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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 120th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is April 16, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,208 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 ‘hectaicosagon’ 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 275 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 4,147 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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April 29 Historical Events
- 1429 –Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans.
- 1861 –American Civil War: Maryland’s House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.
- 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.
- 1970 –Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.
- 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.
Who were born on April 29?
- 1872 –Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930)
- 1915 –Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999)
- 1948 –Bruce Cutler, American attorney
- 1960 –Phil King, British bassist
- 1975 –Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player
Who died on April 29?
- 1594 –Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer
- 1798 –Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723)
- 1945 –Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893)
- 1992 –Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)
- 2007 –Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor, known as the leader of Olsenbanden (b. 1921)
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