SomeFacts | April 29

On this day - April 29

801 — An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, ...

1091 — Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine ...

1429 — Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.

1483 — Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is ...

1492 — The Crown's decision to expel the Jews is announced in ...

1521 — Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish ...

1760 — French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by ...

1770 — James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.

1781 — American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in ...

1826 — The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James ...

1861 — Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of ...

1862 — American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union ...

1862 — American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces ...

1864 — Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic ...

1903 — A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of ...

1910 — The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's ...

1911 — Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading ...

1916 — Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders ...

1916 — World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to ...

1945 — Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

1945 — World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva ...

1945 — World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied ...

1945 — World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the ...

1946 — The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes ...

1952 — Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, ...

1953 — The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an ...

1967 — After refusing induction into the United States Army the ...

1970 — Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade ...

1974 — Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon ...

1975 — Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture ...

1975 — Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to ...

1985 — Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B.

1986 — An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially ...

1986 — The United States Navy aircraft carrier USS Enterprise becomes ...

1986 — A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public ...

1991 — The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK ...

1991 — A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern ...

1992 — Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police ...

1997 — The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, ...

2004 — The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 ...

2011 — The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes ...

2013 — National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter ...

2013 — A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, ...

2015 — A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago ...