About April 29
April 29, 2024 is the 120th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
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Taurus is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 275 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On April 29
- 711 –Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
- 1429 –Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
- 1483 –Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain.
- 1770 –James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
- 1832 –Évariste Galois released from prison.
- 1882 –The “Elektromote” – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin.
- 1903 –A 30 million 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.
- 1945 –The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
- 1945 –World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.
- 1946 –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.
- 1953 –The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
- 1967 –After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
- 1975 –Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
- 1986 –A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
- 1992 –Los Angeles riots: 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 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
- 1999 –The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
- 2004 –Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
- 2005 –Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
- 2011 –Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.
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