Today In History - April 29

1429 Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English
1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
1628 Sweden and Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
1636 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans
1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking
1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
1670 Pope Clemens X elected
1701 Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
1706 Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria
1707 English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
1715 John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time
1781 French fleet occupies Tobago
1781 French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
1793 Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall
1813 Rubber is patented
1864 Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
1886 1st public Dutch electricity opens
1888 Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meets Emin Pasha
1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter
1901 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75
1901 Anti semitic riot in Budapest
1905 2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, Texas
1905 Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon
1910 Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam
1912 Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel," premieres in Berlin
1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
1916 Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin
1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard
1926 France and U.S. reach accord on repayment of WW I
1927 Construction of Spirit of St. Louis is completed
1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games
1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service
1931 Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St. Louis Browns, 9-0
1934 Pittsburgh is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday
1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5
1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx and Queens opens
1940 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr. Malone" on CBS
1940 Norwegian King Haakon and government flees to England
1940 Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in New York City
1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road
1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands and Vichy-France
1943 Dietrich Bonhoffer arrested by nazis
1943 Noel Coward's "Present Laughter," premieres in London
1943 U.S. 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia
1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague
1945 Japanese army evacuates Rangoon
1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed
1945 U.S. liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany
1945 Venice and Mestre were captured by the Allies
1946 28 former Jap leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals
1948 Bradman scores 107 Aust vs. Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours
1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers
1955 G. Gronchi elected president of Italy
1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va
1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts
1962 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons and How to Succeed win
1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley, California changes call letters to KPAT
1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
1964 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam
1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe
1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
1968 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater New York City for 1750 performances
1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson New York City for 7 performances
1970 50,000 U.S. and South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
1971 Bill Graham closes down Fillmore and Fillmore East
1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
1971 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic
1974 President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
1975 Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
1977 British Aerospace forms
1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic
1981 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1982 Alfredo Magana elected President of El Salvador
1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
1984 "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater New York City for 17 performances
1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic
1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 home runs in a game in both leagues
1985 Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library
1986 Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the U.S.
1988 "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
1988 Burt Reynolds and Loni Anderson marry
1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses
1989 2nd government of Lubbers falls
1990 "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater New York City for 16 performances
1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate
1991 "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater New York City for 48 performances
1991 Croatia declares independence
1991 Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless
1991 Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
1992 "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater New York City for 487 performances
1992 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1992 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha"
1992 Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps
1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
1994 Israel and PLO sign economic accord
1995 Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV
1995 Kansas City Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
1996 "Rent," opens at Nederlander Theater New York City
1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno California on KFRR 104.1 FM
1997 "Candide," opens at Gershwin Theater New York City for 103 performances
1997 Kansas City Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
1998 15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned

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