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Events from History on April 29

1988 : "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols
1990 : "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances
1992 : "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances
1968 : "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances
1984 : "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances
1991 : "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 perfs
1996 : "Rent," opens at Nederlander Theater NYC
1969 : "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 perfs
1862 : 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss
1912 : 108ø F (42ø C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record)
1623 : 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
1998 : 15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned
1982 : 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell
1985 : 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched
1852 : 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published
1945 : 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)
1957 : 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va
1922 : 1st official Intl Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia)
1886 : 1st public Dutch electricity opens
1940 : 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS
1905 : 2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX
1992 : 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks
1946 : 28 former Jap leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals
1989 : 2nd govt of Lubbers falls
1864 : -30] Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas
1970 : 50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia
1986 : 800,000 books destroyed by fire in LA Central Library
1961 : ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts
1945 : Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun
1982 : Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador
1901 : Anti semitic riot in Budapest
1967 : Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"
1965 : Australian govt announces it would send troops to Vietnam
1091 : Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes
1863 : Battle of Chancellordville, VA (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern)
1971 : Bill Graham closes down Fillmore & Fillmore East
1971 : Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration
1986 : Boston Red Sox Roger Clemens strikes out 20 Seattle Mariners
1948 : Bradman scores 107 Aust v Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours
1977 : British Aerospace forms
1988 : Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry
1892 : Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter
1987 : Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle
1661 : Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan
1931 : Cleve Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0
1853 : Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth
1894 : Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong
1927 : Construction of Spirit of St Louis is completed
1793 : Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall
1992 : Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery
1991 : Croatia declares independence
1991 : Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless
1990 : Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement
1943 : Dietrich Bonh”ffer arrested by nazis
1701 : Drenthe Neth adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
1965 : Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die
1991 : Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100
1540 : Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended
1550 : Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority
1522 : Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands
1706 : Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria
1707 : English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain
1975 : Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth
1910 : Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam
1644 : Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking
1994 : Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300
1995 : Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV
1553 : Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
1975 : Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead
1926 : France & US reach accord on repayment of WW I
1912 : Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel," premieres in Berlin
1781 : French fleet occupies Tobago
1781 : French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
1955 : G Gronchi elected president of Italy
1983 : Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor
1996 : Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM
1916 : Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin
1994 : Israel & PLO sign economic accord
1945 : Japanese army evacuates Rangoon
1942 : Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road
1987 : Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US
1942 : Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France
1429 : Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English
1953 : Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers
1715 : John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time
1992 : Jury acquits LA police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin
1997 : KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs
1995 : KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
1963 : KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT
1903 : Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta)
1995 : Longest sausage ever, at 2877 miles, made in Kitchener Ontario
1845 : Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice
1965 : Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe
1861 : Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union
1976 : Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water
1925 : Netherlands returns to gold standard
1862 : New Orleans fell to Union forces during Civil War
1943 : No‰l Coward's "Present Laughter," premieres in London
1982 : Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead
1930 : North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens
1940 : Norwegian King Haakon & govt flees to England
1888 : Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha
1856 : Peace between England & Russia
1981 : Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women)
1981 : Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters
1905 : Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon
1670 : Pope Clemens X elected
1784 : Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna)
1974 : President Nixon said he will release edited tapes made in White House
1636 : Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans
1964 : Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma
1940 : Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in NYC
1813 : Rubber is patented
1992 : Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha"
1990 : STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands
1944 : Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague
1628 : Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein
1913 : Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper
1930 : Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service
1945 : Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed
1894 : to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol
1985 : Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title
1918 : Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays
1943 : US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia
1857 : US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (SF)
1945 : US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany
1945 : Venice & Mestre were captured by the Allies
1992 : Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps
1939 : Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens
1956 : WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting
1990 : Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate
1956 : WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting
1956 : WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting

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