Are you asking the question “What day of the week was I born?” Continue reading to find out what day of the week you were born.
Day Of The Week: April 29
April 29, 2025 is the 119th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of 2025. The day of the week is Tuesday.
If you are into daily horoscope then Taurus is your zodiac sign. Diamond is your modern birthstone. Opal is your mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
Historical Events: April 29
- 1672 –Franco-Dutch War: Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands.
- 1882 –The “Elektromote” – forerunner of the trolleybus – is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin.
- 1916 –Easter Rebellion: Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin.
- 1916 –World War I: The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.
- 1945 –World War II: Start of Operation Manna.
- 1967 –After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
- 1986 –A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.
- 1991 –A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.
- 1992 –Los Angeles riots: Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.
- 1999 –The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
Who were born on April 29?
- 1842 –Karl Millöcker, Dutch composer (d. 1899)
- 1915 –Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999)
- 1917 –Maya Deren, Ukraine-born American avant-garde filmmaker (d. 1961)
- 1922 –Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcyclist (d. 2001)
- 1925 –Iwao Takamoto, American animator, producer and film director (d. 2007)
- 1937 –Hasil Adkins, Appalachian country, rock and roll, and blues musician (d. 2005)
- 1944 –Princess Benedikte of Denmark
- 1951 –Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001)
- 1957 –Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor
- 1983 –Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress
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