April 29
1429 - Joan of Arc entered the city of Orleans; she would end its months-long siege by the English and would become known as the "Maid of Orleans".
1861 - During the Civil War, Maryland's House of Delegates voted against seceding from the Union.
1862 - New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War.
1916 - The Easter Rebellion in Ireland ended with the surrender of Irish nationalists.
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
1945 - Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler married his longtime mistress Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz as president. (The couple killed themselves the next day.)
1946 - Twenty-eight former Japanese officials went on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended up being sentenced to death.
1957 - The SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
1978 - Japan's Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, became the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
1980 - Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age 80.
1981 - Truck driver Peter Sutcliffe admitted in a London court to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the killer of 13 women in northern England over five years.
1991 - A cyclone began striking the South Asian country of Bangladesh; it ended up killing more than 138,000 people, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
1992 - Deadly rioting that claimed 54 lives and caused $1 billion in damage erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.
1997 - A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect.
1997 - The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from the Mir space station.
2008 - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for what he termed “divisive and destructive” remarks on race.
2010 - The U.S. Navy officially ended a ban on women serving on submarines, saying the first women would be reporting for duty by 2012.
2011 - Kate Middleton and Prince William were married in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London. It was estimated that more than 2 billion people worldwide watched the British royal wedding.
2020 - Scientists announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus, the experimental antiviral medication remdesivir, which they said could speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients.
Birthdays
20 - Grace Kaufman (actress)
24 - Mallory Pugh (soccer player)
24 - Ella Hunt (actress)
26 - Katherine Langford (actress)
33 - Foxes (singer)
33 - Candace Owens (political commentator)
34 - Jonathan Toews (hockey player)
35 - Ryan Ashley Malarkey (reality TV star)
38 - Taylor Cole (actress/model)
39 - Megan Boone (actress)
44 - Tyler Labine (actor)
45 - Titus O'Neil (professional wrestler)
50 - Erica Campbell (singer)
50 - James Bonamy (singer)
51 - Darby Stanchfield (actor)
52 - Andre Agassi (tennis player)
52 - Uma Thurman (actress)
52 - Master P (rapper)
53 - Paul Adelstein (actor)
54 - Carnie Wilson (singer)
56 - Vincent Ventresca (actor)
59 - Stephanie Bentley (singer)
64 - Eve Plumb (actress)
64 - Michelle Pfeiffer (actress)
65 - Daniel Day-Lewis (actor)
67 - Kate Mulgrew (actress)
67 - Leslie Jordan (actor)
68 - Jerry Seinfeld (actor/comedian)
75 - Tommy James (singer)
79 - Duane Allen (singer)
80 - Bob Miranda (singer)
89 - Keith Baxter (actor)
89 - Willie Nelson (singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 29
1941 - The Boston Bees major league baseball team changed their name to the Boston Braves.
1961 - ABC's "Wide World of Sports" premiered.
1980 - The Detroit Lions select Oklahoma running back Billy Sims with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1981 - The New Orleans Saints select South Carolina running back George Rogers with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1981 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first left-handed pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
1986 - Pitcher Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox set a major league record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine inning game against the Seattle Mariners. (He would repeat the feat in 1996.)
1986 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Auburn running back Bo Jackson with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Chicago White Sox to snap their MLB record 21-game losing streak to start the season.
2006 - The Houston Texans select North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2010 - The NCAA's Board of Directors approved expansion of the men's Division I basketball tournament from 64 to 68 teams.
2015 - The Baltimore Orioles beat the White Sox 8-2 at Camden Yards. The game was played without a crowd present due to the ongoing riots and protests in Baltimore. This was the first time a Major League Baseball game was played in front of an empty house.
2021 - The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1429 - Joan of Arc entered the city of Orleans; she would end its months-long siege by the English and would become known as the "Maid of Orleans".
1861 - During the Civil War, Maryland's House of Delegates voted against seceding from the Union.
1862 - New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War.
1916 - The Easter Rebellion in Ireland ended with the surrender of Irish nationalists.
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany during World War II.
1945 - Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler married his longtime mistress Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz as president. (The couple killed themselves the next day.)
1946 - Twenty-eight former Japanese officials went on trial in Tokyo as war criminals; seven ended up being sentenced to death.
1957 - The SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.
1978 - Japan's Naomi Uemura, traveling by sled dog, became the first person to reach the North Pole alone.
1980 - Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age 80.
1981 - Truck driver Peter Sutcliffe admitted in a London court to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the killer of 13 women in northern England over five years.
1991 - A cyclone began striking the South Asian country of Bangladesh; it ended up killing more than 138,000 people, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
1992 - Deadly rioting that claimed 54 lives and caused $1 billion in damage erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King.
1997 - A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect.
1997 - The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from the Mir space station.
2008 - Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for what he termed “divisive and destructive” remarks on race.
2010 - The U.S. Navy officially ended a ban on women serving on submarines, saying the first women would be reporting for duty by 2012.
2011 - Kate Middleton and Prince William were married in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London. It was estimated that more than 2 billion people worldwide watched the British royal wedding.
2020 - Scientists announced the first effective treatment against the coronavirus, the experimental antiviral medication remdesivir, which they said could speed the recovery of COVID-19 patients.
Birthdays
20 - Grace Kaufman (actress)
24 - Mallory Pugh (soccer player)
24 - Ella Hunt (actress)
26 - Katherine Langford (actress)
33 - Foxes (singer)
33 - Candace Owens (political commentator)
34 - Jonathan Toews (hockey player)
35 - Ryan Ashley Malarkey (reality TV star)
38 - Taylor Cole (actress/model)
39 - Megan Boone (actress)
44 - Tyler Labine (actor)
45 - Titus O'Neil (professional wrestler)
50 - Erica Campbell (singer)
50 - James Bonamy (singer)
51 - Darby Stanchfield (actor)
52 - Andre Agassi (tennis player)
52 - Uma Thurman (actress)
52 - Master P (rapper)
53 - Paul Adelstein (actor)
54 - Carnie Wilson (singer)
56 - Vincent Ventresca (actor)
59 - Stephanie Bentley (singer)
64 - Eve Plumb (actress)
64 - Michelle Pfeiffer (actress)
65 - Daniel Day-Lewis (actor)
67 - Kate Mulgrew (actress)
67 - Leslie Jordan (actor)
68 - Jerry Seinfeld (actor/comedian)
75 - Tommy James (singer)
79 - Duane Allen (singer)
80 - Bob Miranda (singer)
89 - Keith Baxter (actor)
89 - Willie Nelson (singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 29
1941 - The Boston Bees major league baseball team changed their name to the Boston Braves.
1961 - ABC's "Wide World of Sports" premiered.
1980 - The Detroit Lions select Oklahoma running back Billy Sims with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1981 - The New Orleans Saints select South Carolina running back George Rogers with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1981 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies became the first left-handed pitcher in major league history to record 3,000 career strikeouts.
1986 - Pitcher Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox set a major league record by striking out 20 batters in a regular nine inning game against the Seattle Mariners. (He would repeat the feat in 1996.)
1986 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Auburn running back Bo Jackson with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles defeat the Chicago White Sox to snap their MLB record 21-game losing streak to start the season.
2006 - The Houston Texans select North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2010 - The NCAA's Board of Directors approved expansion of the men's Division I basketball tournament from 64 to 68 teams.
2015 - The Baltimore Orioles beat the White Sox 8-2 at Camden Yards. The game was played without a crowd present due to the ongoing riots and protests in Baltimore. This was the first time a Major League Baseball game was played in front of an empty house.
2021 - The Jacksonville Jaguars selected Clemson quarterback Trevor Lawrence with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
