April 29

Today in History
• 1429 - Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English
• 1540 - Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended
• 1553 - Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England
• 1623 - 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru
• 1644 - Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China and flees Peking
• 1701 - Drenthe Netherlands adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701
• 1781 - French fleet stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope
• 1813 - Rubber is patented


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Day of Trees
• International Astronomy Day
• International Dance Day
• National Go Birding Day
• National Rebuilding Day
• Spring Astronomy Day
• World Healing Day
• World Wish Day

Birthdays
• 1665 - James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde
• 1745 - Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court, 1796-1800
• 1784 - Samuel Turell Armstrong, politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (1833- 36)
• 1818 - Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia, 1855-81
• 1854 - Henri Poincare, France, mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher
• 1876 - Zewditu, Empress of Ethiopia (1916-30)
• 1893 - Harold C Urey, Indiana, physicist, Deuterium, Nobel 1934
• 1901 - Hirohito, Emperor of Japan, 1926-89