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, 2024 is the 120th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining until the end of 2024. The day of the week is Monday.
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
- 1587 –Francis Drake leads a raid in the Bay of Cádiz, sinking at least 23 ships of the Spanish fleet.
- 1770 –James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia.
- 1903 –A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada.
- 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.
- 1945 –World War II – Fuehrerbunker: Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day.
- 1951 –Tibetan delegates to the Central People’s Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.
- 1965 –Pakistan’s Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series.
- 1967 –After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.
- 2004 –Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.
- 2004 –Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.
Who were born on April 29?
- 1758 –Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (d. 1820)
- 1784 –Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)
- 1909 –Tom Ewell, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1922 –Toots Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player
- 1930 –Jean Rochefort, French actor
- 1936 –April Stevens, American singer
- 1958 –Eve Plumb, American actress
- 1961 –Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyū
- 1970 –China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini)
- 1984 –Firass Dirani, Australian actor
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