| 1289 |
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Qala'un, the Sultan of Egypt, captures Tripoli. |
| 1429 |
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Joan of Arc leads French forces to victory over English at Orleans. |
| 1624 |
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Louis XIII appoints Cardinal Richelieu chief minister of the Royal Council of France. |
| 1661 |
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The Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan. |
| 1672 |
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King Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands. |
| 1813 |
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Rubber is patented. |
| 1852 |
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The first edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus is published. |
| 1856 |
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Yokut Indians repel a second attack by the 'Petticoat Rangers,' a band of civilian Indian fighters at Four Creeks, California. |
| 1858 |
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Austrian troops invade Piedmont. |
| 1859 |
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As the French army races to support them and the Austrian army mobilizes to oppose them, 150,000 Piedmontese troops invade Piedmontese territory. |
| 1861 |
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The Maryland House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union. |
| 1862 |
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Forts Philip and Jackson surrender to Admiral Farragut outside New Orleans. |
| 1913 |
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Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper. |
| 1916 |
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Irish nationalists surrender to the British in Dublin. |
| 1918 |
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America's WWI Ace of Aces, Eddie Rickenbacker, scores his first victory with the help of Captain James Norman Hall. |
| 1924 |
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Open revolt breaks out in Santa Clara, Cuba. |
| 1927 |
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Construction of the Spirit of St. Louis is completed. |
| 1930 |
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The film All Quiet on the Western Front, based on Erich Maria Remarque's novel Im Western Nichts Neues, premiers. |
| 1945 |
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The German Army in Italy surrenders unconditionally to the Allies. |
| 1945 |
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The Nazi concentration camp of Dachau is liberated by Allied troops. |
| 1946 |
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Former Japanese leaders are indicted in Tokyo as war criminals. |
| 1975 |
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The U.S. embassy in Vietnam is evacuated as North Vietnamese forces fight their way into Saigon. |
| 1983 |
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Harold Washington is sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor. |
| 1992 |
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Four Los Angeles police offices are acquitted of charges stemming from the beating of Rodney King. Rioting ensues. |
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Born on April 29 |
| 1745 |
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Oliver Ellsworth, third Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court. |
| 1818 |
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Alexander II, Czar of Russia. |
| 1863 |
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William Randolph Hearst, American newspaper publisher. |
| 1877 |
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Tad Dorgen, cartoonist and columnist. |
| 1879 |
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Sir Thomas Beecham, founder of the London Philharmonic. |
| 1899 |
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Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington, renowned jazz composer and musician. |
| 1901 |
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Hirohito, emperor of Japan during and after World War II. |
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