All Events

Historical Events on April 29

  • American Revolutionary War

    1781

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

  • American Civil War

    1861

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

  • World War I

    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.

  • World War II

    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.

  • Nazi Germany

    1945

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

  • Pakistan

    1965

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

  • Muhammad Ali

    1967

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

  • Vietnam War

    1970

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

  • Chernobyl disaster

    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 Deaths on April 29

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