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April 29
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 The 400 Blows in 1959 directed by François Truffaut and X-Men: Days of Future Past in 2014 directed by Bryan Singer.
But much more happened on April 29 over the years: find out below
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Movies
Which were the most popular Movies released around April 29 over the years?
The 400 Blows
Release year: 1959
Directed by: François Truffaut
Starring: Jean-Pierre Léaud, Albert Rémy, Claire Maurier, Guy Decomble
Country: United States of America
X-Men: Days of Future Past
Release year: 2014
Written by: Simon Kinberg (screenplay), Jane Goldman (story), Simon Kinberg (story), Matthew Vaughn (story)
Directed by: Bryan Singer
Starring: Patrick Stewart, Ian McKellen, Hugh Jackman, James McAvoy
Twentieth Century
Release year: 1934
Directed by: Howard Hawks
Starring: John Barrymore, Carole Lombard, Walter Connolly, Roscoe Karns
Country: United States of America
Dear Frankie
Release year: 2004
Directed by: Shona Auerbach
Starring: Emily Mortimer, Jack McElhone, Gerard Butler, Mary Riggans
Johnny Guitar
Release year: 1954
Directed by: Nicholas Ray
Starring: Joan Crawford, Sterling Hayden, Mercedes McCambridge, Scott Brady
Country: United States of America
Historical Events
Which were the important events of April 29?
- 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).
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- 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)
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Events
- Uma Thurman: American actress, daughter of a Swedish...
- Michelle Pfeiffer: American actress seen in five...
- Daniel Day-Lewis: British-Irish actor.
- David Icke: British mystic who had a spiritual...
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Famous Birthday
- John Kenneth Galbraith: Economist (Affluent Society-58 Hillman...
- Michael Gordon: Actor / director (Pillow Talk), dies at...
- Mick Ronson: English guitarist songwriter and...
- James McCracken: American tenor (Born 1926).
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Famous Deaths
Music charts
Which were the top hits in that special week of April 29 over the years?
- 2017 Ed Sheeran - Shape Of You
- 2016 Work - Rihanna Featuring Drake
- 2015 See You Again - Wiz Khalifa Featuring Charlie Puth
- 2014 Pharrell Williams - Happy
- 2013 P!nk - Just Give Me A Reason
- 2012 Gotye - Somebody That I Used To Know
- 2011 S&M - Rihanna
- 2010 Nothin' On You - B.o.B.
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2009
The Black Eyed Peas - Boom Boom Pow
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2008
Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love
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Top #1 songs in the USA
- 2017 Believer - Imagine Dragons
- 2016 twenty one pilots - Stressed Out
- 2015 Shut Up And Dance - WALK THE MOON
- 2014 Bastille - Pompeii
- 2013 Imagine Dragons - Radioactive
- 2012 We Are Young - fun. Featuring Janelle Monae
- 2011 Rope - Foo Fighters
- 2010 Stone Temple Pilots - Between The Lines
Top #1 Rock songs
Books
Which were the most popular books released around April 29 over the years?
We Are Still Married
Year: 1989
By: Garrison Keillor
“Garrison Keillor made it possible, after twenty years of black humor…to be both funny and nice, hip and winsome, scathing and loving, all in the flick of a single many-barbed quip——The Washington
Descent From Xanadu
Year: 1984
By: Harold Robbins
“Robbins brought four-letter words and kinky sex out of the dirty bookstore and onto the bedside table of mainstream America.” —USA Today Ruthless, unscrupulous, devastatingly handsome, and insatiable Judd Crane, the richest
Atonement
Year: 2002
By: Ian McEwan
National Bestseller Ian McEwan’s symphonic novel of love and war, childhood and class, guilt and forgiveness provides all the satisfaction of a brilliant narrative and the provocation we have come to expect from this master of English prose.
Due To Circumstances Beyond Our Control
Year: 1967
By: Fred W. Friendly
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