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, 484,968 hours 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

• 1429 –
  Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
• 1587 –
  Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
• 1781 –
  American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.
• 1903 –
  A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
• 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.
• 1945 –
  World War II: Start of Operation Manna.
• 1986 –
  A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
• 1991 –
  A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.
• 1992 –
  Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
• 1997 –
  The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

Who were born on April 29?

• 1920 –
  Edward Blishen, English author (d. 1996)
• 1924 –
  Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer and actress
• 1947 –
  Tommy James, American musician
• 1950 –
  Phillip Noyce, Australian film director
• 1956 –
  Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer
• 1958 –
  Martin Whitmarsh, British businessman, CEO of McLaren Racing
• 1960 –
  Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker
• 1964 –
  Mohammad Qatanani, Muslim Imam
• 1967 –
  Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player
• 1971 –
  Sam Michael, Australian engineer

Who died on April 29?

• 1594 –
  Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer
• 1676 –
  Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)
• 1698 –
  Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)
• 1771 –
  Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Italian-born Russian architect (b. 1700)
• 1782 –
  Richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1718)
• 1798 –
  Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723)
• 1961 –
  Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918)
• 1988 –
  James McCracken, American tenor (b. 1926)
• 2005 –
  William J. Bell, American television writer and producer (b. 1927)
• 2006 –
  John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-born US economist (b. 1908)