What are the important events that happened on April 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
April 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
April 29 is the 119th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 16, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 484,968 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecaenneagon’ day.
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Taurus is the zodiac 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 294 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,512 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 29 Historical Events
- 1587 –Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
- 1672 –Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
- 1832 –Évariste Galois released from prison.
- 1864 –Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the Civil War.
- 1945 –The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
- 1945 –The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
- 1946 –Father Divine, a controversial religious leader who claims to be God, marries the much-younger Edna Rose Ritchings, a celebrated anniversary in the International Peace Mission movement.
- 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.
- 1967 –After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
- 2011 –Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.
Who were born on April 29?
- 1727 –Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer (d. 1810)
- 1758 –Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (d. 1820)
- 1879 –Thomas Beecham, British conductor (d. 1961)
- 1934 –Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1944 –Francis Lee, British footballer
- 1944 –Richard Kline, American actor and director
- 1950 –Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
- 1958 –Martin Whitmarsh, British businessman, CEO of McLaren Racing
- 1971 –Tamara Johnson-George, American singer (SWV)
- 1980 –Magdalena Tul, Polish pop singer
Who died on April 29?
- 1380 –Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347)
- 1658 –John Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613)
- 1793 –Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713)
- 1916 –Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (b. 1850)
- 1916 –The O'Rahilly, Irish Nationalist and member of the Easter Rising (b. 1875)
- 1956 –Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)
- 1961 –Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918)
- 1966 –William Eccles, British physicist and radio pioneer (b. 1875)
- 2000 –Pham Van Dong, Vietnamese politician (b. 1906)
- 2005 –Mariana Levy, Mexican actress, singer, and television show host (b. 1966)
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