April 29th, 2008

Born on April 29th, 2008

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 5,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 19 days, exactly on October 2nd, 2024, people who were born on April 29th, 2008 will be 6,000 days old!

... 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.

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

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

26

Ingrid Syrstad Engen

Norwegian association football player

*April 29th, 1998, Melhus Municipality

50

Anggun

Indonesian-born French singer-songwriter and television personality

*April 29th, 1974, Jakarta

43

Juliette Ah-Wan

Badminton player

*April 29th, 1981, Victoria

56

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Croatian politician and diplomat

*April 29th, 1968, Rijeka

17

Infanta Sofía of Spain

Younger child of King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia

*April 29th, 2007, Madrid

54

Uma Thurman

American actress and model (born 1970)

*April 29th, 1970, Boston

41

Semih Şentürk

Turkish footballer

*April 29th, 1983, İzmir

18

Xochitl Gomez

American actress (born 2006)

*April 29th, 2006, Los Angeles

67

Daniel Day-Lewis

British-Irish actor

*April 29th, 1957, Kensington

72

David Icke

English conspiracy theorist, author, broadcaster, and former football player (b. 1952)

*April 29th, 1952, Leicester

33

Carlos Barbero

Spanish bicycle racer

*April 29th, 1991, Burgos

54

Andre Agassi

American tennis player

*April 29th, 1970, Las Vegas

66

Michelle Pfeiffer

American actress

*April 29th, 1958, Santa Ana

58

Henri Poincaré

French mathematician, physicist and engineer (1854–1912)

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

27

Lucas Tousart

French association football player

*April 29th, 1997, Arras

81

Dominique Labourier

French actress

*April 29th, 1943, Paris

28

Katherine Langford

Australian actress

*April 29th, 1996, Perth

19

Shahadi Wright Joseph

American actress, singer and dancer

*April 29th, 2005, New York City

87

Jean Rochefort

French actor

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

94

Toots Thielemans

Belgian jazz musician

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

Same year
Born in 2008

16

Francesco Camarda

Italian association football player (born 2008)

*March 10th, 2008, Milan

16

Cecilia Loffredo

Danish actress

*July 24th, 2008, Copenhagen

16

Emma Kok

Dutch singer

*March 12th, 2008, Maastricht

16

Lilly Platt

British environmentalist

*April 18th, 2008, London

16

Iain Armitage

American child actor

*July 15th, 2008, Georgia

16

Emme Muñiz‎

Daughter of Marc Anthony and Jennifer Lopez

*February 22nd, 2008, Long Island

15

Jackson Robert Scott

American child actor

*September 18th, 2008, Phoenix

16

Rayssa Leal

Brazilian skateboarder

*January 4th, 2008, Imperatriz

16

Meilee Condron

American actress

*March 17th, 2008, Connecticut

16

Helena Zengel

German actress

*June 10th, 2008, Berlin

16

Harshaali Malhotra

Indian child actress

*June 3rd, 2008, Mumbai

15

Sophia Baram

American pair skater

*November 24th, 2008, Beverly Hills

16

Veronika Zhilina

Russian figure skater

*May 15th, 2008, Arkhangelsk

16

Gavin Warren

American actor

*April 17th, 2008, Houston

15

Diego Topa

Argentinian actor

*October 11th, 2008, Caseros

16

Abby Ryder Fortson

American actress

*March 14th, 2008, Burbank

15

GUSTAVOEGATOTV

Brazilian record producer (2008-)

*December 11th, 2008, Iguatu

15

Emma Behn

Norwegian show jumper, youngest child of Princess Märtha Louise of Norway and Ari Behn

*September 29th, 2008, Lommedalen

15

Finnlay Berger

German actor

*November 30th, 2008, Berlin

15

Alia De Vercelli

Australian actress

*November 30th, 2008, Australia

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Public holidays on April 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on April 29th.

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Born on April 29th, 2008
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 2008 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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