April 29th, 1979

Born on April 29th, 1979

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.

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

Born on April 29th, 1979

44

Ryan Sharp

British racing driver

*April 29th, 1979, Newtonhill

44

Lee Dong-gook

South Korean footballer

*April 29th, 1979, Pohang

44

Jo O'Meara

British singer and actress

*April 29th, 1979, Romford

44

Tati Bernardi

Brazilian writer

*April 29th, 1979, São Paulo

44

Josh Brown

American footballer

*April 29th, 1979, Tulsa

44

Tim Payne

English rugby union footballer

*April 29th, 1979, Swindon

44

Zsolt Lőw

Hungarian association football player

*April 29th, 1979, Budapest

44

Nina Roberts

French pornographic actress and writer

*April 29th, 1979, Alès

44

Sergio Jadue

Chilean association football administrator

*April 29th, 1979, La Calera

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

42

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

49

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

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

40

Semih Şentürk

Turkish footballer

*April 29th, 1983, İzmir

53

Uma Thurman

American actress (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

43

Marc Clotet

Spanish actor

*April 29th, 1980, Barcelona

53

Andre Agassi

American tennis player (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Las Vegas

45

Mike Bryan

American tennis player

*April 29th, 1978, Camarillo

66

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

46

Marcel Hacker

German rower

*April 29th, 1977, Magdeburg

45

Tyler Labine

Canadian actor

*April 29th, 1978, Brampton

71

David Icke

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

*April 29th, 1952, Leicester

65

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

*April 29th, 1958, Santa Ana

41

Johannes Vogel

German politician

*April 29th, 1982, Wermelskirchen

43

Kian Egan

Irish singer

*April 29th, 1980, Sligo

48

Fred Scarlett

British rower

*April 29th, 1975, Ashford

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

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

80

Dominique Labourier

French actress

*April 29th, 1943, Paris

46

David Sullivan

American film and television actor

*April 29th, 1977, Tyler

Same year
Born in 1979

45

Gao Ling

Chinese badminton player

*March 14th, 1979, Wuhan

45

Yang Wei

Chinese badminton player

*January 13th, 1979, Guangdong

44

Tine Baun

Danish badminton player

*July 21st, 1979, Hørsholm

44

Deborah Secco

Brazilian actress

*November 26th, 1979, Rio de Janeiro

45

Johan Harstad

Norwegian author

*February 10th, 1979, Stavanger Municipality

44

Saralee Thungthongkam

Badminton player

*June 13th, 1979, Bangkok

44

Anders Kristiansen

Badminton player

*September 7th, 1979, Frederikssund Municipality

44

Nikhil Kanetkar

Badminton player

*May 13th, 1979, Pune

44

Guf

Russian rapper

*September 23rd, 1979, Ivanteyevskaya Street

44

Ghayath Almadhoun

Swedish poet

*July 19th, 1979, Damascus

45

Dan Tangnes

Norwegian ice hockey player (1979-)

*March 8th, 1979, Oslo

44

Patricia Aulitzky

Austrian actress

*July 7th, 1979, Salzburg

44

Mia Audina

Indonesian badminton player

*August 22nd, 1979, Jakarta

44

Chen Hong

Badminton player

*November 28th, 1979, Changting County

45

Ingo Kindervater

Badminton player

*January 1st, 1979, Burgwedel

44

Britta Andersen

Badminton player

*December 19th, 1979, Aarhus

44

Vincent Kartheiser

American actor

*May 5th, 1979, Minneapolis

44

Aamir Ghaffar

Badminton player

*August 18th, 1979, Peshawar

44

Chris Pratt

American actor (born 1979)

*June 21st, 1979, Virginia

45

Lise Risom Olsen

Norwegian actress

*March 1st, 1979, Fredrikstad Municipality

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No: With 365 days 1979 is a normal year and no leap year.

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