History for April 29 - On-This-Day.com
William Randolph Hearst 1863 - American newspaper magnate, newspaper publisher, Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy) 1899 - Composer, pianist, big band leader, Willie Nelson 1933 - Musician, singer - his family cites April 29, his birth certificate says April 30 at 12:30am
Dale Earnhardt 1951 - Father of race car driver Dale Earnhardt Jr., Jerry Seinfeld 1955 - Comedian, actor ("Seinfeld"), Michelle Pfeiffer 1957 - Actress
1429 - Joan of Arc led Orleans, France, to victory over Britain.
1852 - The first edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus was published.
1945 - In a bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married. Hitler designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor.
1945 - The Nazi death camp, Dachau, was liberated.
1961 - ABC’s "Wide World of Sports" premiered.
1975 - The U.S. embassy in Vietnam was evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fought their way into Saigon.
1990 - The destruction of the Berlin Wall began.
1992 - Rioting began after a jury decision to acquit four Los Angeles policemen in the Rodney King beating trial. 54 people were killed in 3 days.
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