29 April is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (120th in Leap Year s). There are 246 days remaining.
- 1429 - Joan Of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege Of Orléans .
- invades the Netherlands .
- 1770 - James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay , Australia .
- 1854 - The Ashmun Institute is officially chartered, becoming the first college for African American students.
- 's House Of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union .
- falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut .
- 1882 - The " Elektromote " – forerunner of the Trolleybus – trialed by Ernst Werner Von Siemens in Berlin .
- 1903 - A 30 million cubic-metre Landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta , Canada .
- 1910 - Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister Of Australia for the second time.
- in Ireland is lifted and the Rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish Nationalists to British authorities in Dublin .
- 1944 - " Dancing Romeo ," the last Our Gang film, premiers.
- Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies .
- 1945 - .
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
- 1945 - is liberated by United States troops.
- 1946 - Former Prime Minister Of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japan ese leaders are indicted for War Crime s.
- 1965 - Pakistan Space And Upper Atmosphere Research Commission ( SUPARCO ) successfully launches seventh Rocket in their '' Rehber '' series.
- 1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his Boxing title.
- 1969 - Jazz Musician Duke Ellington receives the Presidential Medal Of Freedom .
- and South Vietnam ese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong .
- Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
- – The last U.S. citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnam ese takeover. United States involvement in the war comes to an end.
- 1986 - Roger Clemens sets a Major League Baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners .
- s in Los Angeles, California , follow the acquittal of Police Officer s charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King . Over the next three days 54 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
- 1992 - The Legion Of Net. Heroes is formed.
- 1996 - The Musical Rent premieres at the Nederlander Theatre .
- 1997 - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of Chemical Weapons among its signatories.
- 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 .
- 2005 - Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon , ending 29 years of occupation.
- 2005 - Apple releases Macintosh OS X 10.4 ( AKA Tiger ).
- 2006 - Massive anti-war demonstrations and a march down Broadway in New York City mark the third year of War In Iraq .
- 1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke Of Ormonde , Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745 )
- 1667 - John Arbuthnot , English physician and satirist (d. 1735 )
- 1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke Of Ancaster And Kesteven , English statesman (d. 1742 )
- 1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre , French dancer and ballet master (d. 1810 )
- 1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , French marshal (d. 1833 )
- 1780 - Charles Nodier , French writer (d. 1844 )
- 1837 - Georges Boulanger , French general and politician (d. 1891 )
- 1854 - Henri Poincaré , French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912 )
- 1863 - William Randolph Hearst , American publisher (d. 1951 )
- 1875 - Rafael Sabatini , Italian/British writer (d. 1950 )
- 1876 - Empress Zauditu Of Ethiopia (d. 1930 )
- 1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham , English conductor (d. 1961 )
- 1882 - H.N. Werkman , Dutch artist and printer (d. 1945 )
- 1885 - Egon Erwin Kisch , Czech journalist and author (d. 1948 )
- 1893 - Harold Urey , American chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981 )
- 1895 - Malcolm Sargent , English conductor (d. 1967 )
- 1899 - Duke Ellington , American jazz pianist and bandleader (d. 1974 )
- 1901 - Hirohito , Emperor Of Japan (d. 1989 )
- 1907 - Fred Zinnemann , Austrian-born American film director (d. 1997 )
- 1909 - Tom Ewell , American actor (d. 1994 )
- 1917 - Celeste Holm , American actress
- 1918 - George Allen , American football player and coach (d. 1990 )
- 1920 - Harold Shapero , American composer
- 1925 - Ned Austin , American character actor
- 1929 - Walter Kempowski , German author
- 1929 - Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer
- 1930 - Jean Rochefort , French actor
- 1931 - Frank Auerbach , German-born British painter
- 1931 - Lonnie Donegan , Scottish musician (d. 2002 )
- 1933 - Mark Eyskens , Prime Minister Of Belgium
- 1933 - Rod McKuen , American poet and composer
- 1934 - Luis Aparicio , Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1934 - Otis Rush , American musician
- 1936 - Zubin Mehta , Indian-born American conductor
- 1936 - April Stevens , American singer
- 1936 - Lane Smith , American actor (d. 2005 )
- 1937 - Jill Paton Walsh , English writer
- 1938 - Fred Dibnah , English television personality (d. 2004 )
- 1942 - Klaus Voormann , German illustrator and musician
- 1942 - Galina Kulakova , Soviet cross country skier
- 1944 - Richard Kline , American actor and television director
- 1945 - Tammi Terrell , American singer (d. 1970 )
- 1946 - John Waters , American film director and writer
- 1947 - Olavo De Carvalho , Brazilian philosopher
- 1947 - Tommy James , American musician
- 1947 - Jim Ryun , American athlete and politician
- 1951 - Dale Earnhardt , American race car driver (d. 2001 )
- 1952 - Nora Dunn , American actress
- 1952 - David Icke , British writer
- 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld , American comedian
- 1955 - Kate Mulgrew , American actress
- 1956 - Ketil Stokkan , Norwegian singer
- 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis , Irish actor
- 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer , American actress
- 1958 - Eve Plumb , American actress
- 1960 - Robert J. Sawyer , Canadian writer
- 1960 - Phil King , English bassist
- 1964 - Federico Castelluccio , Italian-American actor
- 1966 - Phil Tufnell , English cricketer
- 1967 - Curtis Joseph , Canadian hockey player
- 1967 - Master P , American rapper, composer, actor, athlete, and sports agent
- 1968 - Carnie Wilson , American singer
- 1970 - Andre Agassi , American tennis player
- 1970 - Mark Buckingham , Kiwi Audio Expert
- 1970 - Uma Thurman , American actress
- 1973 - David Belle , creator of Parkour
- 1974 - Pascal Cygan , French footballer
- 1975 - Eric Koston , Thai-born skateboarder
- 1977 - Claus Jensen , Danish footballer
- 1980 - Kian Egan , Irish musician ( Westlife )
- 1981 - George McCartney , Northern Irish footballer
- 1380 - Catherine Of Siena , Italian saint (b. 1347 )
- 1594 - Thomas Cooper , English bishop, lexicographer, and writer
- 1630 - Agrippa D'Aubigné , French poet (b. 1552 )
- 1658 - John Cleveland , English poet (b. 1613 )
- 1676 - Michiel De Ruyter , Dutch admiral (b. 1607 )
- 1688 - Frederick William, Elector Of Brandenburg (b. 1620 )
- 1698 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis , First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655 )
- 1707 - George Farquhar , Irish dramatist (b. 1678 )
- 1743 - Charles-Irénée Castel De Saint-Pierre , French writer (b. 1658 )
- 1768 - Georg Brandt , Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694 )
- 1776 - Edward Wortley Montagu , English traveler and writer (b. 1713 )
- 1793 - Yechezkel Landau , Polish rabbi (b. 1713 )
- 1793 - John Michell , English scientist (b. 1724 )
- 1798 - Nikolaus Poda Von Neuhaus , German entomologist (b. 1723 )
- 1854 - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess Of Anglesey , English general (b. 1768 )
- 1933 - Constantine P. Cavafy , Greek poet (b. 1863 )
- 1937 - William Gillette , American actor (b. 1853 )
- 1944 - Bernardino Machado , President Of Portugal (b. 1851 )
- 1951 - Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian-born philosopher (b. 1889 )
- 1966 - William Eccles , English physicist and radio pioneer (b. 1875 )
- 1980 - Alfred Hitchcock , English film director (b. 1899 )
- 1988 - James McCracken , American tenor (b. 1926 )
- 1993 - Mick Ronson , British musician (b. 1946 )
- 1997 - Mike Royko , American columnist (b. 1932 )
- 2005 - William J. Bell , television writer and producer (b. 1927 )
- 2005 - Mariana Levy , Mexican actress, singer, and television show host (b. 1966 )
- 2006 - John Kenneth Galbraith , Canadian economist (b. 1908 )
It is on this day that most of the "Plant" portion of the popular video game, Metal Gear Solid 2 , is said to take place. (Further speculation has estimated the game to take place in the year 2009.) During the game, the main character, Raiden 's, girlfriend, Rose, continually makes references to the next day, April 30 th, and asks him if he knows what its significance is. (As it turns out, it is both their anniversary as a couple and the anniversary of George Washington taking his presidential oath in Federal Hall .) The extent to which the game's date is repeated has secured April 29th as something of a phenomenon that lives on in gaming infamy.
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