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Historical Events

29 Apr 1091
Battle at Monte Levunium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes
29 Apr 1540
Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Ghent ended
29 Apr 1550
Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
29 Apr 1553
Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
29 Apr 1587
Sir Frances Drake sails into Cadiz Spain & sinks Spanish fleet (singeing the King of Spains beard)
29 Apr 1623
11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
29 Apr 1628
Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
29 Apr 1644
Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes Emperor of China and flees Peking
29 Apr 1648
Beginning of the 18 day battle of Zhovti Vody in Ukraine - Polish King Casimir eventually defeated by Cossacks
29 Apr 1670
Clemens X [Emilio Bonaventura Altieri] elected Pope
29 Apr 1701
Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar tomorrow is May 12
29 Apr 1706
Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne and Bavaria
29 Apr 1707
English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain (comes into being 1st May)
29 Apr 1781
French fleet occupies Tobago during American War of Independence
29 Apr 1781
French fleet stops the Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
29 Apr 1793
Cornerstone laid for Groningens new town hall
29 Apr 1813
Ist US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel
29 Apr 1845
Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr are 1st African Americans to open a law practice in the US
29 Apr 1853
Comet C G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth
29 Apr 1857
US Army Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (San Francisco)
29 Apr 1861
Marylands House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union (US Civil War)
29 Apr 1862
100000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth Mississippi
29 Apr 1862
New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War
29 Apr 1863
Battle of Chancellorsville Virginia (Fredericksburg Wilderness Tavern)
29 Apr 1864
The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy New York
29 Apr 1894
The 500-strong Commonwealth of Christ (Coxeys Army) arrives in Washington D.C. to protest against unemployment Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol
29 Apr 1901
27th Kentucky Derby Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 207.75
29 Apr 1902
Congress extends the Chinese Exclusion Act (of 1882) prohibiting immigration of Chinese laborers from territories to the mainland a rule clearly aimed at Chinese in the Philippines
29 Apr 1903
Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kill 9 in Frank Alberta
29 Apr 1912
108F (42C) Tuguegarao Philippines (Oceania record)
29 Apr 1912
Frank Wedekinds Tod und Teufel premieres in Berlin
29 Apr 1918
Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
29 Apr 1920
Duke Kahanamoku wins his 2nd gold medal of the day in the winning American 4 x 200m freestyle relay team with Perry McGillivray Pua Kealoha and Norman Ross in world record 1004.4
29 Apr 1922
1st official International Weightlifting Federation Champ in Tallinn Estonia
29 Apr 1926
France and US reach accord on repayment of WW I
29 Apr 1927
Construction of Spirit of St Louis (the monoplane which Charles Lindburgh was to fly across the Atlantic) is completed
29 Apr 1930
North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens
29 Apr 1930
Telephone connection Britain-Australia goes into service
29 Apr 1931
Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns 9-0
29 Apr 1932
1st broadcast of One Mans Family on NBC radio longest-running dramatic serial on US radio (ends 1959)
29 Apr 1934
Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
29 Apr 1936
1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo 8-5
29 Apr 1939
Whitestone Bridge connecting the New York boroughs of Bronx and Queens opens
29 Apr 1940
1st radio broadcast of Young Dr Malone on CBS
29 Apr 1940
Norwegian King Haakon & government flee to Britain
29 Apr 1940
Robert Sherwoods There Shall be No Night premieres in NYC
29 Apr 1942
Japanese troop march into Lashio cut off Burma Road
29 Apr 1942
Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France
29 Apr 1945
US Army liberates 31601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany
29 Apr 1946
28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals
29 Apr 1951
China seizes the assets of the Asiatic Petroleum Company a joint venture between the Shell and Royal Dutch oil companies in retaliation for the Hong Kong Governments requisitioning of the tanker Yung Hao
29 Apr 1953
Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds center field bleachers
29 Apr 1953
The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV
29 Apr 1943
Noel Cowards Present Laughter premieres in London
29 Apr 1943
US 34th Division occupies Hill 609 North Tunisia
29 Apr 1944
Raid by Dutch Resistance on the National Printing Office in The Hague to procure 10000 Dutch identity cards.
29 Apr 1945
First food drop by RAF above Nazi-occupied Holland (Operation Manna)
29 Apr 1945
German armies in Italy sign an unconditional surrender to the Western Allies to be carried out on 2 May
29 Apr 1953
6th Cannes Film Festival The Wages of Fear directed by Henri-Georges Clouzot wins the Grand Prix du Festival International du Film
29 Apr 1955
Giovanni Gronchi elected third President of Italy
29 Apr 1956
WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette MI (CBSNBCABC) begins broadcasting
29 Apr 1956
WSPA TV channel 7 in Gville-Spartanburg SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
29 Apr 1956
WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond VA (NBC) begins broadcasting
29 Apr 1957
1st military nuclear power plant dedicated at Fort Belvoir Virginia
29 Apr 1962
16th Tony Awards A Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying win
29 Apr 1963
KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT
29 Apr 1965
Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
29 Apr 1965
Malta becomes 18th member of Council of Europe
29 Apr 1968
Hair opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances
29 Apr 1969
Trumpets of the Lord opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 performances
29 Apr 1970
US and South Vietnamese forces launch an incursion into Cambodia expanding the Vietnam War
29 Apr 1971
Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10 Mercury exploration
29 Apr 1975
Charles McMahon and Darwin Judge are the last two United States servicemen killed in Vietnam during the Vietnam War
29 Apr 1976
Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
29 Apr 1980
Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded
29 Apr 1980
NFL Draft Oklahoma running back Billy Sims first pick by Detroit Lions
29 Apr 1981
Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
29 Apr 1981
Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3000 batters
29 Apr 1981
NFL Draft South Carolina running back George Rogers first pick by New Orleans Saints
29 Apr 1982
Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador
29 Apr 1983
Harold Washington sworn in as Chicagos 1st African American mayor
29 Apr 1984
Oliver opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
29 Apr 1985
17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
29 Apr 1985
Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 HRs in a game in both leagues
29 Apr 1985
Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
29 Apr 1986
800000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library
29 Apr 1986
NFL Draft Auburn running back Bo Jackson first pick by Tampa Bay Buccaneers
29 Apr 1988
Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st win after 21 loses
29 Apr 1989
2nd government of Lubbers falls in the Netherlands
29 Apr 1990
Change in the Heir opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances
29 Apr 1990
Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king 238) announces his retirement
29 Apr 1990
Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate
29 Apr 1991
Our Countrys Good opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 performances
29 Apr 1991
Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh killing 139000 people and leaving 10 million homeless
29 Apr 1991
Dont Rock the Jukebox single released by Alan Jackson (ASCAP Award Country Song of the Year 1992 Billboard Song of the Year )
29 Apr 1992
Falsettos opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances
29 Apr 1992
Country singer Doug Stone 35 undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
29 Apr 1992
Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in Man of LaMancha
29 Apr 1994
Last day of voting in 1st multi-racial elections in South Africa
29 Apr 1994
Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya kills over 300
29 Apr 1995
KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
29 Apr 1995
Longest sausage ever at 28.77 miles made in Kitchener Ontario
29 Apr 1996
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM
29 Apr 1997
Candide opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances
29 Apr 1997
Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force outlaws production stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories
29 Apr 1997
50th British Film and Television Awards (BAFTAS) The English Patient Best Film Joel & Ethan Coen Best Director
29 Apr 1997
43rd British Academy Television Awards Only Fools and Horses Best Comedy EastEnders Best Drama
29 Apr 1999
Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in NATO bombing of Yugoslavia
29 Apr 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
29 Apr 2004
Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production
29 Apr 2005
Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon ending 29 years of occupation
29 Apr 2006
NFL Draft North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams first pick from Houston Texans
29 Apr 2007
2nd Republic protest in support of state secularism held in Instanbul Turkey
29 Apr 2012
International Chemical Weapons Convention deadline for chemical weapon stockpiles comes into effect
29 Apr 2013
7 people are killed after a Boeing 747 crashes in Bagram Afghanistan
29 Apr 2015
Indonesia executes 8 prisoners including 7 foreigners for drug offences at Besi Prison on the island of Nusakambangan
29 Apr 2015
German Measles is declared eradicated from North and South America - 1st world region to do so
29 Apr 2016
Iranian run-off elections give moderates and reforms a majority in parliament
29 Apr 2016
H.O.L.Y single released by Florida Georgia Line (Billboard Song of the Year )
29 Apr 2017
3 tornadoes hit south east of Dallas Texas killing 5
29 Apr 2018
UK Home Secretary Amber Rudd resigns amid immigration scandal involving the Windrush generation
29 Apr 2018
Swedens official Twitter account confirms Swedish meatballs actually originated in Turkey
29 Apr 1091
Battle at Monte Levunium Byzantium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes
29 Apr 1715
English Astronomer John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time
29 Apr 1945
US Army liberates 31601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany
29 Apr 2019
Indonesia is planning to relocate its capital from Jakarta due to its sinking according to a government minister
29 Apr 2019
Over 300 people declared to have died through overwork in Indonesias one-day election on April 17th with over 2000 fallen sick
29 Apr 2019
Over 700 people infected with measles in the US highest number for 25 years
29 Apr 2019
Sports Illustrated features a muslim model Halima Aden in a Burkini for the first time in their swimsuit edition
29 Apr 2019
Islamic State releases video showing leader Bakr al-Baghdadi for first time in five years
29 Apr 2020
A mile-wide asteroid named 1998 OR2 passes within 3.9 million miles of Earth
29 Apr 1091
Battle at Monte Levunium Byzantium Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegene force invading from the north
29 Apr 1793
Cornerstone laid for Groningens new town hall in the Netherlands
29 Apr 1813
Ist US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F. Hummel
29 Apr 1845
Macon B. Allen & Robert Morris Jr are 1st African Americans to open a law practice in the US
29 Apr 1854
Lincoln University Pennsylvania receives its charter from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania making it the 1st degree-granting Black college in US
29 Apr 1931
Cleveland Indians pitcher Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns 9-0
29 Apr 1940
Robert Sherwoods play There Shall be No Night premieres in NYC
29 Apr 1942
Japanese troop march into Lashio cutting off Burma Road
29 Apr 1943
German pastor and anti-Nazi dissident Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrested by the Gestapo
29 Apr 1953
Milwaukee Braves Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds center field bleachers
29 Apr 1985
Tony Tubbs beats defending champion Greg Page by unanimous decision in 15 rounds at Memorial Auditorium Buffalo for WBA heavyweight boxing title
29 Apr 1988
Baltimore Orioles end their record 21-game losing streak by beating the White Sox 9-0
29 Apr 2007
2nd Republic protest in support of state secularism held in Istanbul Turkey
29 Apr 2019
Indonesia is plans to relocate its capital from Jakarta due to the city sinking according to a government minister
29 Apr 2019
Sports Illustrated features a Muslim model Halima Aden in a Burkini for the first time in their swimsuit edition
29 Apr 2020
US GDP falls 4.8% for the financial quarter officially ending the countrys growth streak. Worst contraction since 2008.
29 Apr 2020
UK official death toll reaches 26000 deaths from COVID-19 as care home and community deaths included
29 Apr 2020
Fire at an Icheon warehouse South Korea kills 38
29 Apr 1751
The New York Gazette and Post Boy carries first public report of a cricket match played in America New York XI v London XI on the site of what is today the Fulton Fish Market in Manhattan NYC
29 Apr 1863
Battle of Grand Gulf Mississippi Union navy ironclad warships attack Confederate fortifications
29 Apr 1903
Limestone slide at Turtle Mountain drops 30 million cubic metres (82 million tons) on to town of Frank Alberta Canada kills 70-90 residents
29 Apr 1905
Pierre Savorgnan de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon
29 Apr 1937
Symbolic Golden Rivet completing the Golden Gate Bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County is driven (later replaced with a more structurally sound steel version)
29 Apr 1945
Japanese army evacuates Rangoon British Burma
29 Apr 1945
Conscientious objector Desmond Doss saves approximately 75 wounded soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa at Hacksaw Ridge. Later depicted in the Oscar-winning film Hacksaw Ridge.
29 Apr 1985
17th NASA Space Shuttle Mission (51-B) Challenger 7 launches
29 Apr 1991
Dont Rock the Jukebox single released by Alan Jackson (ASCAP Award Country Song of the Year 1992 Billboard Song of the Year )
29 Apr 1992
William Finn and James Lapines musical Falsettos opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances
29 Apr 2016
H.O.L.Y single released by Florida Georgia Line (Billboard Song of the Year )
29 Apr 2020
World record for the longest single lightning flash of 477miles (768km) across US states of Texas Louisiana and Mississippi according to World Meteorological Organization [1]
29 Apr 2021
Brazils official COVID-19 death toll passes 400000 with daily fatalities at 3000 down from 4000
29 Apr 2021
Worlds longest pedestrian bridge at 516 metres (1700 feet) opens inside northern Portugals Arouca Geopark
29 Apr 1648
Beginning of 18 day battle of Zhovti Vody in Ukraine - Polish King John II Casimir eventually defeated by Cossacks
29 Apr 1854
Ashmun Institute (later Lincoln University) in Hinsonville Pennsylvania receives its charter from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania making it the 1st degree-granting Black college in US
29 Apr 1962
16th Tony Awards A Man For All Seasons (play) & How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying (musical) win
29 Apr 1989
Second Lubbers government falls in the Netherlands
29 Apr 2022
Six-story building collapses in the Chinese city of Changsha killing 26 with one woman surviving six days in the rubble [1]
29 Apr 2022
Worlds longest glassed-bottomed bridge the Bach Long (White Dragon) 632m long opens in Moc Chau Island mountain park and resort Vietnam [1]
29 Apr 1934
Pittsburgh is last major league baseball city to play a home game on a Sunday as the Pirates host the Cincinnati Reds
29 Apr 1968
Galt MacDermot Gerome Ragni and James Rados hippie musical Hair opens at Biltmore Theater NYC runs for 1750 performances
29 Apr 1990
Wrecking cranes begin tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate
29 Apr 1996
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno California on KFRR 104.1 FM
29 Apr 2019
Indonesia announces plan to relocate its capital from Jakarta due to the city sinking according to a government minister
29 Apr 2023
72-hour ceasefire in Sudan breaks down between the Sudanese army and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces as air and artillery strikes on Khartoum resume [1]
29 Apr 1591
Merchant traveller Ralph Fitch returns to England after a journey of eight years including the first extensive exploration of India and South East Asia by an English person
29 Apr 1628
Sweden and Denmark sign a defense treaty against the Catholic Duke Albrecht von Wallenstein
29 Apr 1639
Mughal Emperor Shan Jahan founds his new capital city Shahjahanabad (modern Old Delhi)
29 Apr 1813
First US rubber patent is granted to Jacob F. Hummel
29 Apr 1845
Macon B. Allen and Robert Morris Jr. are the first African Americans to open a law practice in the US
29 Apr 1892
Charlie Reilly becomes one of baseballs first pinch hitters
29 Apr 1922
1st official International Weightlifting Federation Championship in Tallinn Estonia
29 Apr 1953
Milwaukee Braves Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into New Yorks Polo Grounds center field bleachers
29 Apr 1992
American country singer Doug Stone 35 undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
29 Apr 1997
Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force agreement outlaws production stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories
29 Apr 1997
MLB Kansas City Royals Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
29 Apr 2007
Second Republic protest in support of state secularism is held in Istanbul Turkey
29 Apr 2017
Three tornadoes hit southeast of Dallas Texas killing five
29 Apr 2024
Scotlands first minister Humza Yousaf resigns after his coalition government fails [1]
29 Apr 1550
Emperor Charles V grants inquisitors additional powers
29 Apr 1553
A Flemish woman introduces the practice of starching linen into England
29 Apr 1922
First official International Weightlifting Federation Championship is held in Tallinn Estonia
29 Apr 1932
First broadcast of One Mans Family on NBC radio the longest-running dramatic serial on US radio (ends 1959)
29 Apr 1943
Milk Strike Strikes against forced labor during the Second World War begin in the Netherlands the largest strike in Dutch history
29 Apr 1945
The General Labour Federation of Belgium forms
29 Apr 1953
First experimental 3D-TV broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV
29 Apr 1974
US President Richard Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in the White House
29 Apr 1988
MLB Baltimore Orioles end their record 21-game losing streak by beating the Chicago White Sox 9-0
29 Apr 1997
Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force outlawing the production stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories
29 Apr 2025
Minnesota Wild Marc-Andre Fleury (40) appears in his record 18th Stanley Cup playoff most for any NHL goaltender
29 Apr 2025
Severe storms in Western Pennsylvania leave 400000 without power and three people dead [1]