Notable Historical Events on April 29th
April 29th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
1091 |
Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes |
1429 |
Joan of Arc arrives at the seige of Orleans |
1522 |
Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands |
1540 |
Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended |
1550 |
Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority |
1553 |
Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England |
1623 |
11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru |
1628 |
Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein |
1636 |
Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans |
1644 |
Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking |
1661 |
Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan |
1670 |
Pope Clemens X elected |
1672 |
Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. |
1701 |
Drenthe, Netherlands, adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701 |
1706 |
Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne and Bavaria |
1707 |
English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; form United Kingdom of Great Britain |
1715 |
John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time |
1781 |
French fleet occupies Tobago during American War of Independence |
1781 |
French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope |
1784 |
Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) |
1793 |
Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new town hall |
1813 |
Ist US Rubber patent granted to Jacob F Hummel |
1834 |
Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia |
1845 |
Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st African Americans to open a law practice in the US |
1852 |
1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published |
1853 |
Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth |
1856 |
Peace between Britain & Russia |
1857 |
US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (SF) |
1861 |
Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union (US Civil War) |
1862 |
100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss |
1862 |
New Orleans fell to Union forces during US Civil War |
1863 |
Battle of Chancellorsville, VA (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern) |
1864 |
-30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas |
1864 |
The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. |
1864 |
Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga, leaving 31 British troops dead and 80 wounded. Maori losses were 25 killed and an unknown number wounded. |
1882 |
The "Elektromote" - forerunner of the trolleybus - is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin. |
1886 |
1st public Dutch electricity opens |
1888 |
Old Kavallison, Congo: Henry Morton Stanley meets Emin Pasha |
1892 |
Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter |
1894 |
Commonwealth of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol |
1901 |
27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75 |
1901 |
Antisemitic riot in Budapest |
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 |
1903 |
Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank, Alberta) |
1905 |
2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX |
1905 |
Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon |
1910 |
Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam |
1912 |
108°F (42°C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record) |
1912 |
Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel" premieres in Berlin |
1916 |
Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin |
1918 |
Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays |
1922 |
1st official Intl Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia) |
1926 |
France & US reach accord on repayment of WW I |
1927 |
Construction of Spirit of St Louis is completed |
1930 |
123 runs are scored in 7 major league games |
1930 |
North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens |
1930 |
Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service |
1931 |
Cleve Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0 |
1934 |
Pitts is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday |
1936 |
1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 |
1939 |
Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens |
1940 |
1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS |
1940 |
Norwegian King Haakon & government flee to Britain |
1940 |
Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night" premieres in NYC |
1942 |
Japanese troop march into Lashio, cut off Burma Road |
1942 |
Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France |
1943 |
Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrested by nazis |
1943 |
Noel Coward's "Present Laughter" premieres in London |
1943 |
US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia |
1944 |
Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague |
1945 |
1st food drop by RAF above Nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) |
1945 |
Japanese army evacuates Rangoon |
1945 |
Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed |
1945 |
US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany |
1945 |
Venice & Mestre were captured by the Allies |
1946 |
28 former Jap leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals |
1948 |
Bradman scores 107 Aust v Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours |
1953 |
Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers |
1953 |
The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. |
1955 |
Giovanni Gronchi elected third president of Italy |
1956 |
Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open |
1956 |
WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting |
1956 |
WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting |
1956 |
WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting |
1957 |
1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va |
1961 |
ABC's "Wide World of Sports" debuts |
1962 |
16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed win |
1962 |
Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
1963 |
KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT |
1964 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1965 |
Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam |
1965 |
Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die |
1965 |
Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe |
1967 |
Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" |
1968 |
"Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances |
1969 |
"Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 perfs |
1970 |
50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia |
1971 |
Bill Graham closes down Fillmore & Fillmore East |
1971 |
Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration |
1971 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1973 |
Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic |
1974 |
President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House |
1975 |
Ethiopia nationalizes all land |
1975 |
Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead |
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. |
1976 |
Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water |
1977 |
British Aerospace forms |
1979 |
Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic |
1980 |
Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded. |
1981 |
Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women) |
1981 |
Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters |
1982 |
17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell |
1982 |
Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador |
1982 |
Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead |
1982 |
American mafia hitman Richard Kuklinski murders pharmacist Paul Hoffman by beating him with a tire iron |
1983 |
Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor |
1984 |
"Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances |
1984 |
Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic |
1985 |
17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched |
1985 |
Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 HRs in a game in both leagues |
1985 |
Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title |
1986 |
800,000 books destroyed by fire in LA Central Library |
1986 |
Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners |
1987 |
Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle |
1987 |
Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US |
1988 |
Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses |
1989 |
2nd government of Lubbers falls |
1990 |
"Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances |
1990 |
Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement |
1990 |
STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands |
1990 |
Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate |
1991 |
"Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 perfs |
1991 |
Croatia declares independence |
1991 |
Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless |
1991 |
Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100 |
1992 |
"Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances |
1992 |
27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks |
1992 |
Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery |
1992 |
Jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin |
1992 |
Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" |
1992 |
Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps |
1994 |
Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300 |
1994 |
Israel & PLO sign economic accord |
1995 |
Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV |
1995 |
KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat |
1995 |
Longest sausage ever, at 28.77 miles, made in Kitchener, Ontario |
1996 |
"Rent", starring Idina Menzel and Taye Diggs, opens at Nederlander Theater NYC |
1996 |
Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM |
1997 |
"Candide" opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances |
1997 |
KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs |
1997 |
The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories. |
1998 |
15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned |
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. |
2012 |
International Chemical Weapons Convention deadline for chemical weapon stockpiles comes into effect |
2013 |
7 people are killed after a Boeing 747 crashes in Bagram, Afghanistan |
2016 |
Comcast to buy Dreamworks Animation for $3.8bn |
2016 |
North Korea Sentences American to 10 Years for Spying, Reports Say |
2016 |
Russia, China in Agreement on North Korea, South China Sea |
2016 |
China, Russia urge US to drop Korea missile defense proposal |
2016 |
NFL draft: Cal QB Jared Goff goes to Los Angeles Rams with No. 1 pick |
2016 |
Eagles go all in with QB Carson Wentz at No. 2 pick in NFL draft |
2016 |
US election 2016: Former House Speaker Boehner calls Ted Cruz 'Lucifer' |
2018 |
N. Korea to close nuke test site in May, unify time zone |
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