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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, 28,572,480 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 ‘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
- 1770 –James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
- 1832 –Évariste Galois released from prison.
- 1974 –Watergate Scandal: President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the scandal.
- 1975 –Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.
- 2005 –Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.
Who were born on April 29?
- 1863 –Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933)
- 1922 –Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player
- 1937 –Hasil Adkins, Appalachian country, rock and roll, and blues musician (d. 2005)
- 1980 –Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player
- 1982 –Travis Smith, American drummer (Trivium)
Who died on April 29?
- 1698 –Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655)
- 1920 –William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839)
- 1966 –William Eccles, British physicist and radio pioneer (b. 1875)
- 1967 –Anthony Mann, American actor and director (b. 1906)
- 2005 –Louis Leithold, American mathematician (b. 1924)
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