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| April 29th |
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| About April 29th is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of the calendar year. April 29th is International Dance Day. Births 1841 - Thomas Chamberlain, 20th Maine Gettysburg officer 1918 - George Allen, NFL Hall of Fame coach 1945 - Tammi Terrell, singer ("Ain't No Mountain High Enough") 1950 - Debbie Stabenow, U.S. Senator (Michigan) 1951 - Dale Earnhardt Sr., NASCAR driver 1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, comedian, actor (Seinfeld) 1958 - Michelle Pfeiffer, actress (One Fine Day, Batman Returns) 1957 - Daniel Day-Lewis, actor (Gangs of New York) 1967 - Master P, rapper, entrepreneur 1970 - Uma Thurman, actress (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) 1970 - Andre Agassi, professional tennis player 1983 - Jay Cutler, quarterback 1986 - Renee Alway, model (America's Next Top Model, Cycle 8) 2003 - Barbaro, thoroughbred, Kentucky Derby winner Deaths 1827 - Rufus King, American founding father 1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, film director (Psycho, The Birds) 2008 - Albert Hofmann, scientist, researcher (discovered LSD) Events 1862 - Union forces led by Admiral David Farragut capture New Orleans, securing access into the Mississippi River. 1898 - The University of Buffalo established the nation's first cancer lab. 1945 - The Dachau concentration camp in Germany is liberated by U.S. troops. 1967 - Aretha Franklin releases her version of the Otis Redding song "Respect", which became her first #1 hit. 1968 - The controversial hippie inspired musical Hair opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway. 1975 - American officials begin to evacuate Saigon as North Vietnamese troops close in on the capitol. 1986 - Roger Clemens becomes the first Major League Baseball pitcher to strike out 20 batters in a single 9-inning game. 1991 - A cyclone strikes southeastern Bangladesh killing over 135,000 and left nearly 10 million homeless. 1992 - A Los Angeles jury acquits four police officers involved with the Rodney King beating a year earlier. 2004 - The National World War II Memorial opens in Washington, D.C. |
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