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April 29 is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (120th in leap years). There are 246 days remaining.
Events
1400-1799
1800-1899
1900-1999
- 1903 - A 30,000,000-cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
- 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.
- 1932 - The radio program One Man's Family debuts.
- 1944 - Dancing Romeo, the last Our Gang film, premiers.
- 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.
- 1960 - Payola Scandal: Radio disk jockey Dick Clark denies involvement in the scandal in front of a United States House of Representatives subcommittee.
- 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.
- 1970 - Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
- 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.
- 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.
- 1992 - 1992 civil unrest in Los Angeles: 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.
- 1997 - The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.
2000-2099
Births
1600-1799
1800-1899
1900-1999
- 1901 - Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Fred Zinnemann, film director (d. 1997)
- 1909 - Tom Ewell, actor (d. 1994)
- 1918 - George Allen, American football coach, Pro Football Hall of Famer (d. 1990)
- 1919 - Celeste Holm, actress
- 1920 - Harold Shapero, composer
- 1929 - Walter Kempowski, author
- 1929 - Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer
- 1930 - Jean Rochefort, French actor
- 1931 - Frank Auerbach, painter
- 1931 - Lonnie Donegan, musician (d. 2002)
- 1933 - Mark Eyskens, Belgian minister and Prime Minister
- 1933 - Rod McKuen, poet, composer
- 1934 - Otis Rush, blues musician
- 1936 - Zubin Mehta, musician
- 1937 - Jill Paton Walsh, writer
- 1942 - Klaus Voormann, illustrator
- 1946 - John Waters, director, writer
- 1947 - Olavo de Carvalho, philosopher
- 1947 - Tommy James, musician
- 1951 - Dale Earnhardt, NASCAR racer (d. 2001)
- 1952 - David Icke, controversial conspiracy writer
- 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, comedian
- 1955 - Kate Mulgrew, actress (Star Trek: Voyager)
- 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, actor
- 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, actress
- 1958 - Eve Plumb, actress (The Brady Bunch)
- 1960 - Robert J. Sawyer, science fiction writer
- 1964 - Federico Castelluccio, actor
- 1966 - Phil Tufnell, cricketer
- 1967 - Curtis Joseph, NHL goalie
- 1968 - Carnie Wilson, singer
- 1969 - Master P, rap musician, composer, actor, athlete, sports agent
- 1970 - Andre Agassi, tennis player
- 1970 - Uma Thurman, actress
Deaths
1700-1899
1900-1999
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
April 28 - April 30 - March 29 - May 29 -- listing of all days
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