All Events

Historical Events on April 29

  • Battle of Fort Royal

    1781

    American Revolutionary War: British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique.

  • Second voyage of HMS Beagle

    1834

    Charles Darwin during the second survey voyage of HMS Beagle, ascended the Bell mountain, Cerro La Campana on 17 August 1834, his visit being commemorated by a memorial plaque.[1]

  • Siege of Kut

    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.

  • Nancy Wake

    1944

    World War II: British agent Nancy Wake, a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.

  • Allies of World War II

    1945

    World War II: The German army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies.

  • Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission

    1965

    Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.

  • Counterculture of the 1960s

    1968

    The controversial musical Hair, a product of the hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway, with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement.

  • Cambodian Campaign

    1970

    Vietnam War: United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong.

  • Chernobyl disaster

    1986

    Chernobyl disaster: American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant

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