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April 29

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Event anniversary

1992 Los Angeles riots

34 years ago

Born this day

1901

Hirohito

Would be 125

Oldest record

646th

Catherine of Siena

death anniversary

Famous births10

1854 · 172 yrs

Henri Poincaré

Jules Henri Poincaré (UK:, US:; French:; 29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science.

ScienceWould be 172

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1893 · 133 yrs

Harold Urey

Harold Clayton Urey ( YOOR-ee; April 29, 1893 – January 5, 1981) was an American physical chemist who conducted pioneering work on isotopes.

ScienceWould be 133

Photo: Flickr: ENERGY.GOV - Unknown photographer. Restored by Creator:Adam Cuerden · Public domain

1899 · 127 yrs

Duke Ellington

Edward Kennedy "Duke" Ellington (April 29, 1899 – May 24, 1974) was an American jazz pianist, composer, and leader of his eponymous jazz orchestra from 1924 through the rest of his life. Music critic Ralph J. Gleason called him "America's most important composer".

MusicWould be 127

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1901 · 125 yrs

Hirohito

Emperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), personal name Hirohito, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death on 7 January 1989. He reigned during a period of increasing Japanese nationalism and militarism, culminating in the entry of the Empire of Japan into World War II as an Axis power.

RoyaltyWould be 125

Photo: Unknown author · Public domain

1957 · 69 yrs

Daniel Day-Lewis

Sir Daniel Michael Blake Day-Lewis (born 29 April 1957) is an English actor. Widely considered one of the greatest actors in the history of cinema, he is best known for intense method acting portrayed with eccentric characters in auteurs' films.

FilmAge 69

Photo: Raph_PH · CC BY 4.0

1958 · 68 yrs

Michelle Pfeiffer

Michelle Marie Pfeiffer ( FY-fər; born April 29, 1958) is an American actress and producer.

FilmAge 68

Photo: Jeremiah Christopher · CC BY 2.0

1968 · 58 yrs

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović

Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović (pronounced; née Grabar; born 29 April 1968) is a Croatian politician and diplomat who served as the president of Croatia from 2015 to 2020. She was the first woman to be elected to the office since the first multi-party elections in 1990 and independence from Yugoslavia in 1991.

PoliticsAge 58

Photo: Spinaker Graphics / Office of the President of the Republic of Croatia · CC BY 4.0

1970 · 56 yrs

Uma Thurman

Uma Karuna Thurman (born April 29, 1970) is an American actress. Known for her collaborations with Quentin Tarantino, she has performed in over fifty film and television productions since the 1980s, across genres that range from comedies and dramas to science fiction and action.

FashionAge 56

Photo: Gorup de Besanez · CC BY-SA 4.0

1970 · 56 yrs

Andre Agassi

Andre Kirk Agassi ( AG-ə-see; born April 29, 1970) is an American former professional tennis player. He was ranked as the world No.

SportsAge 56

Photo: Shinya Suzuki from New York, U.S.A. · CC BY 2.0

1974 · 52 yrs

Anggun

Anggun Cipta Sasmi (Indonesian:; born 29 April 1974) is an Indonesian and French singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she recorded a children's album at the age of nine and rose to fame as a teenage rock star in the late 1980s.

MusicAge 52

Photo: CaseyJNewell · CC BY-SA 4.0

Famous deaths5

1380 · 646 yrs

Catherine of Siena

Caterina di Jacopo di Benincasa, TOSD (25 March 1347 – 29 April 1380), known as Catherine of Siena, was an Italian Catholic mystic and diplomat who engaged in papal and Italian politics through extensive letter-writing and advocacy.

ReligionWould be 679

Photo: Jl FilpoC · CC BY-SA 4.0

1951 · 75 yrs

Ludwig Wittgenstein

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein ( VIT-gən-s(h)tyne; Austrian German:; 26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austro-British philosopher who worked in logic, philosophy of mathematics, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of language. Wittgenstein was born in Vienna into one of Europe's richest families.

PhilosophyWould be 137

Photo: Moritz Nähr · Public domain

1980 · 46 yrs

Alfred Hitchcock

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was an English filmmaker. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential figures in the history of cinema.

FilmWould be 127

Photo: Ante Brkan · Public domain

2008 · 18 yrs

Albert Hofmann

Albert Hofmann (11 January 1906 – 29 April 2008) was a Swiss chemist known for being the first to synthesize, ingest, and learn of the psychedelic effects of lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD). Hofmann's team also isolated, named and synthesized the principal psychedelic mushroom compounds psilocybin and psilocin.

ScienceWould be 120

Photo: Philip H. Bailey (E-mail) · CC BY-SA 2.5

2014 · 12 yrs

Bob Hoskins

Robert William Hoskins (26 October 1942 – 29 April 2014) was an English actor and film director. Known for his intense but sensitive portrayals of "tough guy" characters, he began his career on stage before making his screen breakthrough playing Arthur Parker in the 1978 BBC Television serial Pennies from Heaven.

FilmWould be 83

Photo: Bob hoskins filming ruby blue.jpg : James Laurence Stewart derivative work: KoS ( talk ) · CC BY 2.0

Events2

1992 · 34 yrs

1992 Los Angeles riots

Los Angeles, California, experienced a series of riots and civil disturbances from April 29 to May 3, 1992.

Tragedy

2017 · 9 yrs

Block of Wikipedia in Turkey

From 29 April 2017 to 15 January 2020, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia was blocked in Turkey. On 29 April 2017, Turkish authorities blocked online access to all its language editions throughout the country.

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