Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
April 29
| 1289 | Qala’un, the Sultan of Egypt, captures Tripoli. | |
| 1429 | Joan of Arc leads French forces to victory over English at Orleans. | |
| 1624 | Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu chief minister of the Royal Council of France. | |
| 1661 | The Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan. | |
| 1672 | King Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. | |
| 1813 | Rubber is patented. | |
| 1852 | The first edition of Peter Roget’s Thesaurus is published. | |
| 1856 | Yokut Indians repel a second attack by the ‘Petticoat Rangers,’ a band of civilian Indian fighters at Four Creeks, California. | |
| 1858 | Austrian troops invade Piedmont. | |
| 1859 | As the French army races to support them and the Austrian army mobilizes to oppose them, 150,000 Piedmontese troops invade Piedmontese territory. | |
| 1861 | The Maryland House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union. | |
| 1862 | Forts Philip and Jackson surrender to Admiral Farragut outside New Orleans. | |
| 1913 | Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper. | |
| 1916 | Irish nationalists surrender to the British in Dublin. | |
| 1918 | America’s WWI Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker, scores his first victory with the help of Captain James Norman Hall. | |
| 1924 | Open revolt breaks out in Santa Clara, Cuba. | |
| 1927 | Construction of the Spirit of St. Louis is completed. | |
| 1930 | The film All Quiet on the Western Front, based on Erich Maria Remarque’s novel Im Western Nichts Neues, premiers. | |
| 1945 | The German Army in Italy surrenders unconditionally to the Allies. | |
| 1945 | The Nazi concentration camp of Dachau is liberated by Allied troops. | |
| 1946 | Former Japanese leaders are indicted in Tokyo as war criminals. | |
| 1975 | The U.S. embassy in Vietnam is evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fight their way into Saigon. | |
| 1983 | Harold Washington is sworn in as Chicago’s first black mayor. | |
| 1992 | Four Los Angeles police offices are acquitted of charges stemming from the beating of Rodney King. Rioting ensues. | |
| Born on April 29 | ||
| 1745 | Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. | |
| 1818 | Alexander II, Czar of Russia. | |
| 1863 | William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher. | |
| 1877 | Tad Dorgen, cartoonist and columnist. | |
| 1879 | Sir Thomas Beecham, founder of the London Philharmonic. | |
| 1899 | Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington, renowned jazz composer and musician. | |
| 1901 | Hirohito, emperor of Japan during and after World War II. | |
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