April 29

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Events

Pre-1600

801 – An earthquake in the Central Apennines hits Rome and Spoleto, damaging the basilica of San Paolo Fuori le Mura.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1091 – Battle of Levounion: The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos.<ref>Template:Citation</ref>
1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans.<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1483 – Gran Canaria, the main island of the Canary Islands, is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1521 – Swedish War of Liberation: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1760 – French forces commence the siege of Quebec which is held by the British.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1770 – James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay, which he names.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1781 – American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1826 – The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 is discovered by James Dunlop.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal Centaurus A is listed on p. 138 as entry number 482. A sketch of Centaurus A appears as Fig. 20 on the plate between pages 114 and 115.</ref>
1861 – Maryland in the American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1862 – American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1862 – American Civil War: The Siege of Corinth begins as Union forces under General Henry Halleck moves to engage Confederate forces led by General P. G. T. Beauregard.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1864 – Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War.<ref>Template:Cite book; Template:Cite book</ref>

1901–present

1903 – A landslide kills 70 people in Frank, in the District of Alberta, Canada.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1911 – Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – World War I: The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1916 – Easter Rising: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin, bringing the Easter Rising to an end.<ref>Template:Cite journal Template:Open access</ref>
1945 – World War II: The Surrender of Caserta is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1945 – World War II: Airdrops of food begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1945 – World War II: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor.<ref>Template:Cite journal Template:Open access</ref>
1945 – Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1952 – Pan Am Flight 202 crashes into the Amazon basin near Carolina, Maranhão, Brazil, killing 50 people.<ref name="ASN">Template:Cite web</ref>
1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1967 – After refusing induction into the United States Army the previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1970 – Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh Trail in an attempt to cut off supplies to the Viet Cong and the North Vietnamese Army.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1974 – Watergate scandal: United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind: The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. This happens after the bombing of Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base. <ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese Army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnam-held Trường Sa Islands.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1985 – Space Shuttle Challenger is launched on STS-51-B.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – A fire at the Central library of the Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1986 – The United States Navy aircraft carrier Template:USS becomes the first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to transit the Suez Canal, navigating from the Red Sea to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the Template:USS.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – An assembly of Sikhs, known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declared independence for a state of Khalistan.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around Template:Convert, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1991 – The 7.0 Template:M Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive), killing 270 people.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1992 – Riots in Los Angeles begin, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2004 – The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2011 – The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2015 – A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Births

Pre-1600

1469 – William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1587 – Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

1601–1900

1636 – Esaias Reusner, German lute player and composer (d. 1679)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1665 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1667 – John Arbuthnot, Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre, French actor and dancer (d. 1810)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1745 – Oliver Ellsworth, American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1758 – Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish general (d. 1820)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1762 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1833)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1780 – Charles Nodier, French librarian and author (d. 1844)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1783 – David Cox, English landscape painter (d. 1859)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1784 – Samuel Turell Armstrong, American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1810 – Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English journalist and author (d. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1818 – Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1837 – Georges Ernest Boulanger, French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1842 – Carl Millöcker, Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1847 – Joachim Andersen, Danish flautist, composer and conductor (d. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1848 – Raja Ravi Varma, Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1854 – Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer (d. 1912)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1863 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1863 – William Randolph Hearst, American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1863 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska, Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1872 – Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1872 – Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic (d. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1875 – Rafael Sabatini, Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1879 – Thomas Beecham, English conductor (d. 1961)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1880 – Adolf Chybiński, Polish historian, musicologist and academic (d. 1952)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1882 – Auguste Herbin, French painter (d. 1960)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1882 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (d. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1885 – Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1887 – Robert Cushman Murphy, American ornithologist (d. 1973)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1888 – Michael Heidelberger, American immunologist (d. 1991)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1891 – Edward Wilfred Taylor, British businessman (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1893 – Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1894 – Marietta Blau, Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1895 – Vladimir Propp, Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1895 – Malcolm Sargent, English organist, composer and conductor (d. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1898 – E. J. Bowen, British physical chemist (d. 1980)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1899 – Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader (d. 1974)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1899 – Mary Petty, American illustrator (d. 1976)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1900 – Amelia Best, Australian politician (d. 1979)<ref>Template:Cite Tas Parliament</ref>

1901–present

1901 – Hirohito, Japanese emperor (d. 1989)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1907 – Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1908 – Jack Williamson, American author and academic (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1909 – Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1912 – Richard Carlson, American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1915 – Henry H. Barschall, German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1917 – Maya Deren, Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1917 – Celeste Holm, American actress and singer (d. 2012)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1918 – George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1919 – Gérard Oury, French actor, director and screenwriter (d. 2006)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1920 – Edward Blishen, English author and radio host (d. 1996)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1920 – Harold Shapero, American composer (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1922 – Parren Mitchell, American politician (d. 2007)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1922 – Toots Thielemans, Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1923 – Irvin Kershner, American actor, director and producer (d. 2010)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballerina and actress (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1925 – John Compton, Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1925 – Iwao Takamoto, American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1926 – Elmer Kelton, American journalist and author (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1927 – Dorothy Manley, English sprinter (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1927 – Bill Slater, English footballer (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1928 – Carl Gardner, American singer (d. 2011)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1928 – Heinz Wolff, German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Walter Kempowski, German author and academic (d. 2007)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Peter Sculthorpe, Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – April Stevens, American singer (d. 2023)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Maurice Strong, Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1929 – Jeremy Thorpe, English lawyer and politician (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1930 – Jean Rochefort, French actor and director (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Frank Auerbach, German-British painter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Lonnie Donegan, Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1931 – Chris Pearson, Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1932 – David Tindle, English painter and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1932 – Dmitry Zaikin, Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – Ed Charles, American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1933 – Rod McKuen, American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1933 – Willie Nelson, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer and actor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1934 – Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan-American baseball player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1934 – Pedro Pires, Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Otis Rush, American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Zubin Mehta, Indian conductor<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Adolfo Nicolás, Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1936 – Alejandra Pizarnik, Argentine poet (d. 1972)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1936 – Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, English banker and philanthropist (d. 2024)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1937 – Jill Paton Walsh, English author (d. 2020)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1938 – Steven Bach, American writer, businessman and educator (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1938 – Bernie Madoff, American businessman, financier and convicted felon (d. 2021)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1939 – Klaus Rinke, German contemporary artist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1940 – George Adams, American musician (d. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1940 – Peter Diamond, American economist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1941 – Hanne Darboven, German painter (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1942 – Dick Chrysler, American politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1942 – Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie, English civil servant and academic<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1943 – Duane Allen, American country singer<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1943 – Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde, English union leader and politician (d. 2018)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1943 – Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, English lawyer and academic<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1944 – Francis Lee, English footballer and businessman (d. 2023)<ref name=p500>Template:Cite book</ref>
1945 – Hugh Hopper, English bass guitarist (d. 2009)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1945 – Catherine Lara, French singer-songwriter and violinist<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1945 – Tammi Terrell, American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1946 – Rodney Frelinghuysen, American politician and lobbyist<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1947 – Tommy James, American singer-songwriter, guitarist and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Johnny Miller, American golfer and sportscaster<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Jim Ryun, American runner and politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1948 – Edith Brown Clement, American judge<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1950 – Paul Holmes, New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1950 – Phillip Noyce, Australian director and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1950 – Debbie Stabenow, American social worker and politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1951 – Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1951 – Jon Stanhope, Australian politician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1952 – Geraldine Doogue, Australian journalist and television host<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1952 – Nora Dunn, American actress and comedian<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1952 – Bob McClure, American baseball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1952 – Dave Valentin, American flautist (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1953 – Bill Drummond, British musician<ref>Template:LibraryOfMu</ref>
1954 – Mo Brooks, American attorney and politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1954 – Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1955 – Leslie Jordan, American actor, comedian, writer and singer (d. 2022)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1955 – Kate Mulgrew, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa, Samoan politician, 7th Prime Minister of Samoa<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1957 – Joseph Morelle, American politician<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1958 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (d. 2013)<ref name=moore>Template:Cite news</ref>
1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1958 – Eve Plumb, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1960 – Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian author and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1962 – Polly Samson, English novelist, lyricist and journalist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1963 – Mike Babcock, Canadian ice hockey player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1964 – Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor, director, producer and screenwriter<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1964 – Lúðvík Bergvinsson, Icelandic politician<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1965 – Michel Bussi, French geographer, author, and academic<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1965 – Amy Krouse Rosenthal, American author (d. 2017)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1966 – Christian Tetzlaff, German violinist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović, Croatian politician and diplomat, 4th President of Croatia<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1969 – Paul Adelstein, American actor and writer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Andre Agassi, American tennis player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1970 – Uma Thurman, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – Garrison Starr, American singer-songwriter and producer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1975 – April Telek, Canadian actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1976 – Micol Ostow, American author, editor and educator<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1976 – God Shammgod, American basketball player and coach<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1977 – Zuzana Hejdová, Czech tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1977 – Claus Jensen, Danish international footballer and manager<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1977 – David Sullivan, American film and television actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Bob Bryan, American tennis player<ref name=bnm>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Mike Bryan, American tennis player<ref name=bnm />
1978 – Javier Colon, American singer-songwriter and musician<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Tyler Labine, Canadian actor and comedian<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1979 – Lee Dong-gook, South Korean footballer<ref name=p500 />
1979 – Jo O'Meara, English pop singer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1980 – Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1980 – Bre Blair, Canadian actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1981 – George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1983 – Megan Boone, American actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1983 – Jay Cutler, American football player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1983 – Sam Jones III, American actor<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1984 – Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1986 – Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Rob Atkinson, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1987 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1987 – Andre Russell, Jamaican cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer<ref>Template:Cite web Template:Dead link</ref>
1988 – Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1988 – Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1988 – Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1989 – Candace Owens, American political commentator and activist<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1989 – Domagoj Vida, Croatian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – James Faulkner, Australian cricketer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1990 – Chris Johnson, American basketball player<ref>Template:Cite basketball-reference</ref>
1991 – Adam Smith, English footballer<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1991 – Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1991 – Misaki Doi, Japanese tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Alina Rosenberg, German paralympic equestrian<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1994 – Christina Shakovets, German tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1996 – Katherine Langford, Australian actress<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1997 – Lucas Tousart, French footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1998 – Mallory Pugh, American soccer player<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1999 – Mateo Retegui, Argentine-Italian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2001 – Danilo, Brazilian footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2002 – Sinja Kraus, Austrian tennis player<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2005 – Aarón Anselmino, Argentine footballer<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2006 – Xochitl Gomez, American actress<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>

Deaths

Pre-1600

1109 – Hugh of Cluny, French abbot (b. 1024)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1380 – Catherine of Siena, Italian mystic, philosopher and saint (b. 1347)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1594 – Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>

1601–1900

1630 – Agrippa d'Aubigné, French soldier and poet (b. 1552)<ref>Template:Cite EB1911</ref>
1658 – John Cleveland, English poet and author (b. 1613)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1676 – Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (b. 1607)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1707 – George Farquhar, Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1768 – Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1776 – Edward Wortley Montagu, English explorer and author (b. 1713)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1833 – William Babington, Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1848 – Chester Ashley, American politician (b. 1790)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1854 – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>

1901–present

1903 – Godfrey Carter, Australian businessman and politician, 39th Mayor of Melbourne (b. 1830)<ref>Template:Cite AuDB</ref>
1903 – Paul Du Chaillu, French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1905 – Ignacio Cervantes, Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1916 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
1917 – Florence Farr, British actress, composer and director (b. 1860)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1922 – Richard Croker, Irish American political boss (b. 1843)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1924 – Ernest Fox Nichols, American educator and physicist (b. 1869)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1925 – Ralph Delahaye Paine, American journalist and author (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1933 – Clay Stone Briggs, American politician (b. 1876)<ref>Template:CongBio</ref>
1933 – Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1935 – Leroy Carr, American singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1937 – William Gillette, American actor and playwright (b. 1853)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1943 – Joseph Achron, Russian composer and violinist (b. 1886)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1943 – Ricardo Viñes, Spanish pianist (b. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite Grove</ref>
1944 – Billy Bitzer, American cinematographer (b. 1872)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1944 – Pyotr Stolyarsky, Soviet violinist (b. 1871)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1947 – Irving Fisher, American economist and statistician (b. 1867)<ref>Template:Cite ANB</ref>
1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1956 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1959 – Kenneth Anderson, English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1966 – William Eccles, English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)<ref>Template:Cite ODNB</ref>
1966 – Paula Strasberg, American actress and acting coach (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1967 – J. B. Lenoir, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1968 – Aasa Helgesen, Norwegian midwife (b. 1877)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1968 – Lin Zhao, Chinese dissident (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
1978 – Theo Helfrich, German race car driver (b. 1913)<ref>Template:Cite encyclopedia</ref>
1979 – Muhsin Ertuğrul, Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1979 – Hardie Gramatky, American author and illustrator (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, English-American director and producer (b. 1899)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
1982 – Raymond Bussières, French actor, producer and screenwriter (b. 1907)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
1992 – Mae Clarke, American actress (b. 1910)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993 – Michael Gordon, American actor and director (b. 1909)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1993 – Mick Ronson, English guitarist, songwriter and producer (b. 1946)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
1997 – Mike Royko, American journalist and author (b. 1932)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2000 – Phạm Văn Đồng, Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2001 – Arthur B. C. Walker Jr., American physicist and academic (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2002 – Bob Akin, American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2003 – Janko Bobetko, Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2004 – John Henniker-Major, British diplomat and civil servant (b. 1916)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005 – William J. Bell, American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2005 – Louis Leithold, American mathematician and academic (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2006 – John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Dick Motz, New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2007 – Ivica Račan, Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2008 – Gordon Bradley, English-American footballer (b. 1933)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
2008 – Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2010 – Avigdor Arikha, French-Israeli artist, printmaker and art historian (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – Siamak Pourzand, Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2011 – Joanna Russ, American writer, academic and radical feminist (b. 1937)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Shukri Ghanem, Libyan politician, 22nd Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Joel Goldsmith, American composer and conductor (b. 1957)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2012 – Roland Moreno. French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2012 – Kenny Roberts, American singer-songwriter (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
2013 – Alex Elisala, New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Pesah Grupper, Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – John La Montaine, American pianist and composer (b. 1920)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2013 – Kevin Moore, English footballer (b. 1958)<ref name=moore />
2013 – Marianna Zachariadi, Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Iveta Bartošová, Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Al Feldstein, American author and illustrator (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2014 – Bob Hoskins, English actor (b. 1942)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – François Michelin, French businessman (b. 1926)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Jean Nidetch, American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (b. 1923)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Calvin Peete, American golfer (b. 1943)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2015 – Dan Walker, American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (b. 1922)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2016 – Dmytro Hnatyuk, Ukrainian singer (b. 1925)<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
2016 – Renato Corona, Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1948)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2017 – R. Vidyasagar Rao, Indian bureaucrat and activist (b. 1939)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 – Luis García Meza, Bolivian general, 57th President of Bolivia (b. 1929)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2018 – Michael Martin, British politician (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2019 – Josef Šural, Czech footballer (b. 1990)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Irrfan Khan, Indian actor (b. 1967)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2020 – Guido Münch, Mexican astronomer and astrophysicist (b. 1921)<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
2021 – Cate Haste, English author (b. 1945)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2022 – Joanna Barnes, American actress and writer (b. 1934)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
2023 – Padma Desai, Indian-American development economist (b. 1931)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Holidays and observances

Christian feast day:
- Catherine of Siena (Catholic, Lutheran and Anglican Church)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Hugh of Cluny<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Robert of Molesme<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- Wilfrid II<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
- April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare (United Nations)<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
International Dance Day (UNESCO)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Shōwa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5. (Japan)<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

References

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