Wednesday, April 29, 2015

History for April 29

History for April 29 - On-This-Day.com
William Randolph Hearst 1863 - American newspaper magnate, newspaper publisher, Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy) 1899 - Composer, pianist, big band leader, Hirohito (Emperor Showa) 1901 - 124th Japanese emperor, emperor from 1926 to 1989


Dale Earnhardt 1951 - Father of race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr.,  Jerry Seinfeld 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Seinfeld"), Daniel Day-Lewis 1957 - Actor


Michelle Pfeiffer 1957 - Actress, Uma Thurman 1970 - Actress ("Pulp Fiction"), Andre Agassi 1970 - Tennis player 


1429 - Joan of Arc led Orleans, France, to victory over Britain. 


1813 - Rubber was patented by J.F. Hummel. 


1945 - The German Army in Italy surrendered unconditionally to the Allies. 


1945 - In a bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married. Hitler designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor. 


1945 - The Nazi death camp, Dachau, was liberated. 



1975 - The U.S. embassy in Vietnam was evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fought their way into Saigon. 


1990 - The destruction of the Berlin Wall began. 


1992 - Rioting began after a jury decision to acquit four Los Angeles policemen in the Rodney King beating trial. 54 people were killed in 3 days. 


1998 - The U.S., Canada and Mexico end tariffs on $1 billion in NAFTA trade. 

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