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Birthday April 29, 1830 Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels... |
Birthday April 29, 1863 William Randolph Hearst, newspaper publisher (SF Examiner) |
Birthday April 29, 1863 William Randolph Hearst is born |
Birthday April 29, 1899 Duke Ellington |
Birthday April 29, 1957 Daniel Day-Lewis born |
History April 29, 1429 Joan of Arc relieves Orleans |
History April 29, 1776 Nathanael Greene takes command of Long Island |
History April 29, 1854 First African-American college chartered |
History April 29, 1857 Headquarters for the US Army - Division of the Pacific - permanently established at the Presidio. |
History April 29, 1862 Union captures New Orleans |
History April 29, 1875 Henry James' Transatlantic Sketches is published |
History April 29, 1913 the all-purpose zipper is patented. |
History April 29, 1916 British forces surrender at Kut, Mesopotamia |
History April 29, 1945 Adolf and Eva marry |
History April 29, 1945 Dachau liberated |
History April 29, 1946 International Military Tribunal indicts Hideki |
History April 29, 1950 American statesmen deny Lattimore's influence |
History April 29, 1968 Hair premieres on Broadway |
History April 29, 1970 U.S.-South Vietnamese forces launch Cambodian incursion |
History April 29, 1971 New casualty figures released. |
History April 29, 1974 Nixon announces release of White House Watergate tapes |
History April 29, 1975 Operation Frequent Wind begins |
History April 29, 1986 Roger Clemens strikes out 20 batters in single game |
History April 29, 1991 Cyclone kills 135,000 in Bangladesh |
History April 29, 1992 Rodney King trial verdict announced |
History April 29, 1992 Riots erupt in Los Angeles |
History April 29, 2004 The end of the road for Oldsmobile |
History April 29, 2011 Britain's Prince William weds Kate Middleton |