April 29th, 1881

Born on April 29th, 1881

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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.

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

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

49

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

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

55

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

25

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

87

Harold Urey

American physical chemist

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

75

Duke Ellington

American jazz pianist and composer (1899–1974)

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

85

Tom Ewell

American actor (1909-1994)

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

62

Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman

Dutch artist (1882-1945)

*April 29th, 1882, Leens †April 10th, 1945, Bakkeveen

87

Hirohito

Emperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989

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

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

71

David Icke

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

*April 29th, 1952, Leicester

75

Wallingford Riegger

American music composer

*April 29th, 1885, Albany †April 2nd, 1961, New York City

94

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician

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

87

Daniel Mayer

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

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

87

Jean Rochefort

French actor

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

65

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

*April 29th, 1958, Santa Ana

54

Kurt Kluge

German sculptor and author and printmaker (1886-1940)

*April 29th, 1886, Leipzig †July 26th, 1940, Fort Eben-Emael

80

Dominique Labourier

French actress

*April 29th, 1943, Paris

Same year
Born in 1881

91

Pablo Picasso

Spanish painter and sculptor (1881–1973)

*October 25th, 1881, Málaga †April 8th, 1973, Mas Notre-Dame-de-Vie de Mougins

91

George Alan Thomas

English badminton, chess and tennis player

*June 14th, 1881, Tarabya †July 23rd, 1972, London

88

Dora Boothby

English badminton and tennis player

*August 2nd, 1881, Finchley †February 22nd, 1970, Hammersmith

63

Harry Hillman

American athletics competitor

*September 8th, 1881, Brooklyn †August 9th, 1945, Hanover

49

Anna Pavlova

Russian ballet dancer

*February 12th, 1881, Saint Petersburg †January 23rd, 1931, The Hague

73

Alcide De Gasperi

Italian politician and founder of the Christian Democratic Party (1881-1954)

*April 3rd, 1881, Pieve Tesino †August 19th, 1954, Borgo Valsugana

81

John XXIII

Head of the Catholic Church from 1958 to 1963 (1881-1963)

*November 25th, 1881, Sotto il Monte Giovanni XXIII †June 3rd, 1963, Apostolic Palace

73

Alexander Fleming

Scottish biologist, pharmacologist, botanist, and Nobel laureate (1881–1955)

*August 6th, 1881, Lochfield †March 11th, 1955, London

93

P. G. Wodehouse

English author (1881–1975)

*October 15th, 1881, Guildford †February 14th, 1975, Village of Southampton

64

Béla Bartók

Hungarian composer and pianist

*March 25th, 1881, Sânnicolau Mare †September 26th, 1945, New York City

60

Stefan Zweig

Austrian writer (1881-1942)

*November 28th, 1881, Vienna †February 23rd, 1942, Petrópolis

84

Eleanor Farjeon

English children's writer

*February 13th, 1881, London †June 5th, 1965, Hampstead

77

Roger Martin du Gard

French writer

*March 23rd, 1881, Neuilly-sur-Seine †August 22nd, 1958, Château du Tertre

62

Ulrich von Hassell

German diplomat and resistance fighter against National Socialism (1881–1944)

*November 12th, 1881, Anklam †September 8th, 1944, Plötzensee Prison

76

Clinton Davisson

American physicist (1881-1958)

*October 22nd, 1881, Bloomington †February 1st, 1958, Charlottesville

80

Felix Rütten

German priest, church historian, theologian and historian (1881-1961)

*January 7th, 1881, Kempen †December 18th, 1961, Kempen

76

Irving Langmuir

American chemist and physicist

*January 31st, 1881, Brooklyn †August 16th, 1957, Woods Hole

76

Juan Ramón Jiménez

Spanish poet

*December 23rd, 1881, Moguer †May 29th, 1958, San Juan

77

Cecil B. DeMille

American film director, producer and actor (1881–1959)

*August 12th, 1881, Ashfield †January 21st, 1959, Hollywood

92

Ludwig von Mises

Austrian-American economist

*September 29th, 1881, Lviv †October 10th, 1973, New York City

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1881 is a normal year and no leap year.

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