This Day in History
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
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Riots erupt in Los Angeles after police officers are acquitted in Rodney King trial
In Los Angeles California four Los Angeles police officers that had been caught beating an unarmed African-American motorist in an amateur video are acquitted...
Joan of Arc relieves Orleans
During the Hundred Years War the 17-year-old French peasant Joan of Arc leads a French force in relieving the city of Orleans besieged by the English ...
First African-American college chartered
By an act of the Pennsylvania legislature Ashmun Institute the first college founded solely for African-American students is officially chartered.Established...
U.S. Army liberates Dachau concentration camp
On April 29 1945 the U.S. Seventh Armys 45th Infantry Division liberates Dachau the first concentration camp established by Germanys Nazi reg...
World War II monument opens in Washington, D.C.
On April 29 2004 the National World War II Memorial opens in Washington D.C. to thousands of visitors providing overdue recognition for the 16 million U.S....
International Military Tribunal indicts Tojo Hideki, wartime premier of Japan
Also on this day in 1946 Tojo Hideki wartime premier of Japan is indicted by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East of war crimes. In September...
U.S.-South Vietnamese forces launch Cambodian incursion
U.S. and South Vietnamese forces launch a limited incursion into Cambodia. The campaign included 13 major ground operations to clear North Vietnam...
Operation Frequent Wind begins
Operation Frequent Wind the largest helicopter evacuation on record begins removing the last Americans from Saigon.The North Vietnamese had launched their fin...
New casualty figures released.
U.S. casualty figures for April 18 to April 24 are released. The 45 killed during that time brought total U.S. losses for the Vietnam War to 45019 since 1961. ...
Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in single game
On April 29 1986 in a game against the Seattle Mariners at Fenway Park Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox becomes the first pitcher in Major League Baseball...
President Nixon announces release of Watergate tapes
On this day in 1974 President Richard Nixon announces to the public that he will release transcripts of 46 taped White House conversations in response to a Wat...
Newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst is born
The newspaper tycoon William Randolph Hearst is born in San Francisco. He was the only son and principle heir to western mining magnate George Hearst.George Hea...
Henry James’ Transatlantic Sketches is published
American writer Henry James collection of travel pieces Transatlantic Sketches is published. The same year James publishes a collection of stories ...
Hair premieres on Broadway
In a year marked by as much social and cultural upheaval as 1968 it was understandable that the New York Times review of a controversial musical newly arrived ...
Film star Daniel Day-Lewis is born
The actor Daniel Day-Lewis famous for his intense Method acting and chameleon-like ability to disappear into character is born on this day in 1957 in London...
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