Friday 29 April 2011

On This Day - 29th April


1863 - William Randolph Hearst born
1899 - Duke Ellington born
1909 - Tom Ewell born
1919 - Celeste Holm born
1936 - Zubin Mehta born
1951 - Dale Earnhardt born
1954 - Jerry Seinfeld born
1955 - Kate Mulgrew born
1957 - Michelle Pfeiffer and Daniel Day-Lewis born
1958 - The Broadway musical, My Fair Lady, opens for its first night in London to a rapturous reception.
1970 - Uma Thurman and Andre Agassi born
1978 - The new left-wing rulers of Afghanistan say almost all the leaders of the ousted Daoud regime are dead.
1979 - Jo O'Meara born
1986 - The Duchess of Windsor, Wallis Simpson, is laid to rest alongside her husband, the abdicated King Edward VIII, at Frogmore in Windsor.

1992 - Fierce rioting breaks out in Los Angeles following the acquittal of four white police officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King.

1993 - It is announced that the public will be allowed inside Buckingham Palace for the first time this summer for an adult entrance fee of £8.

2011 - Prince William and Catherine Elizabeth Middleton marry at Westminster Abbey

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