What Happened On This Day – April 29 - Time And Date

timeanddate.com Sign in Home On This Day On This Day in History – April 29What Happened on April 29?1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention becomes effectiveThe arms control treaty prohibits the production, storage, and use of chemical weapons. It has so far been ratified by some 190 countries.1992 – Deadly riots erupt in Los Angeles53 people died in the riots, which started after the acquittal of the 4 Los Angeles police officers accused of the brutal beating of Rodney King.1975 – Hubert van Es takes the famous picture of a helicopter airlift from a Saigon rooftopThe image shows South Vietnamese civilians employed by the U.S. trying to escape Saigon on the day before the city's fall. It came to symbolize the American defeat in Vietnam.1968 – The musical Hair goes to BroadwayAs a portrait of the 1960s hippie counterculture and sexual revolution, it was highly controversial at the time. Some of the musical's songs became anthems of the peace movement during the Vietnam War.1945 – A day before committing suicide, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun marryOn the same day, U.S. troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp near Munich.Births on April 291974 – AnggunIndonesian/French singer-songwriter, producer1958 – Michelle PfeifferAmerican actress, singer1901 – HirohitoJapanese Emperor1899 – Duke EllingtonAmerican pianist, composer, bandleader1854 – Henri PoincaréFrench mathematician, physicist, engineerDeaths on April 292006 – John Kenneth GalbraithCanadian/American economist1980 – Alfred HitchcockEnglish director, producer1951 – Ludwig WittgensteinAustrian/English philosopher1937 – William GilletteAmerican actor, author1921 – Arthur MoldEnglish cricketerChange Date:
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