On this day in History - Apr. 29
- 1429 - Joan of Arc, a 17-year-old French peasant convinced she has a divine mission to expel the British from France, leads troops into the besieged city of Orléans / 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.
- 1594 - Thomas Cooper dies. English bishop, lexicographer, and writer
- 1623 - 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru.
- 1630 - Agrippa d'Aubigné dies (b. 1552). French poet.
- 1658 - John Cleveland dies (b. 1613). English poet.
- 1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde was born (d. 1745). Irish statesman and soldier.
- 1667 - John Arbuthnot was born (d. 1735). English physician and satirist.
- 1670 - Pope Clemens X elected .
- 1675 - Giovanni Antonio Pellegrini was born (d. 05 Nov 1741) Venitian painter.
- 1676 - Michiel de Ruyter dies (b. 1607). Dutch admiral.
- 1686 - Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven was born (d. 1742). English statesman.
- 1688 - Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg dies (b. 1620)
- 1698 - Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis dies (b. 1655). First Lord of the British Admiralty
- 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). French dancer and creator of modern ballet.
- 1743 - Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre dies (b. 1658). French writer.
- 1762 - Jean-Baptiste Jourdan was born (d. 1833). French marshal.
- 1768 - Georg Brandt dies (b. 1694). Swedish chemist and minerologist.
- 1776 - Edward Wortley Montagu dies (b. 1713). English traveler and writer.
- 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.
- 1793 - Yechezkel Landau dies (b. 1713). Polish rabbi and Talmudist.
- 1793 - John Michell dies (b. 1724). English scientist.
- 1798 - Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus dies (b. 1723). German entomologist.
- 1813 - Rubber is patented.
- 1818 - Alexander II was born. Emperor of Russia.
- 1821 - Muere Domingo de Azcuénaga, jurisconsulto y poeta, primer fabulista argentino.
- 1837 - Georges Boulanger was born (d. 1891). French general and politician.
- 1843 - Pedro Américo de Figueiredo e Melo was born. Brazilian painter.
- 1854 - The Ashmun Institute is officially chartered, becoming the first college for African American students.
- 1854 - Henri Poincaré was born. French phisicyst and mathematician.
- 1854 - Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey dies (b. 1768). English general.
- 1856 - End of Crimean War .
- 1870 - D. Pedro IV statue is inaugurated in Lisbon at Rossio.
- 1872 - Manolo Hugué was born. Sculptor.
- 1875 - Rafael Sabatini was born (d. 1950). Italian/British writer.
- 1876 - Empress Zauditu of Ethiopia was born (d. 1930)
- 1879 - Sir Thomas Beecham was born (d. 1961). English conductor.
- 1882 - The "Elektromote" – forerunner of the trolleybus – trialed by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin.
- 1882 - H.N. Werkman was born (d. 1945). Dutch artist and printer.
- 1884 - Nascimento de Jaime Cortesão, em Ançã, concelho de Cantanhede. 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 was born (d. 1983). Brazilian actor and diretor.
- 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.
- 1913 - Swedish Canadian Gideon Sundback received a U.S. patent this day in 1913 for the modern “hookless” zipper, which improved on the clasp locker exhibited by Whitcomb Judson at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago.
- 1914 - Dorival Caymmi was born. Brazilian composer.
- 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.
- 1917 - Celeste Holm, American actress
- 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 was born. 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].
- 1925 - Ned Austin was born. American character actor
- 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 (d. 2002). 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 Prime Minister .
- 1933 - Rod McKuen was born. American poet and composer.
- 1933 - Constantine P. Cavafy dies (b. 1863). Greek poet
- 1934 - Otis Rush was born. American blues musician.
- 1934 - Luis Aparicio was born. Venezuelan Major League Baseball player
- 1936 - Zubin Mehta was born. Indian-born American conductor.
- 1936 - Dedé Santana was born. Btazilian actor e comedian.
- 1936 - Alejandra Pizarnik was born. Argentinian poetess.
- 1936 - April Stevens was born. American singer.
- 1936 - Lane Smith was born (d. 2005). American actor.
- 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). American actor.
- 1938 - Fred Dibnah was born (d. 2004). English television personality
- 1939 - Lino Ferreira dies. Portuguese author, actor and film director.
- 1941 - Nana Caymmi was born. Brazilian singer and composer.
- 1942 - Klaus Voormann was born. German illustrator and musician.
- 1942 - Galina Kulakova was born. Soviet skier (Olympics-3 golds-1972).
- 1944 - "Dancing Romeo" the last Our Gang film, premiers.
- 1944 - Bernardino Machado dies. President of Portugal.
- 1944 - Richard Kline was born. American actor and television director
- 1945 - World War II: Start of Operation Manna.
- 1945 - Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and he designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.
- 1945 - Tammi Terrell was born (d. 1970). American singer.
- 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 and writer.
- 1947 - Olavo de Carvalho was born. Brazilian journalist and writer.
- 1947 - Tommy James was born. musician.
- 1947 - Jim Ryun was born. American athlete and politician
- 1949 - Luís Miguel Cintra was born. Portuguese actor.
- 1949 - Nuno Júdice was born. Portuguese writer.
- 1951 - Ludwig Wittgenstein dies (b. 1889). Austrian-born philosopher.
- 1951 - Dale Earnhardt was born (d. 2001). American race car driver.
- 1952 - Nora Dunn was born. American actress
- 1952 - David Icke was born. British writer.
- 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 .
- 1956 - Ketil Stokkan was born. Norwegian singer
- 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis was born. Irish actor.
- 1957 - Belle Baker dies (b. 1893). American 1920s torch singer, film & tv actress.
- 1958 - My Fair Lady dazzles London The Broadway musical, My Fair Lady, opens for its first night in London
- 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. American 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.
- 1960 - Phil King was born. English bassist
- 1964 - Federico Castelluccio was born. Italian-American actor.
- 1964 - Albert Saverys (or Saverijs) dies (b. 12 May 1886). Belgian artist.
- 1966 - Phil Tufnell was born. English cricketer.
- 1966 - William Eccles dies. English physicist and 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.
- 1967 - Master P was born. American rapper, composer, actor, athlete, and sports agent
- 1968 - Carnie Wilson was born. American singer .
- 1969 - Jazz musician Duke Ellington receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.
- 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 .
- 1970 - Tomás de Figueiredo dies. Portuguese writer.
- 1973 - David Belle was born. Creator of parkour
- 1974 - Pascal Cygan was born. French footballer
- 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.
- 1977 - Claus Jensen was born. Danish footballer
- 1980 - Alfred Hitchcock dies (b. 1899). British-born director, best known for psychological suspense films such as Psycho.
- 1981 - George McCartney was born. Northern Irish footballer
- 1982 - Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador.
- 1982 - Carlos Martins was born in Oliveira do Hospital. Portuguese footballer.
- 1984 - Britain announces that its administration of Hong Kong will cease in 1997, when it will return the colony to China.
- 1986 - Roger Clemens sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners.
- 1987 - Javier Perez de Cuellar, Secretário-Geral da ONU, recebeu o doutoramento "Honoris Causa" pela Universidade de Coimbra .
- 1988 - James McCracken dies (b. 1926). American tenor.
- 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 .
- 1992 - The Legion of Net. Heroes is formed.
- 1993 - Mick Ronson dies (b. 1946). British musician.
- 1993 - Queen to open Palace doors Buckingham Palace opened to the public for the first time in a bid to raise funds to repair Windsor Castle.
- 1996 - Jaime García Tarrés dies. Mexican poet.
- 1996 - The musical Rent premieres at the Nederlander Theatre.
- 1997 - Mike Royko dies (b. 1932). American columnist.
- 1997 - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.
- 2000 - Antonio Buero Vallejo dies. Spanish dramatist.
- 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.
- 2002 - Fernando Pessa dies (b. 1902). Portuguese journalist. (... E esta hem?!)
- 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.
- 2005 - Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
- 2005 - Apple releases Macintosh OS X 10.4 (AKA Tiger).
- 2005 - William J. Bell dies (b. 1927). television writer and producer.
- 2005 - Mariana Levy dies (b. 1966). Mexican telenovela actress, singer and television show host.
1863 - William Randolph Hearst was born in S. Francisco (d. 1851). American publisher. American publisher and political figure, who built up the country's largest chain of newspapers.
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