April 29 in History

Historical Events on April 29

1781 American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

1861 American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.

1916 World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.

1944 World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.

1945 World War II: The German army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.

1965 Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.

1967 After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

1970 Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.

1986 Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant

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Famous Birthdays on April 29

1933 Willie Nelson

1951 Dale Earnhardt

1958 Michelle Pfeiffer

1974 Anggun

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Famous Deaths on April 29

1937 William Gillette

1951 Ludwig Wittgenstein

1980 Alfred Hitchcock

2006 John Kenneth Galbraith

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