April 29th, 1495

Born on April 29th, 1495

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 193,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on April 29th?

April 29th, 2011

Watched by a worldwide television audience of tens of millions, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey in London.

April 29th, 2006

Cyclone Mala made landfall near Thandwe, Myanmar, causing 37 deaths.

April 29th, 1997

The Chemical Weapons Convention entered into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons in the 87 countries that had ratified the convention.

April 29th, 1992

The acquittal of policemen who had beaten African-American motorist Rodney King sparked six days of civil unrest in Los Angeles (damage pictured), during which 63 people were killed.

April 29th, 1991

A powerful tropical cyclone struck Chittagong, Bangladesh, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving up to 10 million homeless across the region.

April 29th, 1975

Vietnam War: North Vietnam concluded its East Sea Campaign by capturing all of the Spratly Islands held by South Vietnam.

April 29th, 1970

Vietnam War: South Vietnamese forces began the Cambodian campaign, aiming to attack North Vietnamese jungle bases.

April 29th, 1968

The controversial Broadway musical Hair, a product of the counterculture of the 1960s, opened, with its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

April 29th, 1945

World War II: The U.S. Army liberated Dachau, the first Nazi concentration camp, and killed German prisoners of war.

April 29th, 1944

Second World War: British agent Nancy Wake parachuted into Auvergne, France, becoming a liaison between the Special Operations Executive and the local Maquis group.

April 29th, 1910

Parliament passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the express intent of redistributing wealth.

April 29th, 1903

A rockslide buried part of the Canadian mining town of Frank under 110 million tonnes of rock, killing around 70 people.

April 29th, 1863

Confederate forts at Grand Gulf survived a bombardment by Union gunboats, preventing Ulysses S. Grant's troops from crossing the Mississippi River at that point.

April 29th, 1826

In Parramatta, Australia, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop discovered Centaurus A (pictured), which was later recognised as one of the nearest radio galaxies to Earth.

April 29th, 1770

On his first voyage, British explorer James Cook and the crew of HMS Endeavour (pictured) landed at Botany Bay, making the first recorded European landfall on the eastern coast of Australia.

Today's Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on April 29th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on April 29th?

50

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

43

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

26

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

*April 29th, 1854, Nancy †July 17th, 1912, Paris

54

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

67

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

72

David Icke

English conspiracy theorist, author, broadcaster, and former football player

*April 29th, 1952, Leicester

66

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

*April 29th, 1958, Santa Ana

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

*April 29th, 1909, Owensboro †September 12th, 1994, Woodland Hills

41

Semih Şentürk

Turkish footballer

*April 29th, 1983, İzmir

54

Andre Agassi

American tennis player (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Las Vegas

81

Dominique Labourier

French actress

*April 29th, 1943, Paris

94

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician

*April 29th, 1922, Marolles - Marollen †August 22nd, 2016, Braine-l'Alleud

87

Jean Rochefort

French actor

*April 29th, 1930, 20th arrondissement of Paris †October 9th, 2017, 14th arrondissement of Paris

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

*April 29th, 1899, Washington, D.C. †May 24th, 1974, New York City

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

*April 29th, 1893, Walkerton †January 5th, 1981, La Jolla

87

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

*April 29th, 1901, Aoyama †January 7th, 1989, Fukiage Gyoen

74

André Wilms

French actor

*April 29th, 1947, Strasbourg †February 9th, 2022, Paris

87

Daniel Mayer

French politician, member of the French Resistance (1909-1996)

*April 29th, 1909, Paris †December 29th, 1996, Orsay

Same year
Born in 1495

61

Luigi Alamanni

Italian poet

*March 6th, 1495, Florence †April 18th, 1556, Amboise

57

Petrus Apianus

German astronomer, mathematician and cartographer (*1495 – †1552)

*April 16th, 1495, Leisnig †April 21st, 1552, Ingolstadt

48

Clément Marot

French poet (1495-1544)

*December 2nd, 1495, Cahors †September 12th, 1544, Turin

74

Matthäus Alber

(1495-1570)

*December 4th, 1495, Reutlingen †December 1st, 1570, Blaubeuren

67

Jan van Scorel

Painter from the Northern Netherlands (1495–1562)

*August 1st, 1495, Schoorl †December 6th, 1562, Utrecht

33

Michele Antonio, Marquess of Saluzzo

Marquess of Saluzzo

*March 26th, 1495, Saluzzo †October 18th, 1528, Aversa

53

Otto I, Duke of Brunswick-Harburg

Prince of Lüneburg and Baron of Harburg

*August 24th, 1495, Celle †August 11th, 1549, Harburg

49

Louis X, Duke of Bavaria

German noble

*September 18th, 1495, Grünwald †April 22nd, 1545, Landshut

55

John of God

Portuguese soldier turned health-care worker, canonized by the Catholic Church

*March 8th, 1495, Montemor-o-Novo †March 8th, 1550, Granada

63

Erhard Schnepf

German theologian

*November 1st, 1495, Heilbronn †November 1st, 1558, Jena

56

Barbara of Brandenburg-Ansbach-Kulmbach

Princess of Brandenburg-Ansbach by birth and by marriage Landgravine of Leuchtenberg

*September 24th, 1495, Ansbach †September 23rd, 1552, Karlovy Vary

67

John Bale

Anglican bishop in Ireland

*November 21st, 1495, Covehithe †October 31st, 1563, Canterbury

53

Augustin Schurff

German physicist

*January 6th, 1495, St. Gallen †May 9th, 1548, Lutherstadt Wittenberg

40

Francesco II Sforza

Duke of Milan, 1521-24, 1525-35

*February 4th, 1495, Milan †October 24th, 1535, Vigevano

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