On this day in History - Apr 29

• 1380 - Morte de Santa Catarina de Sena
• 1429 - Joana D´Arc, uma camponesa de 17 anos, lidera tropas francesas e vence os ingleses na Batalha de Orleans, durante a Guerra dos Cem Anos.
• 1623 - 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru.
• 1661 - China's Ming Dynasty occupies Taiwan.
• 1667 - John Arbuthnot, was born (d. 1735). English physician and satirist.
• 1670 - Pope Clemens X elected .
• 1672 - Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
• 1675 - Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini,was born (d. 05 Nov 1741) Venitian painter.
• 1707 - Escocia e Inglaterra se unen formando el Reino Unido de Gran Bretaña .
• 1707 - George Farquhar, dies (b. 1678). Irish dramatist.
• 1727 - Jean-Georges Noverre, was born (d. 1810). The creator of modern ballet .
• 1770 - James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
• 1780 - Charles Nodier, was born (d. 1844). French writer.
• 1783 - David Cox was born (d. 07 Jun 1783). English painter (Treatise on landscape painting). He was an eminent landscape painter both in watercolor and in oil.
• 1813 - Rubber is patented.
• 1821 - Muere Domingo de Azcuénaga, jurisconsulto y poeta, primer fabulista argentino .
• 1843 - Nasceu o pintor brasileiro Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo .
• 1848 - Theodore Blake Wirgman,was born in Louvain (d. 16 Jan 1925 in London). Swiss painter and etcher, active in England.
• 1854 - The Ashmun Institute is officially chartered, becoming the first college for African American students.
• 1854 - Henri Poincaré was born. Philosopher and Mathematician.
• 1856 - End of Crimean War .
• 1861 - American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union .
• 1861 - Achille Guillaume Lauge, was born (d. 02 Jun 1944). French artist; a very prolific artist, painted compositions, landscapes, portraits, and flowers .
• 1861 - Morte de José María Obando. Militar e estadista colombiano.
• 1862 - Nascimento de José Alfredo Ferreira . Educador e político argentino.
• 1862 - American Civil War: New Orleans falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.
• 1863 - Nace el magnate de la prensa William Randolph Hearst.
• 1870 - Inauguração no Rossio, em Lisboa, da estátua de D. Pedro IV.
• 1872 - Nace el escultor Manolo Hugué.
• 1863 - William Randolph Hearst, was born (d. 1851). American publisher.
• 1876 - Ulises Francisco Espaillat assume a presidência da República Dominicana .
• 1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham, was born (d. 1961). English conductor.
• 1882 - Auguste Herbin, was born (d. 31 Jan 1960). French painter.
• 1884 - Nascimento de Jaime Cortesão, em Ançã. Historiador, membro do movimento «Renascença Portuguesa», será Director da Biblioteca Nacional de 1919 a 1927.
• 1885 - Egon Erwin Kisch, was born (d. 1948). Czech journalist and author.
• 1885 - Inauguração do Teatro Sá de Miranda em Viana do Castelo, Portugal .
• 1893 - Harold Urey, was born (d. 1981). American chemist, winner of the Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
• 1894 - Paul Hörbiger was born (d. 1981) .
• 1895 - Malcolm Sargent, was born (d. 1967). English conductor.
• 1897 - Humberto Mauro, actor e diretor brasileiro (m. 1983) .
• 1899 - Duke Ellington, was born (d. 1974). American jazz pianist, bandleader. He was honored, at the date of his 70th birthday, with the presentation of the Medal of Freedom, the U.S. government’s highest civilian honor.
• 1901 - Hirohito, was born (d. 7 Jan 1989). Japanese emperor. Japan’s longest-reigning emperor;
• 1903 - A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
• 1904 - Enrico Mattei was born. Italian oil magnate.
• 1905 - Ogden Minton Pleissner,was born (d. 1963). US painter specialized in Landscapes. Pleissner is best known for his painting of the outdoors and gentlemanly sports.
• 1906 - André Plumot, dies (b. 1829). Belgian artist.
• 1907 - Fred Zinnemann, was born (d. 1997). Austrian-born American film director. Academy Award-winning director: High Noon [1952], From Here to Eternity [1953], A Man for All Seasons [1966]; died Mar 14, 1997 .
• 1909 - Tom Ewell [Samuel Yewell Tompkins], was born (d. 12 Sep 1994). American actor. Tony Award-winning actor: The Seven Year Itch [1953]; The Tom Ewell Show, Easy Money;
• 1910 - Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.
• 1914 - Nascimento do compositor brasileiro Dorival Caymmi.
• 1916 - Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
• 1918- George Allen, was born (d. 1990). American football coach, Pro Football Hall of Famer .
• 1919 - Celeste Holm, was born. American actress.
• 1920 - Harold Shapero, American composer .
• 1925 - Danny Davis (George Nowland) .Grammy Award-winning bandleader: group: Danny Davis and the Nashville Brass: Best Country Instrumental Performance [1969]; Country Music Awards Instrumental Group of the Year [1969 - 1974] .
• 1929 - Walter Kempowski, was born. German author.
• 1929 - Peter Sculthorpe, was born. Australian composer.
• 1930 - Jean Rochefort, was born. French actor.
• 1931 - Frank Auerbach, was born. German-born British painter Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter and printmaker.
• 1931 - Lonnie Donegan, was born (d. 2002). Scottish musician.
• 1932 - The radio program One Man's Family debuts.
• 1933 - Mark Eyskens, was born. Belgian minister and Prime Minister .
• 1933 - Rod McKuen, was born. Poet, composer.
• 1933 - Muere el poeta Constantino Cavafis.
• 1934 - Otis Rush, was born. Blues musician.
• 1936 - Zubin Mehta, was born. Indian-born American conductor.
• 1936 - Nasce Dedé Santana, actor e comediante brasileiro.
• 1936 - Nascimento de Alejandra Pizarnik. Poetisa argentina.
• 1936 - O argentino Luis O. Salesi é nomeado presidente da Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol.
• 1937 - Jill Paton Walsh, was born. English writer.
• 1937 - William Gillette, dies (b. 1853). Actor.
• 1941 - Nascimento de Nana Caymmi, cantora e compositora brasileira .
• 1942 - Klaus Voormann, was born. German illustrator and musician.
• 1942 - Galina Kulakova was born. USSR skier (Olympics-3 golds-1972).
• 944 - "Dancing Romeo", the last Our Gang film, premiers.
• 1944 - Morreu o ex-Presidente da República portuguesa, Bernardino Machado.
• 1945 - World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.
• 1945 - Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and he designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
• 1945 - Holocaust: The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
• 1946 - Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.
• 1946 - John Waters, was born. American film director & writer.
• 1947 - Olavo de Carvalho, was born. Brazilian philosopher.
• 1947 - Tommy James, was born. musician.
• 1951 - Ludwig Wittgenstein, dies (b. 1889). Austrian-born philosopher.
• 1951 - Dale Earnhardt, was born (d. 2001). NASCAR racer.
• 1952 - David Icke, was born. British conspiracy writer.
• 1953 -Moïse Kisling, dies (b. 22 Jan 1891). Jewish Polish French artist.
• 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, was born. American comedian and Emmy award-winning producer: Seinfeld [1992-1993].
• 1955 - Kate Mulgrew, was born. American actress (Star Trek: Voyager) .
• 1955 - Giovanni Gronchi elected President of Italy .
• 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, was born. Anglo-Irish actor.
• 1957 - Belle Baker, dies (b. 1893). American 1920s torch singer, film & tv actress.
• 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, was born in Santa Ana CA. American actress : Dangerous Liaisons, Batman Returns, The Fabulous Baker Boys, Grease 2, Ladyhawke, Scarface, The Witches of Eastwicke, The Age of Innocence.
• 1958 - Eve Plumb, was born. Actress (The Brady Bunch) .
• 1960 - Robert J. Sawyer, was born. Canadian science fiction writer .
• 1960 - Payola Scandal: Radio disk jockey Dick Clark denies involvement in the scandal in front of a United States House of Representatives subcommittee.
• 1964 - Federico Castelluccio, was born. Italian-American actor.
• 1964 - Albert Saverys (or Saverijs), dies (b. 12 May 1886). Belgian artist.
• 1965 - Papa Paulo VI publica a Encíclica 'Mense Maio'.
• 1966 - Phil Tufnell, was born. English cricketer.
• 1966 - William Eccles, dies. Physicist, radio pioneer.
• 1967 - After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
• 1967 - Curtis Joseph, was born. Canadian NHL goalie.
• 1968 - Carnie Wilson, was born. Singer .
• 1969 - Master P, was born. Rap musician, composer, actor, athlete, sports agent .
• 1969 - Jazz musician Duke Ellington receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
• 1970 - Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
• 1970 - Andre Agassi, was born in Las Vegas NV. American tennis player (Olympic-gold 1996, Wimbledon [1992], U.S. Open [1994 & 1999].
• 1970 - Uma Thurman, was born. Actress Uma (Karuna) Thurmanactress: The Truth about Cats and Dogs, Pulp Fiction, Mad Dog and Glory, Final Analysis, Robin Hood, Henry and June, Dangerous Liaisons, Kiss Daddy Goodnight .
• 1974 - Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
• 1975 - Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind - The last American citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. United States involvement in the war comes to an end.
• 1975 - Eric Koston, was born. Professional skateboarder.
• 1975 - Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth .
• 1978 - Morte do pintor japonês Yasuda Yukihiko .
• 1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, dies (b. 1899). Director.
• 1982 - Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador.
• 1987 - Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretário-Geral da ONU, recebeu o doutoramento "Honoris Causa" pela Universidade de Coimbra .
• 1988 - Glasnost: Soviet Union leader Mikhail Gorbachev promises increased religious freedoms.
• 1991 - Richard Cheney gives a speech at the Washington Institute's Soref Symposium explaining why he believed it would have been "a mistake" to invade Iraq.
• 1991 - Un ciclón causa en Bangladesh 250.000 muertos. 1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless (different sources give number of deaths very different)
• 1991 - Croatia declares independence.
• 1992 - 1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 54 people will be killed and hundreds of buildings will be destroyed.
• 1992 - 27th Academy of Country Music Awards Garth Brooks .
• 1996 - Muere Jaime García Tarrés, poeta mexicano.
• 1997 - Mike Royko, dies (b. 1932). Columnist.
• 1997 - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.
• 1998 - Austrália, Áustria, Bélgica , Brasil , Itália e Portugal assinam o Protocolo de Kyoto
• 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.
• 2003 - Franco Corelli, dies (b. 1921). Italian tenor.
• 2004 - Richard Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
• International Dance Day .
• Japan - Greenery Day (public holiday, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period) .
• Roman Empire - second day of the Floralia in honor of Flora.