April 29th, 1823

Born on April 29th, 1823

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Born on April 29th, 1823

69

Joseph-Alfred Foulon

Catholic cardinal (1823-1893)

*April 29th, 1823, Paris †January 23rd, 1893, 5th arrondissement of Lyon

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50

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

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

43

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

26

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

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

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

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

66

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

*April 29th, 1958, Santa Ana

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

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

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

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

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

81

Dominique Labourier

French actress

*April 29th, 1943, Paris

87

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

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

54

Andre Agassi

American tennis player (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Las Vegas

41

Semih Şentürk

Turkish footballer

*April 29th, 1983, İzmir

54

Georges Ernest Boulanger

French general (1837-1891)

*April 29th, 1837, Rennes †September 30th, 1891, Ixelles - Elsene

87

Daniel Mayer

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

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

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Born in 1823

90

Alfred Russel Wallace

British naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist (1823-1913)

*January 8th, 1823, Usk †November 7th, 1913, Broadstone

62

Eduard Oscar Schmidt

German zoologist (1823–1886)

*February 21st, 1823, Torgau †January 17th, 1886, Kappelrodeck

70

Louis Martin

Father of Saint Thérèse de Lisieux, spouse of and Marie-Azélie Guérin (1823-1894)

*August 22nd, 1823, Bordeaux †July 29th, 1894, Arnières-sur-Iton

63

Alexander Ostrovsky

Russian playwright (1823-1886)

*March 31st, 1823, Moscow †June 2nd, 1886, Schelykovo

93

Mackenzie Bowell

5th Prime Minister of Canada (1823-1917)

*December 27th, 1823, Rickinghall †December 10th, 1917, Belleville

76

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

68

Leopold Kronecker

German mathematician who worked on number theory and algebra (1823–1891)

*December 7th, 1823, Legnica †December 29th, 1891, Berlin

91

Jean-Henri Fabre

French entomologist and author (1823-1915)

*December 21st, 1823, Saint-Léons †October 11th, 1915, Sérignan-du-Comtat

38

Abdülmecid I

Sultan of the Ottoman Empire (1823-1861)

*April 25th, 1823, Istanbul †June 25th, 1861, Istanbul

76

Friedrich Max Müller

German-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist (1823–1900)

*December 6th, 1823, Dessau †October 28th, 1900, Oxford

75

Samuel Apolant

German author

*February 14th, 1823, Wałcz †March 4th, 1898, Berlin

26

Sándor Petőfi

Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary

*January 1st, 1823, Kiskőrös †July 31st, 1849, Albești

68

Gerónima Montealegre

First Lady and philanthropist

*October 30th, 1823, San José †September 16th, 1892

36

Phineas Gage

19th century american railway worker who suvived a large brain trauma

*July 9th, 1823, Grafton County †May 21st, 1860, San Francisco

85

Ernest Reyer

French opera composer and music critic

*December 1st, 1823, Marseille †January 15th, 1909, Le Lavandou

72

Richard Genée

Austrian librettist, playwright and composer

*February 7th, 1823, Gdańsk †June 15th, 1895, Baden

66

Charles Christopher Parry

British-American botanist and mountain climber (1823–1890)

*August 28th, 1823, Admington †February 20th, 1890, Davenport

82

Florent Willems

Belgian painter (1823-1905)

*January 8th, 1823, Liège †October 23rd, 1905, Paris

46

Victor Ruffy

Member of the Swiss Federal Council (1823-1869)

*January 18th, 1823, Lutry †December 29th, 1869, Lutry

85

Rudolf von Gottschall

German poet, dramatist literary critic and literary historian

*September 30th, 1823, Wrocław †March 21st, 1909, Leipzig

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1823 is a normal year and no leap year.

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