April 29

Friday 29, 2005:

2005 Apple releases Mac OS X v10.4

Thursday 29, 2004:

Richard Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.

Monday 29, 2002:

The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat it had held for 50 years.

Tuesday 29, 1997:

The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories.

Wednesday 29, 1992:

1992 Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, follow the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 54 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

Tuesday 29, 1975:

Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind – The last U.S. citizens begin evacuation from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. United States involvement in the war comes to an end.

Monday 29, 1974:

Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.

Wednesday 29, 1970:

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

Tuesday 29, 1969:

Jazz musician Duke Ellington receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Saturday 29, 1967:

After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.

Monday 29, 1946:

Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted for war crimes.

Sunday 29, 1945:

Holocaust: The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.

Saturday 29, 1944:

"Dancing Romeo," the last Our Gang film, premiers.

Saturday 29, 1916:

Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.

Friday 29, 1910:

Andrew Fisher becomes Prime Minister of Australia for the second time.

Wednesday 29, 1903:

A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.

Tuesday 29, 1862:

American Civil War: New Orleans falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut.

Monday 29, 1861:

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

Saturday 29, 1854:

The Ashmun Institute is officially chartered, becoming the first college for African American students.

Sunday 29, 1770:

James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.

Friday 29, 1672:

Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.

Wednesday 29, 1429:

Battle of Orléans: French troops led by Joan of Arc lifted the English siege of Orléans, a turning point in the Hundred Years' War.

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