What are the important events that happened on April 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

April 29: Facts & Myths About This Day

April 29 is the 119^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 16, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 29,098,080 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectadecaenneagon’ day.

Taurus is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Diamond is the modern birthstone for this month. Opal is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 294 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,512 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

April 29 Historical Events

• 711 –
  Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus).
• 1770 –
  James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
• 1781 –
  American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• 1945 –
  The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.
• 1945 –
  The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces.
• 1945 –
  World War II: Start of Operation Manna.
• 1945 –
  World War II: The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.
• 1953 –
  The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
• 1997 –
  The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.
• 1999 –
  The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

Who were born on April 29?

• 1727 –
  Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer (d. 1810)
• 1810 –
  Thomas Adolphus Trollope, British author and journalist, (d. 1892)
• 1907 –
  Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (d. 1997)
• 1912 –
  Richard Carlson, American actor (d. 1977)
• 1947 –
  Tommy James, American musician
• 1955 –
  Richard Epcar, American voice actor
• 1963 –
  Mike Babcock, NHL Coach
• 1964 –
  Mohammad Qatanani, Muslim Imam
• 1966 –
  Phil Tufnell, British cricketer
• 1986 –
  Renee Alway, American model

Who died on April 29?

• 1594 –
  Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer
• 1768 –
  Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)
• 1771 –
  Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Italian-born Russian architect (b. 1700)
• 1854 –
  Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, British general (b. 1768)
• 1905 –
  Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)
• 1933 –
  Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863)
• 1993 –
  Mick Ronson, British musician (b. 1946)
• 1997 –
  Mike Royko, American columnist (b. 1932)
• 2005 –
  Louis Leithold, American mathematician (b. 1924)
• 2005 –
  Sara Henderson, Australian pastoralist and author (b. 1936)