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History Events on April 29

By  Gary Layne  29 Apr   69 Views

History Events on April 29

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A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.

#Frank_Slide

In 1903

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.

#International_Military_Tribunal_for_the_Far_East

In 1946

Riots in Los Angeles, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

#1992_Los_Angeles_riots

In 1992

Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.

#Battle_of_Levounion

In 1091

World War II: The Captain-class frigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II.

#Captain-class_frigate

In 1945

After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

#Muhammad_Ali

In 1967

Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.

#Tsinghua_University

In 1911

National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.

#National_Airlines_Flight_102

In 2013

World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

#World_War_I

In 1916

A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.

#Los_Angeles_Public_Library

In 1986

Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.

#Gran_Canaria

In 1483

The 7.0 Mw? Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.

#1991_Racha_earthquake

In 1991

The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.

#Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom

In 1910

World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.

#World_War_II

In 1944

World War II: Start of Operation Manna.

#Operations_Manna_and_Chowhound

In 1945

Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

#Joan_of_Arc

In 1429

The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.

#Fornovo_di_Taro

In 1945

Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

#Dachau_concentration_camp

In 1945

A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, injures 43 people.

#2013_Prague_explosion

In 2013

The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.

#Wedding_of_Prince_William_and_Catherine_Middleton

In 2011

A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.

#1991_Bangladesh_cyclone

In 1991

Charles Darwin during the second survey voyage of HMS Beagle, ascended the Bell mountain, Cerro La Campana on 17 August 1834, his visit being commemorated by a memorial plaque.

#Charles_Darwin

In 1834

Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.

#Watergate_scandal

In 1974

Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.

#Easter_Rising

In 1916

World War II: Führerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day.

#Führerbunker

In 1945

World War II: The German army in Italy surrenders to the Allies.

#Operation_Sunrise_(World_War_II)

In 1945

Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.

#Tibet

In 1951

American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.

#Capture_of_New_Orleans

In 1862

Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.

#Vietnam_War

In 1970

Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.

#Pakistan

In 1965

American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

#American_Revolutionary_War

In 1781

Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.

#Swedish_War_of_Liberation

In 1521

James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.

#James_Cook

In 1770

American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.

#American_Civil_War

In 1861

The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

#Chemical_Weapons_Convention

In 1997

The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.

#3D_television

In 1953

Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.

#Operation_Frequent_Wind

In 1975

A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.

In 2015

Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant.

In 1986

Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese-held Tr??ng Sa Islands.

#North_Vietnam

In 1975

The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

In 1968

Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.

In 1864

Battle of the Vikhra River: The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal.

In 1386

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