, Missouri . (AP via Wichita Eagle) (BBC).
2006 Massive anti-war demonstrations and a march down Broadway in New York City mark the third year of war in Iraq.
2005 Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
2004 The last Oldsmobile car rolls off of the assembly line in the USA, ending 107 years of production.
2003 The United States announces the withdrawal of troops stationed in Saudi Arabia, and the redeployment of some at the Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar.
1999 The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
1998 15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned
1997 Candide, opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances
1996 Rent, opens at Nederlander Theater, New York City
1995 Final TV broadcast of Empty Nest on NBC TV
1994 Israel and Palestinian Liberation Organization sign economic accord.
1993 In western Arizona, USA, a magnitude 5.3 earthquake occurs.
1992 Falsettos opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances
1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die / 10 million homeless
1990 Change in the Heir opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances
1989 2nd government of Lubbers falls
1988 60 Minutes newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US.
1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B) - Challenger 7 launched
1984 Oliver! opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador
1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women).
1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic.
1977 British Aerospace forms.
1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water.
1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground / earth
1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic.
1972 The fourth anniversary of the Broadway musical ''Hair'' is celebrated with a free concert at a Central Park bandshell, followed by dinner at the Four Seasons. There, 13 Black Panther protesters and the show's co-author, Jim Rado, are arrested for disturbing the peace and for using marijuana.
1971 Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East
1970 Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
1969 Trumpets of the Lord opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 performances
1968 Hair opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances
1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect".
1966 U.S. troops in Vietnam total 250,000.
1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe.
1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma.
1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT
1962 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying win.
1957 First military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir, Virginia, USA.
1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS / NBC / ABC) begins broadcasting
1953 The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
1952 Lever House officially opens at 390 Park Avenue in New York City, heralding a new age of commercial architecture in the United States. Designed by Gordon Bunshaft of Skidmore, Owings and Merrill, it is the first International Style skyscraper.
1951 Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
1949 The ''News Review'' reveals neither Selhurst College nor its headmaster H. Rochester Sneath exist.!--This is newsworthy why, exactly?--
1948 Bradman scores 107 Aust vs. Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours
1946 28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals.
1945 1st food drop by RAF above Nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)
1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague.
1943 US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia.
1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in the Netherlands and Vichy-France
1940 1st radio broadcast of Young Dr Malone on CBS
1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx and Queens opens (New York).
1935 The first edition of the Vuelta a España is raced and goes on to become one of the 3 Grand Tours of road bicycle racing.
1931 Cleveland Indians' Wes Ferrell no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 9-0.
1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service.
1927 Construction of Spirit of St. Louis is completed
1926 France and US reach accord on repayment of WWI.
1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard
1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of four unassisted double plays.
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.
1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper.
1912 108 degrees F (42 degrees C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record high).
1910 Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam.
1905 Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon.
1903 Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta).
1901 27th Kentucky Derby Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75.
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