12 History Lessons + 5 Births & 4 Deaths for April 29, 2025
Today’s History:
- 1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans during the Hundred Years’ War.
- 1661 – Charles II is crowned King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
- 1854 – The Kansas-Nebraska Act is passed by the U.S. Senate, reopening slavery issues in the American territories.
- 1916 – The Easter Rising ends in Dublin, Ireland, with the surrender of Irish nationalists.
- 1945 – Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun in his Berlin bunker, one day before their deaths.
- 1945 – German forces in Italy surrender to Allied troops during World War II.
- 1946 – Twenty-one Japanese officials are indicted for war crimes by the International Military Tribunal for the Far East.
- 1953 – The first experimental 3D television broadcast occurs in the U.S.
- 1991 – A cyclone strikes Bangladesh, killing an estimated 138,000 people.
- 1992 – Riots erupt in Los Angeles after four LAPD officers are acquitted in the beating of Rodney King.
- 2011 – Prince William marries Catherine Middleton at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 2015 – NASA’s Messenger spacecraft ends its mission by crashing into Mercury’s surface after four years of exploration.
Today’s Birthdays:
- 1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis, three-time Oscar-winning actor (Lincoln, There Will Be Blood) (68)
- 1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer, actress (Dangerous Liaisons, Batman Returns) (67)
- 1968 – Carnie Wilson, singer (Wilson Phillips) and TV host (57)
- 1970 – Uma Thurman, actress (Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) (55)
- 1988 – Jonathan Toews, NHL player and Stanley Cup-winning captain of the Chicago Blackhawks (37)
Today’s Deaths:
- 1980 – Alfred Hitchcock, master of suspense and iconic film director (Psycho, Vertigo) (80)
- 1992 – Freddie Bartholomew, English-American child actor of the 1930s (Captains Courageous) (67)
- 2005 – Chris Candido, professional wrestler (33)
- 2021 – Michael Collins, Apollo 11 astronaut and command module pilot (90)
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