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* [[801]] – An [[801 Apennine earthquake|earthquake]] in the [[Central Apennines]] hits [[Rome]] and [[Spoleto]], damaging the basilica of [[San Paolo Fuori le Mura]].<ref>{{cite web |first1=E. |last1=Guidoboni |first2=G. |last2=Ferrari |first3=D. |last3=Mariotti |first4=A. |last4=Comastri |first5=G. |last5=Tarabusi |first6=G. |last6=Sgattoni |first7=G. |last7=Valensise |title=801 04 29, 20:00 Roma (Italy) |website=Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia (461 a.C.–1997) e nell'area Mediterranea (760 a.C.–1500) |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia |year=2018 |url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/}}</ref> | * [[801]] – An [[801 Apennine earthquake|earthquake]] in the [[Central Apennines]] hits [[Rome]] and [[Spoleto]], damaging the basilica of [[San Paolo Fuori le Mura]].<ref>{{cite web |first1=E. |last1=Guidoboni |first2=G. |last2=Ferrari |first3=D. |last3=Mariotti |first4=A. |last4=Comastri |first5=G. |last5=Tarabusi |first6=G. |last6=Sgattoni |first7=G. |last7=Valensise |title=801 04 29, 20:00 Roma (Italy) |website=Catalogo dei Forti Terremoti in Italia (461 a.C.–1997) e nell'area Mediterranea (760 a.C.–1500) |publisher=Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia |year=2018 |url=http://storing.ingv.it/cfti/cfti5/}}</ref> | ||
*[[1091]] – [[Battle of Levounion]]: The [[Pechenegs]] are defeated by [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Alexios I Komnenos]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Neville |first=Leonora |title=Levounion, Battle of |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195334036.001.0001/acref-9780195334036-e-0544 |encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195334036.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-533403-6 |access-date=26 June 2022 |via=Oxford Reference|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | *[[1091]] – [[Battle of Levounion]]: The [[Pechenegs]] are defeated by [[List of Byzantine emperors|Byzantine Emperor]] [[Alexios I Komnenos]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Neville |first=Leonora |title=Levounion, Battle of |date=2010 |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/acref/9780195334036.001.0001/acref-9780195334036-e-0544 |encyclopedia=The Oxford Encyclopedia of Medieval Warfare and Military Technology |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/acref/9780195334036.001.0001 |isbn=978-0-19-533403-6 |access-date=26 June 2022 |via=Oxford Reference|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | ||
*[[1429]] – [[Joan of Arc]] arrives to relieve the [[Siege of Orléans]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Joan of Arc|last1=Shotwell|first1=James Thomson|author1-link=James T. Shotwell|last2=Chisholm|first2=Hugh|author2-link=Hugh Chisholm|volume=15|page=420}}</ref> | *[[1429]] – [[Joan of Arc]] arrives to relieve the [[Siege of Orléans (1428–1429)|Siege of Orléans]].<ref>{{cite EB1911|wstitle=Joan of Arc|last1=Shotwell|first1=James Thomson|author1-link=James T. Shotwell|last2=Chisholm|first2=Hugh|author2-link=Hugh Chisholm|volume=15|page=420}}</ref> | ||
*[[1483]] – [[Gran Canaria]], the main island of the [[Canary Islands]], is conquered by the [[Kingdom of Castile]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Martínez Usó |first1=María José |last2=Marco Castillo |first2=Francisco J. |title=The total eclipse of the sun of July 29, AD1478, in contemporary Spanish documents |journal=Journal for the History of Astronomy |date=May 2023 |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=153–170 |doi=10.1177/00218286231167157|bibcode=2023JHA....54..153M |hdl=10234/203020 |s2cid=258548316 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> | *[[1483]] – [[Gran Canaria]], the main island of the [[Canary Islands]], is conquered by the [[Kingdom of Castile]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Martínez Usó |first1=María José |last2=Marco Castillo |first2=Francisco J. |title=The total eclipse of the sun of July 29, AD1478, in contemporary Spanish documents |journal=Journal for the History of Astronomy |date=May 2023 |volume=54 |issue=2 |pages=153–170 |doi=10.1177/00218286231167157|bibcode=2023JHA....54..153M |hdl=10234/203020 |s2cid=258548316 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> | ||
*[[1492]] – The Crown's decision to [[Expulsion of Jews from Spain|expel the Jews]] is announced in [[Zaragoza]], [[Kingdom of Aragon|Aragon]], to the kingdom's procurators.<ref name=":02">{{cite book |last=Beinart |first=Haim |author-link=Haim Beinart |title=The Expulsion of the Jews from Spain |publisher=The Littman Library of Jewish Civilization in association with Liverpool University Press |year=2001 |series=Littman Library of Jewish Civilization |volume=1 |location=Oxford |pages=33 |translator=Jeffrey M. Green}}</ref> | |||
*[[1521]] – [[Swedish War of Liberation]]: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the [[Battle of Västerås]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smb.nu/index.php/krig-1521-1611/befrielsekriget-1521-1523 |title=Befrielsekriget 1521-1523 |accessdate=2011-11-20 |last=Sundberg |first=Ulf |year=1998 |work=Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916191718/http://www.smb.nu/index.php/krig-1521-1611/befrielsekriget-1521-1523 |archivedate=2011-09-16 }}</ref> | *[[1521]] – [[Swedish War of Liberation]]: Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the [[Battle of Västerås]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.smb.nu/index.php/krig-1521-1611/befrielsekriget-1521-1523 |title=Befrielsekriget 1521-1523 |accessdate=2011-11-20 |last=Sundberg |first=Ulf |year=1998 |work=Svenskt Militärhistoriskt Bibliotek |language=Swedish |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110916191718/http://www.smb.nu/index.php/krig-1521-1611/befrielsekriget-1521-1523 |archivedate=2011-09-16 }}</ref> | ||
===1601–1900=== | ===1601–1900=== | ||
*[[1760]] – French forces commence the [[Siege of Quebec (1760)|siege of Quebec]] which is held by the British.<ref>{{cite book | | *[[1670]] – Emilio Altieri is elected pope after a [[1669–1670 conclave|four-month conclave]] and takes the name [[Pope Clement X|Clement X]].<ref>{{CathEncy|wstitle= Pope Clement X |volume= 4 |pages= |last= Loughlin |first= J.F.|author-link= | short=1}}</ref> | ||
*[[1760]] – French forces commence the [[Siege of Quebec (1760)|siege of Quebec]] which is held by the British.<ref>{{cite book |last=Snow |first=Dan |title=Death Or Victory: The Battle for Quebec and the Birth of Empire |year=2009 |pages=416–17 |publisher=Harper Collins UK |isbn=9780007286201}}</ref> | |||
*[[1770]] – [[James Cook]] arrives in [[Australia]] at [[Botany Bay]], which he names.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Isabella |last2=Collard |first2=Sarah |title=Captain James Cook's landing and the Indigenous first words contested by Aboriginal leaders |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-29/captain-cook-landing-indigenous-people-first-words-contested/12195148 |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=28 April 2020}}</ref> | *[[1770]] – [[James Cook]] arrives in [[Australia]] at [[Botany Bay]], which he names.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Higgins |first1=Isabella |last2=Collard |first2=Sarah |title=Captain James Cook's landing and the Indigenous first words contested by Aboriginal leaders |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-04-29/captain-cook-landing-indigenous-people-first-words-contested/12195148 |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]] |date=28 April 2020}}</ref> | ||
*[[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and French ships clash in the [[Battle of Fort Royal]] off the coast of [[Martinique]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clowes |first1=William Laird |last2=Markham |first2=Clements |last3=Mahan |first3=Alfred Thayer |last4=Wilson |first4=Herbert Wrigley |last5=Roosevelt |first5=Theodore |last6=Laughton |first6=Carr |author1-link=William Laird Clowes |author2-link=Clements Markham |author3-link=Alfred Thayer Mahan |author4-link=Herbert Wrigley Wilson |author5-link=Theodore Roosevelt |title=The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present | | *[[1781]] – [[American Revolutionary War]]: British and French ships clash in the [[Battle of Fort Royal]] off the coast of [[Martinique]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Clowes |first1=William Laird |last2=Markham |first2=Clements |last3=Mahan |first3=Alfred Thayer |last4=Wilson |first4=Herbert Wrigley |last5=Roosevelt |first5=Theodore |last6=Laughton |first6=Carr |author1-link=William Laird Clowes |author2-link=Clements Markham |author3-link=Alfred Thayer Mahan |author4-link=Herbert Wrigley Wilson |author5-link=Theodore Roosevelt |title=The Royal Navy: A History from the Earliest Times to the Present |year=1898 |page=483 |volume=3 |via=[[Internet Archive]] |url=https://archive.org/details/royalnavyhistor03clow/page/482/mode/2up |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
*[[1826]] – The galaxy [[Centaurus A]] or NGC 5128 is discovered by [[James Dunlop]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Peter |last1=Robertson |first2=Glen |last2=Cozens |first3=Wayne |last3=Orchiston |first4=Bruce |last4=Slee |first5=Harry |last5=Wendt |title=Early Australian Optical and Radio Observations of Centaurus A|journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia|volume=27 |issue=4 |date=1 January 2010 |pages=402–430 |issn=1323-3580 |doi=10.1071/AS09071 |arxiv = 1012.5137 |bibcode = 2010PASA...27..402R |s2cid=54580482 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | | *[[1826]] – The galaxy [[Centaurus A]] or NGC 5128 is discovered by [[James Dunlop]].<ref>{{cite journal |first1=Peter |last1=Robertson |first2=Glen |last2=Cozens |first3=Wayne |last3=Orchiston |first4=Bruce |last4=Slee |first5=Harry |last5=Wendt |title=Early Australian Optical and Radio Observations of Centaurus A |journal=Publications of the Astronomical Society of Australia |volume=27 |issue=4 |date=1 January 2010 |pages=402–430 |issn=1323-3580 |doi=10.1071/AS09071 |arxiv = 1012.5137 |bibcode = 2010PASA...27..402R |s2cid=54580482}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last=Dunlop |first=James |author-link=James Dunlop |title=A catalogue of nebulæ and clusters of stars in the southern hemisphere, observed at Paramatta in New South Wales, … |journal=Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London |year=1828 |volume=118 |pages=113–151 |doi=10.1098/rstl.1828.0010 |url=https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/pdf/10.1098/rstl.1828.0010 |url-access=subscription}} Centaurus A is listed on p. 138 as entry number 482. A sketch of Centaurus A appears as Fig. 20 on the plate between pages 114 and 115.</ref> | ||
*[[1861]] – [[Maryland in the American Civil War]]: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Mitchell |editor1-first=Charles W. |title=Maryland Voices of the Civil War |date=July 2007 |publisher=Johns Hopkins University Press |isbn=9780801886218 |page=87}}</ref> | *[[1861]] – [[Maryland in the American Civil War]]: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union.<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Mitchell |editor1-first=Charles W. |title=Maryland Voices of the Civil War |date=July 2007 |publisher=[[Johns Hopkins University Press]] |isbn=9780801886218 |page=87}}</ref> | ||
*[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Capture of New Orleans]] by Union forces under [[David Farragut]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hearn|first=Chester G. |title=When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans |publisher=Louisiana State University |year=1997 |isbn=9780807121801|location=Baton Rouge |pages=243–245}}</ref> | *[[1862]] – [[American Civil War]]: The [[Capture of New Orleans]] by Union forces under [[David Farragut]].<ref>{{Cite book |last=Hearn |first=Chester G. |title=When the Devil Came Down to Dixie: Ben Butler in New Orleans |publisher=[[Louisiana State University]] |year=1997 |isbn=9780807121801 |location=[[Baton Rouge]] |pages=243–245}}</ref> | ||
* 1862 – American Civil War: The [[Siege of Corinth]] begins as [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under General [[Henry Halleck]] | * 1862 – American Civil War: The [[Siege of Corinth]] begins as [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]] forces under General [[Henry Halleck]] move to engage [[Confederate States of America|Confederate]] forces led by General [[P. G. T. Beauregard]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Siege of Corinth - First Battle of Corinth|url=https://www.battlefields.org/learn/civil-war/battles/siege-corinth|publisher=American Battlefield Trust|website=battlefields.org|access-date=May 3, 2025}}</ref> | ||
*[[1864]] – [[Theta Xi]] fraternity is founded at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], the only fraternity to be founded during the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{ | *[[1864]] – [[Theta Xi]] fraternity is founded at [[Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]], the only fraternity to be founded during the [[American Civil War]].<ref>{{Bairds19|page=346}}; {{cite encyclopedia|last=Watts|first=Michelle Taylor|title=Fraternities and Sororities|encyclopedia=The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society|editor-last1=Wherry|editor-first1=Frederick F.|editor-last2=Schor|editor-first2=Juliet|location=[[Los Angeles]]|publisher=SAGE|year=2016|isbn=9781452226439|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ByWDCwAAQBAJ|page=739|via=Google Books}}</ref> | ||
===1901–present=== | ===1901–present=== | ||
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*[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: The UK's [[6th Indian Division]] surrenders to [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Forces]] at the [[Siege of Kut]] in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barber |first1=Charles H. |title=Besieged In Kut And After |date=1917 |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |location=Edinburgh and London |page=239 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208480/page/n265/mode/2up |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> | *[[1916]] – [[World War I]]: The UK's [[6th Indian Division]] surrenders to [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Forces]] at the [[Siege of Kut]] in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Barber |first1=Charles H. |title=Besieged In Kut And After |date=1917 |publisher=William Blackwood and Sons |location=Edinburgh and London |page=239 |url=https://archive.org/details/in.ernet.dli.2015.208480/page/n265/mode/2up |access-date=29 November 2021}}</ref> | ||
* 1916 – [[Easter Rising]]: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in [[Dublin]], bringing the Easter Rising to an end.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donoghue |first1=Denis |date=2018 |title=EASTER 1916 |journal=[[Yeats Annual]] |volume=21 |issue=21 |pages=39–61 |doi=10.11647/OBP.0135.03 |isbn=978-1-78374-454-1 |issn=0278-7687 |jstor=90020738 |doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref> | * 1916 – [[Easter Rising]]: After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in [[Dublin]], bringing the Easter Rising to an end.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Donoghue |first1=Denis |date=2018 |title=EASTER 1916 |journal=[[Yeats Annual]] |volume=21 |issue=21 |pages=39–61 |doi=10.11647/OBP.0135.03 |isbn=978-1-78374-454-1 |issn=0278-7687 |jstor=90020738 |doi-access=free}} {{open access}}</ref> | ||
*[[1945]] – World War II: The [[Surrender of Caserta]] is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Unconditional Surrender of German and Italian Forces at Caserta |journal=American Journal of International Law |date=July 1945 |volume=39 |issue=S3 |pages=168–169 |doi=10.2307/2213918|jstor=2213918 |s2cid=246011529 }}</ref> | *[[1945]] – [[World War II]]: The [[Surrender of Caserta]] is signed by the commander of German forces in Italy.<ref>{{cite journal |title=Unconditional Surrender of German and Italian Forces at Caserta |journal=American Journal of International Law |date=July 1945 |volume=39 |issue=S3 |pages=168–169 |doi=10.2307/2213918|jstor=2213918 |s2cid=246011529 }}</ref> | ||
* 1945 – World War II: [[Operations Manna and Chowhound| | * 1945 – World War II: Allied [[Operations Manna and Chowhound|airdrops of food]] begin over German-occupied regions of the Netherlands.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Willingham |first1=Frank |last2=Dando-Collins |first2=Stephen |title=Review of Operation Chowhound: The Most Risky, Most Glorious U.S. Bomber Mission of WWII, Dando-CollinsStephen |journal=Air Power History |date=2015 |volume=62 |issue=4 |page=53 |jstor=26276674 |issn=1044-016X}}</ref> | ||
* 1945 – World War II: [[Adolf Hitler]] marries his longtime partner [[Eva Braun]] in a [[Führerbunker|Berlin bunker]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Richard J. |title=Adolf & Eva |journal=The National Interest |date=2011 |issue=115 |pages=76–86 |jstor=42896406 |issn=0884-9382}}</ref> and designates [[Admiral]] [[Karl Dönitz]] as his successor.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Venkov |first1=Igor N. |title=How the Berlin Garrison Surrendered 2 May 1945 |journal=Army History |date=1990 |issue=17 |pages=20–25 |jstor=26302914 |issn=1546-5330}} {{open access}}</ref> | * 1945 – World War II: [[Adolf Hitler]] marries his longtime partner [[Eva Braun]] in a [[Führerbunker|Berlin bunker]]<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Evans |first1=Richard J. |title=Adolf & Eva |journal=The National Interest |date=2011 |issue=115 |pages=76–86 |jstor=42896406 |issn=0884-9382}}</ref> and designates [[Admiral]] [[Karl Dönitz]] as his successor.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Venkov |first1=Igor N. |title=How the Berlin Garrison Surrendered 2 May 1945 |journal=Army History |date=1990 |issue=17 |pages=20–25 |jstor=26302914 |issn=1546-5330}} {{open access}}</ref> | ||
* 1945 – [[Dachau concentration camp]] is liberated by United States troops.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/ |title=Monuments to the Unthinkable |first1=Clint |last1=Smith |date=December 2022|access-date=23 November 2022 |magazine=The Atlantic |page=40 |url-access=subscription |volume=330 |issue=5}}</ref> | * 1945 – [[Dachau concentration camp]] is liberated by United States troops.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2022/12/holocaust-remembrance-lessons-america/671893/ |title=Monuments to the Unthinkable |first1=Clint |last1=Smith |date=December 2022|access-date=23 November 2022 |magazine=The Atlantic |page=40 |url-access=subscription |volume=330 |issue=5}}</ref> | ||
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*[[1986]] – A fire at the Central library of the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Kathryn |title=The Library Book by Susan Orlean – what LA lost when its library burned down |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/16/the-library-book-review-by-susan-orlean |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 February 2019}}</ref> | *[[1986]] – A fire at the Central library of the [[Los Angeles Public Library]] damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Hughes |first1=Kathryn |title=The Library Book by Susan Orlean – what LA lost when its library burned down |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/16/the-library-book-review-by-susan-orlean |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=16 February 2019}}</ref> | ||
*1986 – The United States Navy [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} becomes the first nuclear-powered [[aircraft carrier]] to transit the [[Suez Canal]], navigating from the [[Red Sea]] to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1986-1990.html|title= Enterprise VIII (CVAN-65)1986-1990|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 12 September 2005|website= Naval History and Heritage Command |publisher= official U.S. Navy web site|access-date= 27 Apr 2021 |quote="Beginning at 0300 on 29 April 1986, Enterprise became the first nuclear powered carrier to transit the Suez Canal. ... At 0402, Enterprise entered the canal, exiting at 1514 when she entered the Med for the first time in almost 22 years."}}</ref> | *1986 – The United States Navy [[aircraft carrier]] {{USS|Enterprise|CVN-65|6}} becomes the first nuclear-powered [[aircraft carrier]] to transit the [[Suez Canal]], navigating from the [[Red Sea]] to the Mediterranean Sea to relieve the {{USS|Coral Sea|CV-43|6}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/e/enterprise-cvan-65-viii-1986-1990.html|title= Enterprise VIII (CVAN-65)1986-1990|author=<!--Not stated--> |date= 12 September 2005|website= Naval History and Heritage Command |publisher= official U.S. Navy web site|access-date= 27 Apr 2021 |quote="Beginning at 0300 on 29 April 1986, Enterprise became the first nuclear powered carrier to transit the Suez Canal. ... At 0402, Enterprise entered the canal, exiting at 1514 when she entered the Med for the first time in almost 22 years."}}</ref> | ||
*1986 – An assembly of [[Sikhs]], known as a [[Sarbat Khalsa]], officially | *1986 – An assembly of [[Sikhs]], known as a [[Sarbat Khalsa]], officially declare independence for a state of [[Khalistan movement|Khalistan]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Sarbat Khalsa and Gurmata|url=http://www.sikhnet.com/news/sarbat-khalsa-and-gurmata|last=Singh|first=I.|website=SikhNet|date=10 July 2012|access-date=13 February 2025}}</ref> | ||
*[[1991]] – A [[1991 Bangladesh cyclone|cyclone]] strikes the [[Chittagong]] district of southeastern [[Bangladesh]] with winds of around {{convert|155|mph|kph}}, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khalil |first1=Gazi Md. |title=The catastrophic cyclone of April 1991: Its Impact on the economy of Bangladesh |journal=Natural Hazards |date=November 1993 |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=263–281 |doi=10.1007/BF00690911|bibcode=1993NatHa...8..263K |s2cid=129021230 }}</ref> | *[[1991]] – A [[1991 Bangladesh cyclone|cyclone]] strikes the [[Chittagong]] district of southeastern [[Bangladesh]] with winds of around {{convert|155|mph|kph}}, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Khalil |first1=Gazi Md. |title=The catastrophic cyclone of April 1991: Its Impact on the economy of Bangladesh |journal=Natural Hazards |date=November 1993 |volume=8 |issue=3 |pages=263–281 |doi=10.1007/BF00690911|bibcode=1993NatHa...8..263K |s2cid=129021230 }}</ref> | ||
* 1991 – The 7.0 {{M|w}} [[1991 Racha earthquake|Racha earthquake]] affects [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] with a maximum [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|MSK]] intensity of IX (''Destructive''), killing 270 people.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Jibson|first=R.W.|author2=Prentice C.S.|author3=Borissoff B.A.|author4=Rogozhin E.A.|author5=Langer C.J.|name-list-style=amp |year=1994|title=Some Observations of Landslides Triggered by the 29 April 1991 Racha Earthquake, Republic of Georgia|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America|volume=84|issue=4|page=963 |bibcode=1994BuSSA..84..963J |url=http://profile.usgs.gov/myscience/upload_folder/ci2009Apr221601094273745-Racha%20landslides,%20BSSA.pdf|accessdate=10 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531195424/http://profile.usgs.gov/myscience/upload_folder/ci2009Apr221601094273745-Racha%20landslides,%20BSSA.pdf|archive-date=31 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | * 1991 – The 7.0 {{M|w}} [[1991 Racha earthquake|Racha earthquake]] affects [[Georgia (country)|Georgia]] with a maximum [[Medvedev–Sponheuer–Karnik scale|MSK]] intensity of IX (''Destructive''), killing 270 people.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Jibson|first=R.W.|author2=Prentice C.S.|author3=Borissoff B.A.|author4=Rogozhin E.A.|author5=Langer C.J.|name-list-style=amp |year=1994|title=Some Observations of Landslides Triggered by the 29 April 1991 Racha Earthquake, Republic of Georgia|journal=Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America|volume=84|issue=4|page=963 |bibcode=1994BuSSA..84..963J |url=http://profile.usgs.gov/myscience/upload_folder/ci2009Apr221601094273745-Racha%20landslides,%20BSSA.pdf|accessdate=10 August 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531195424/http://profile.usgs.gov/myscience/upload_folder/ci2009Apr221601094273745-Racha%20landslides,%20BSSA.pdf|archive-date=31 May 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
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*[[1997]] – The [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of [[Chemical warfare|chemical weapons]] by its signatories.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herby |first1=Peter |title=Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |date=30 April 1997 |volume=37 |issue=317 |pages=208–209 |doi=10.1017/S0020860400085156 |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/57jnja.htm |access-date=29 November 2021|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | *[[1997]] – The [[Chemical Weapons Convention]] of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of [[Chemical warfare|chemical weapons]] by its signatories.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Herby |first1=Peter |title=Chemical Weapons Convention enters into force |journal=International Review of the Red Cross |date=30 April 1997 |volume=37 |issue=317 |pages=208–209 |doi=10.1017/S0020860400085156 |url=https://www.icrc.org/en/doc/resources/documents/article/other/57jnja.htm |access-date=29 November 2021|url-access=subscription }}</ref> | ||
*[[2004]] – The final [[Oldsmobile]] is built in [[Lansing, Michigan]], ending 107 years of vehicle production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-end-of-the-road-for-oldsmobile|title=The end of the road for Oldsmobile|date=13 November 2009 }}</ref> | *[[2004]] – The final [[Oldsmobile]] is built in [[Lansing, Michigan]], ending 107 years of vehicle production.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-end-of-the-road-for-oldsmobile|title=The end of the road for Oldsmobile|date=13 November 2009 }}</ref> | ||
*[[2011]] – The [[ | *[[2011]] – The [[wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton]] takes place at [[Westminster Abbey]] in London.<ref>{{cite news |title=Royal Wedding date chosen by Prince William and Kate |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-11818049 |work=[[BBC News]] |access-date=29 November 2021 |date=23 November 2010}}</ref> | ||
*[[2013]] – A powerful [[2013 Prague explosion|explosion]] occurs in an office building in [[Prague]], believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Prague explosion possibly caused by gas injures dozens |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/29/explosion-prague-injures-dozens |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 April 2013}}</ref> | *[[2013]] – A powerful [[2013 Prague explosion|explosion]] occurs in an office building in [[Prague]], believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.<ref>{{cite news |agency=Associated Press |title=Prague explosion possibly caused by gas injures dozens |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/apr/29/explosion-prague-injures-dozens |access-date=29 November 2021 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=29 April 2013}}</ref> | ||
* 2013 – [[National Airlines Flight 102]], a [[Boeing 747-400]] freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from [[Bagram Airfield]] in [[Parwan Province]], Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20130429-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-428BCF N949CA Bagram Air Base (BPM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-13}}</ref> | * 2013 – [[National Airlines Flight 102]], a [[Boeing 747-400]] freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from [[Bagram Airfield]] in [[Parwan Province]], Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=20130429-0|title=ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-428BCF N949CA Bagram Air Base (BPM)|last=Ranter|first=Harro|website=aviation-safety.net|access-date=2019-07-13}}</ref> | ||
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*[[1837]] – [[Georges Ernest Boulanger]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (died 1891)<ref>{{cite book |title=Les parlementaires de la Seine sous la Troisième République |language=fr |year=2001| volume=1 |publisher=[[University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne]] |first1=Jean-Marie |last1=Mayeur|first2=Arlette |last2=Schweitz |page=97 |isbn=9782859444327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR2MUSf6OhIC}}</ref> | *[[1837]] – [[Georges Ernest Boulanger]], French general and politician, [[Minister of Defence (France)|French Minister of War]] (died 1891)<ref>{{cite book |title=Les parlementaires de la Seine sous la Troisième République |language=fr |year=2001| volume=1 |publisher=[[University of Paris 1 Panthéon-Sorbonne]] |first1=Jean-Marie |last1=Mayeur|first2=Arlette |last2=Schweitz |page=97 |isbn=9782859444327 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BR2MUSf6OhIC}}</ref> | ||
*[[1842]] – [[Carl Millöcker]], Austrian composer and conductor (died 1899)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Lamb |first1=Andrew |title=Millöcker, Carl |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18701}}</ref> | *[[1842]] – [[Carl Millöcker]], Austrian composer and conductor (died 1899)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Lamb |first1=Andrew |title=Millöcker, Carl |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.18701}}</ref> | ||
*[[1847]] – [[Joachim Andersen (composer)|Joachim Andersen]], Danish flautist, composer and conductor (died 1907)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Joachim Andersen |journal=The Musical Times |date=1909 |volume=50 |issue=797 |page=456 |jstor=907558 |issn=0027-4666}}</ref> | *[[1847]] – [[Joachim Andersen (composer)|Joachim Andersen]], Danish flautist, composer and conductor (died 1907)<ref>{{cite journal |title=Obituary: Joachim Andersen |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_musical-times_1909-07-01_50_797/page/456 |journal=The Musical Times |date=1909 |volume=50 |issue=797 |page=456 |jstor=907558 |issn=0027-4666}}</ref> | ||
*[[1848]] – [[Raja Ravi Varma]], Indian painter and academic (died 1906)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=R. Siva |title=Varma, (Raja) Ravi |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T087983|isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref> | *[[1848]] – [[Raja Ravi Varma]], Indian painter and academic (died 1906)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Kumar |first1=R. Siva |title=Varma, (Raja) Ravi |journal=Oxford Art Online |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gao/9781884446054.article.T087983|isbn=9781884446054 }}</ref> | ||
*[[1854]] – [[Henri Poincaré]], French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jourdain |first1=Philip E. B. |title=HENRI POINCARÉ: OBITUARY |journal=The Monist |date=1912 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=611–615 |doi=10.5840/monist191222422 |jstor=27900399 |issn=0026-9662}}</ref> | *[[1854]] – [[Henri Poincaré]], French mathematician, physicist and engineer (died 1912)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Jourdain |first1=Philip E. B. |title=HENRI POINCARÉ: OBITUARY |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_monist_1912-10_22_4/page/610 |journal=The Monist |date=1912 |volume=22 |issue=4 |pages=611–615 |doi=10.5840/monist191222422 |jstor=27900399 |issn=0026-9662}}</ref> | ||
*[[1863]] – [[Constantine P. Cavafy]], Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (died 1933)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liddell |first1=Robert |title=Cavafy: A Critical Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Duckworth |location=London |isbn=0715607294 |page=23}}</ref> | *[[1863]] – [[Constantine P. Cavafy]], Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (died 1933)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Liddell |first1=Robert |title=Cavafy: A Critical Biography |date=1974 |publisher=Duckworth |location=London |isbn=0715607294 |page=23}}</ref> | ||
* 1863 – [[William Randolph Hearst]], American publisher and politician, founded the [[Hearst Corporation]] (died 1951)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Leonard |first1=Thomas C. |title=Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951), publisher |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600738}}</ref> | * 1863 – [[William Randolph Hearst]], American publisher and politician, founded the [[Hearst Corporation]] (died 1951)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Leonard |first1=Thomas C. |title=Hearst, William Randolph (1863-1951), publisher |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1600738}}</ref> | ||
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*[[1885]] – [[Egon Erwin Kisch]], Czech journalist and author (died 1948)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slater |first1=Ken |title=Egon Kisch: A Biographical Outline |journal=Labour History |date=1979 |issue=36 |pages=94–103 |doi=10.2307/27508355 |jstor=27508355}}</ref> | *[[1885]] – [[Egon Erwin Kisch]], Czech journalist and author (died 1948)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Slater |first1=Ken |title=Egon Kisch: A Biographical Outline |journal=Labour History |date=1979 |issue=36 |pages=94–103 |doi=10.2307/27508355 |jstor=27508355}}</ref> | ||
*[[1887]] – [[Robert Cushman Murphy]], American ornithologist (died 1973)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amadon |first1=Dean |title=In Memoriam: Robert Cushman Murphy April 29, 1887-March 20, 1973 |journal=The Auk |date=January 1974 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.2307/4084656 |jstor=4084656|doi-access=free }}</ref> | *[[1887]] – [[Robert Cushman Murphy]], American ornithologist (died 1973)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amadon |first1=Dean |title=In Memoriam: Robert Cushman Murphy April 29, 1887-March 20, 1973 |journal=The Auk |date=January 1974 |volume=91 |issue=1 |pages=1–9 |doi=10.2307/4084656 |jstor=4084656|doi-access=free }}</ref> | ||
*[[1888]] – [[Michael Heidelberger]], American immunologist (died 1991)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stacey |first1=Maurice |title=Michael Heidelberger, 29 April 1888 - 25 June 1991 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=February 1994 |volume=39 |pages=177–197 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1994.0011|pmid=11639904 |s2cid=46518538 }}</ref> | *[[1888]] – [[Michael Heidelberger]], American immunologist (died 1991)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Stacey |first1=Maurice |title=Michael Heidelberger, 29 April 1888 - 25 June 1991 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=February 1994 |volume=39 |pages=177–197 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1994.0011 |doi-access=free|pmid=11639904 |s2cid=46518538 }}</ref> | ||
*[[1891]] – [[Edward Wilfred Taylor]], British businessman (died 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Payne |first1=B. O. |title=Edward Wilfred Taylor, 29 April 1891 - 1 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=562–577 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0022|s2cid=57734028 }}</ref> | *[[1891]] – [[Edward Wilfred Taylor]], British businessman (died 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Payne |first1=B. O. |title=Edward Wilfred Taylor, 29 April 1891 - 1 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=562–577 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0022 |doi-access=free|s2cid=57734028 }}</ref> | ||
*[[1893]] – [[Harold Urey]], American chemist and astronomer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1981)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Costa |first1=Albert B. |title=Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981), physical chemist and planetary scientist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302119}}</ref> | *[[1893]] – [[Harold Urey]], American chemist and astronomer, [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry|Nobel Prize]] laureate (died 1981)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Costa |first1=Albert B. |title=Urey, Harold Clayton (1893-1981), physical chemist and planetary scientist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1302119}}</ref> | ||
*[[1894]] – [[Marietta Blau]], Austrian physicist and academic (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|first=Leopold E.|last=Halpen|chapter=Marietta Blau|editor-first1=Marelene F.|editor-last1=Rayner-Canham|editor-first2=Geoffrey|editor-last2=Rayner-Canham|title=A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1997|isbn=9780773516427|page=196}}</ref> | *[[1894]] – [[Marietta Blau]], Austrian physicist and academic (died 1970)<ref>{{cite book|first=Leopold E.|last=Halpen|chapter=Marietta Blau|editor-first1=Marelene F.|editor-last1=Rayner-Canham|editor-first2=Geoffrey|editor-last2=Rayner-Canham|title=A Devotion to Their Science: Pioneer Women of Radioactivity|location=Montréal|publisher=McGill-Queen's University Press|year=1997|isbn=9780773516427|page=196}}</ref> | ||
*[[1895]] – [[Vladimir Propp]], Russian scholar and critic (died 1970)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levin |first1=Isidor |title=Vladimir Propp: An Evaluation on His Seventieth Birthday |journal=Journal of the Folklore Institute |date=June 1967 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=32–49 |doi=10.2307/3813911 |jstor=3813911}}</ref> | *[[1895]] – [[Vladimir Propp]], Russian scholar and critic (died 1970)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Levin |first1=Isidor |title=Vladimir Propp: An Evaluation on His Seventieth Birthday |journal=Journal of the Folklore Institute |date=June 1967 |volume=4 |issue=1 |pages=32–49 |doi=10.2307/3813911 |jstor=3813911}}</ref> | ||
* 1895 – [[Malcolm Sargent]], English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Crichton |first1=Ronald |title=Sargent, Sir (Harold) Malcolm |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24590}}</ref> | * 1895 – [[Malcolm Sargent]], English organist, composer and conductor (died 1967)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Crichton |first1=Ronald |title=Sargent, Sir (Harold) Malcolm |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.24590}}</ref> | ||
*[[1898]] – [[E. J. Bowen]], British physical chemist (died 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Ronald Percy |title=Edmund John Bowen, 29 April 1898 - 19 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=83–101 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0004|s2cid=72246851 }}</ref> | *[[1898]] – [[E. J. Bowen]], British physical chemist (died 1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Bell |first1=Ronald Percy |title=Edmund John Bowen, 29 April 1898 - 19 November 1980 |journal=Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society |date=November 1981 |volume=27 |pages=83–101 |doi=10.1098/rsbm.1981.0004 |doi-access=free|s2cid=72246851 }}</ref> | ||
*[[1899]] – [[Duke Ellington]], American pianist, composer and bandleader (died 1974)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Collier |first1=James Lincoln |title=Ellington, Duke (1899-1974), jazz musician and composer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800355}}</ref> | *[[1899]] – [[Duke Ellington]], American pianist, composer and bandleader (died 1974)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Collier |first1=James Lincoln |title=Ellington, Duke (1899-1974), jazz musician and composer |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1800355}}</ref> | ||
* 1899 – [[Mary Petty]], American illustrator (died 1976)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Wepman |first1=Dennis |title=Petty, Mary (1899-1976), cartoonist and illustrator |date=April 2008 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1701972}}</ref> | * 1899 – [[Mary Petty]], American illustrator (died 1976)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Wepman |first1=Dennis |title=Petty, Mary (1899-1976), cartoonist and illustrator |date=April 2008 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1701972}}</ref> | ||
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*[[1938]] – [[Steven Bach]], American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Steven Bach |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/obituary-steven-bach |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=31 March 2009}}</ref> | *[[1938]] – [[Steven Bach]], American writer, businessman and educator (died 2009)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bergan |first1=Ronald |title=Steven Bach |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2009/apr/01/obituary-steven-bach |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=31 March 2009}}</ref> | ||
* 1938 – [[Bernie Madoff]], American businessman, financier and convicted felon (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henriques |first1=Diana B. |title=Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/business/bernie-madoff-dead.html |access-date=15 April 2021 |date=14 April 2021}}</ref> | * 1938 – [[Bernie Madoff]], American businessman, financier and convicted felon (died 2021)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Henriques |first1=Diana B. |title=Bernard Madoff, Architect of Largest Ponzi Scheme in History, Is Dead at 82 |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/14/business/bernie-madoff-dead.html |access-date=15 April 2021 |date=14 April 2021}}</ref> | ||
*[[1939]] – [[Klaus Rinke]], German | *[[1939]] – [[Klaus Rinke]], German artist (died 2026)<ref>{{cite book |title=Contemporary Artists |date=2001 |publisher=Gale |isbn=9781558624078 |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1636001458/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=2b24ea0a |access-date=21 March 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Klaus Rinke}}</ref> | ||
*[[1940]] – [[George Adams (musician)|George Adams]], American musician (died 1992)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Priestley |first1=Brian |last2=Kernfeld |first2=Barry |title=Adams, George |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J002300}}</ref> | *[[1940]] – [[George Adams (musician)|George Adams]], American musician (died 1992)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=Priestley |first1=Brian |last2=Kernfeld |first2=Barry |title=Adams, George |date=2003 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.J002300}}</ref> | ||
* 1940 – [[Peter Diamond]], American economist<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650007280/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d19a068a |access-date=18 September 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Peter Arthur Diamond }}</ref> | * 1940 – [[Peter Diamond]], American economist<ref>{{cite book |title=Gale Biography Online Collection |date=2010 |publisher=Gale |url=https://link.gale.com/apps/doc/K1650007280/BIC?u=wikipedia&sid=bookmark-BIC&xid=d19a068a |access-date=18 September 2023 |format=Collection |chapter=Peter Arthur Diamond }}</ref> | ||
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*[[1986]] – [[Byun Yo-han]], South Korean actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Byun Yo-han (변요한, Korean actor) |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Byun_Yo-han.php |website=HanCinema |access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> | *[[1986]] – [[Byun Yo-han]], South Korean actor<ref>{{cite web |title=Byun Yo-han (변요한, Korean actor) |url=https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Byun_Yo-han.php |website=HanCinema |access-date=29 April 2019}}</ref> | ||
* 1986 – [[Lee Chae-young]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:이채영, sidusHQ와 전속계약..장혁·김우빈과 한솥밥[공식입장]|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110975893|publisher=OSEN|access-date=29 April 2019|language=ko|date=27 August 2018}}</ref> | * 1986 – [[Lee Chae-young]], South Korean actress<ref>{{cite web|script-title=ko:이채영, sidusHQ와 전속계약..장혁·김우빈과 한솥밥[공식입장]|url=http://osen.mt.co.kr/article/G1110975893|publisher=OSEN|access-date=29 April 2019|language=ko|date=27 August 2018}}</ref> | ||
*[[1987]] – [[Rob Atkinson]], English footballer<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=42 |edition=First}}</ref> | *[[1987]] – [[Rob Atkinson (footballer, born 1987)|Rob Atkinson]], English footballer<ref>{{cite book |editor1-last=Hugman |editor1-first=Barry J. |title=The PFA Premier & Football League players' records 1946-2015 |date=2015 |publisher=Hextable |isbn=9781782811671 |page=42 |edition=First}}</ref> | ||
* 1987 – [[Sara Errani]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Errani {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310761/sara-errani |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> | * 1987 – [[Sara Errani]], Italian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Sara Errani {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/310761/sara-errani |access-date=2022-10-21 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> | ||
* 1987 – [[Andre Russell]], Jamaican cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andre Russell profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/andre-russell-276298|access-date=2021-04-29|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> | * 1987 – [[Andre Russell]], Jamaican cricketer<ref>{{Cite web|title=Andre Russell profile and biography, stats, records, averages, photos and videos|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/andre-russell-276298|access-date=2021-04-29|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en}}</ref> | ||
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*[[1999]] – [[Mateo Retegui]], Argentine-Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mateo Retegui|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mateo-retegui/526616/|website=[[Soccerway]]|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref> | *[[1999]] – [[Mateo Retegui]], Argentine-Italian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Mateo Retegui|url=https://int.soccerway.com/players/mateo-retegui/526616/|website=[[Soccerway]]|access-date=29 April 2025}}</ref> | ||
*[[2001]] – [[Danilo (footballer, born 2001)|Danilo]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Danilo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112510/Danilo/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=29 April 2025|archive-date=29 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429081008/https://www.premierleague.com/players/112510/Danilo/overview|url-status=dead}}</ref> | *[[2001]] – [[Danilo (footballer, born 2001)|Danilo]], Brazilian footballer<ref>{{cite web|title=Danilo|url=https://www.premierleague.com/players/112510/Danilo/overview|website=[[Premier League]]|access-date=29 April 2025|archive-date=29 April 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250429081008/https://www.premierleague.com/players/112510/Danilo/overview|url-status=dead}}</ref> | ||
*[[2006]] – [[Xochitl Gomez]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Angelique |title='Doctor Strange 2' Star Xochitl Gomez Explains Why She 'Might Cry' Watching Her MCU Debut as America Chavez|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/xochitl-gomez-mcu-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-america-chavez-1235257615 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 29, 2025|date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629045654/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/xochitl-gomez-mcu-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-america-chavez-1235257615/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | *[[2006]] – [[Xochitl Gomez]], American actress<ref>{{cite web |last1=Jackson |first1=Angelique |title='Doctor Strange 2' Star Xochitl Gomez Explains Why She 'Might Cry' Watching Her MCU Debut as America Chavez|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/xochitl-gomez-mcu-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-america-chavez-1235257615 |website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]] |access-date=April 29, 2025|date=May 3, 2022 |archive-date=June 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220629045654/https://variety.com/2022/film/news/xochitl-gomez-mcu-doctor-strange-in-the-multiverse-of-madness-america-chavez-1235257615/ |url-status=live }}</ref> | ||
*[[2007]] – [[Infanta Sofía of Spain]], Spanish princess<ref>{{cite web |title=Su Alteza Real la Infanta Doña Sofía |url=http://www.casareal.es/ES/FamiliaReal/InfantaSofia/Paginas/subhome.aspx |work=[[Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España]] |access-date=29 April 2019 |language=es |author=Felipe VI |author-link=Felipe VI}}</ref> | *[[2007]] – [[Mirra Andreeva]], Russian tennis player<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mirra Andreeva {{!}} Player Stats & More – WTA Official |url=https://www.wtatennis.com/players/331809/mirra-andreeva |access-date=2025-12-28 |website=Women's Tennis Association |language=en}}</ref> | ||
*2007 – [[Infanta Sofía of Spain]], Spanish princess<ref>{{cite web |title=Su Alteza Real la Infanta Doña Sofía |url=http://www.casareal.es/ES/FamiliaReal/InfantaSofia/Paginas/subhome.aspx |work=[[Casa de Su Majestad el Rey de España]] |access-date=29 April 2019 |language=es |author=Felipe VI |author-link=Felipe VI}}</ref> | |||
==Deaths== | ==Deaths== | ||
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===1901–present=== | ===1901–present=== | ||
*[[1903]] – [[Godfrey Carter]], Australian businessman and politician, 39th [[Mayor of Melbourne]] (born 1830)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Henry |last=Rosenbloom |title=Carter, Godfrey Downes (1830–1902) |volume=3 |year=1969 |id2=carter-godfrey-downes-3174 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> | *[[1903]] – [[Godfrey Carter]], Australian businessman and politician, 39th [[Mayor of Melbourne]] (born 1830)<ref>{{cite AuDB |first=Henry |last=Rosenbloom |title=Carter, Godfrey Downes (1830–1902) |volume=3 |year=1969 |id2=carter-godfrey-downes-3174 |access-date=20 March 2023}}</ref> | ||
* 1903 – [[Paul Du Chaillu]], French-American anthropologist and zoologist (born 1835)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ravenstein |first1=E. G. |title=Obituary: Paul Belloni du Chaillu |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1903 |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=680–681 |jstor=1775671 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref> | * 1903 – [[Paul Du Chaillu]], French-American anthropologist and zoologist (born 1835)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ravenstein |first1=E. G. |title=Obituary: Paul Belloni du Chaillu |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_geographical-journal_1903-06_21_6/page/678 |journal=The Geographical Journal |date=1903 |volume=21 |issue=6 |pages=680–681 |jstor=1775671 |issn=0016-7398}}</ref> | ||
*[[1905]] – [[Ignacio Cervantes]], Cuban pianist and composer (born 1847)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=de la Vega |first1=Aurelio |title=Cervantes (Kawanag), Ignacio |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05311}}</ref> | *[[1905]] – [[Ignacio Cervantes]], Cuban pianist and composer (born 1847)<ref>{{cite Grove |last1=de la Vega |first1=Aurelio |title=Cervantes (Kawanag), Ignacio |date=2001 |doi=10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.05311}}</ref> | ||
*[[1916]] – [[Jørgen Pedersen Gram]], Danish mathematician and academic (born 1850)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nielsen |first1=Niels |title=Dr. J. P. Gram: 27. Juni 1850—29. April 1916 |journal=Nyt Tidsskrift for Matematik |date=1916 |volume=27 |pages=48–53 |jstor=24538026 |language=da |issn=0909-3524}}</ref> | *[[1916]] – [[Jørgen Pedersen Gram]], Danish mathematician and academic (born 1850)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Nielsen |first1=Niels |title=Dr. J. P. Gram: 27. Juni 1850—29. April 1916 |journal=Nyt Tidsskrift for Matematik |date=1916 |volume=27 |pages=48–53 |jstor=24538026 |language=da |issn=0909-3524}}</ref> | ||
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*[[1947]] – [[Irving Fisher]], American economist and statistician (born 1867)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Porter |first1=Theodore M. |title=Fisher, Irving (1867-1947), economist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1400190}}</ref> | *[[1947]] – [[Irving Fisher]], American economist and statistician (born 1867)<ref>{{cite ANB |last1=Porter |first1=Theodore M. |title=Fisher, Irving (1867-1947), economist |date=February 2000 |doi=10.1093/anb/9780198606697.article.1400190}}</ref> | ||
*[[1951]] – [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1889)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hacker |first1=P. M. S. |title=Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann (1889–1951), philosopher |date=25 September 2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36986}}</ref> | *[[1951]] – [[Ludwig Wittgenstein]], Austrian-English philosopher and academic (born 1889)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Hacker |first1=P. M. S. |title=Wittgenstein, Ludwig Josef Johann (1889–1951), philosopher |date=25 September 2014 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/36986}}</ref> | ||
* [[1956]] – [[Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb]], German field marshal (born 1876)<ref>{{cite news |title=RITTER VON LEEB, A FIELD MARSHALL; Commander in Drive Through Maginot Line Dies--Ousted for Failure at Leningrad Lost Hitler's Trust Stopped by Defense |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/01/archives/ritter-von-leeb-a-field-marshall-commander-in-drive-through-maginot.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=1 May 1956}}</ref> | * [[1956]] – [[Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb]], German field marshal and convicted war criminal (born 1876)<ref>{{cite news |title=RITTER VON LEEB, A FIELD MARSHALL; Commander in Drive Through Maginot Line Dies--Ousted for Failure at Leningrad Lost Hitler's Trust Stopped by Defense |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1956/05/01/archives/ritter-von-leeb-a-field-marshall-commander-in-drive-through-maginot.html |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=1 May 1956}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=HLS Nuremberg Trials Project |url=https://nuremberg.law.harvard.edu/nmt_12_intro}}</ref> | ||
*[[1959]] – [[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Kenneth Anderson]], English soldier and [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (born 1891)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Kennedy |first1=J. N. |last2=Stearn |first2=Roger T. |title=Anderson, Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel (1891–1959), army officer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30410}}</ref> | *[[1959]] – [[Kenneth Anderson (British Army officer)|Kenneth Anderson]], English soldier and [[Governor of Gibraltar]] (born 1891)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Kennedy |first1=J. N. |last2=Stearn |first2=Roger T. |title=Anderson, Sir Kenneth Arthur Noel (1891–1959), army officer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30410}}</ref> | ||
*[[1966]] – [[William Eccles (physicist)|William Eccles]], English physicist and engineer (born 1875)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=J. A. |last2=Procter |first2=Tim |title=Eccles, William Henry (1875–1966), physicist and engineer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32965}}</ref> | *[[1966]] – [[William Eccles (physicist)|William Eccles]], English physicist and engineer (born 1875)<ref>{{cite ODNB |last1=Ratcliffe |first1=J. A. |last2=Procter |first2=Tim |title=Eccles, William Henry (1875–1966), physicist and engineer |date=6 January 2011 |doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/32965}}</ref> | ||
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*[[2003]] – [[Janko Bobetko]], Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (born 1919)<ref>{{cite news |title=Janko Bobetko Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/04/30/janko-bobetko-dies/87cefea1-fc23-460c-bd5c-004e5ab421a1/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 April 2003}}</ref> | *[[2003]] – [[Janko Bobetko]], Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (born 1919)<ref>{{cite news |title=Janko Bobetko Dies |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/2003/04/30/janko-bobetko-dies/87cefea1-fc23-460c-bd5c-004e5ab421a1/ |access-date=18 March 2023 |newspaper=Washington Post |date=30 April 2003}}</ref> | ||
*[[2004]] – [[John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker|John Henniker-Major]], British diplomat and civil servant (born 1916)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Peter |title=Lord Henniker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/04/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 May 2004}}</ref> | *[[2004]] – [[John Henniker-Major, 8th Baron Henniker|John Henniker-Major]], British diplomat and civil servant (born 1916)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Clark |first1=Peter |title=Lord Henniker |url=https://www.theguardian.com/news/2004/may/04/guardianobituaries.obituaries |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=4 May 2004}}</ref> | ||
*[[2005]] – [[William J. Bell]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news |title=William J. Bell, 78, Creator of Soap Operas, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/arts/television/william-j-bell-78-creator-of-soap-operas-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=3 May 2005}}</ref> | *[[2005]] – [[William J. Bell (producer)|William J. Bell]], American screenwriter and producer (born 1927)<ref>{{cite news |title=William J. Bell, 78, Creator of Soap Operas, Is Dead |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/03/arts/television/william-j-bell-78-creator-of-soap-operas-is-dead.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=3 May 2005}}</ref> | ||
* 2005 – [[Louis Leithold]], American mathematician and academic (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Louis Leithold, an Innovator in the Teaching of Calculus, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/us/louis-leithold-an-innovator-in-the-teaching-of-calculus-dies-at-80.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=10 May 2005}}</ref> | * 2005 – [[Louis Leithold]], American mathematician and academic (born 1924)<ref>{{cite news |title=Louis Leithold, an Innovator in the Teaching of Calculus, Dies at 80 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/10/us/louis-leithold-an-innovator-in-the-teaching-of-calculus-dies-at-80.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=10 May 2005}}</ref> | ||
*[[2006]] – [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], Canadian-American economist and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to India]] (born 1908)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noble |first1=Holcomb B. |last2=Martin |first2=Douglas |title=John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/obituaries/john-kenneth-galbraith-97-dies-economist-held-a-mirror-to.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2006}}</ref> | *[[2006]] – [[John Kenneth Galbraith]], Canadian-American economist and diplomat, [[United States Ambassador to India]] (born 1908)<ref>{{cite news |last1=Noble |first1=Holcomb B. |last2=Martin |first2=Douglas |title=John Kenneth Galbraith, 97, Dies; Economist Held a Mirror to Society |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/04/30/obituaries/john-kenneth-galbraith-97-dies-economist-held-a-mirror-to.html |access-date=18 March 2023 |work=The New York Times |date=30 April 2006}}</ref> | ||
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** [[Wilfrid II (bishop of York)|Wilfrid II]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=324 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}</ref> | ** [[Wilfrid II (bishop of York)|Wilfrid II]]<ref>{{cite book |last1=Attwater |first1=Donald |title=A New Dictionary of Saints |date=1994 |publisher=Liturgical Press |isbn=0814623247 |page=324 |editor-first1=John |editor-last1=Cumming}}</ref> | ||
** [[April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] | ** [[April 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)]] | ||
* [[International Dance Day]] ([[UNESCO]])<ref>{{cite news |title=International Dance Day 2022: Health benefits of dancing |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/international-dance-day-2022-health-benefits-of-dancing-101651290571245.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |agency=Asian News International |date=30 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | * [[International Dance Day]] ([[UNESCO]])<ref>{{cite news |title=International Dance Day 2022: Health benefits of dancing |url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/lifestyle/health/international-dance-day-2022-health-benefits-of-dancing-101651290571245.html |access-date=20 March 2023 |work=Hindustan Times |agency=Asian News International |date=30 April 2022 |language=en}}</ref> | ||
* [[Shōwa Day]], traditionally the start of the [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]] holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5. ([[Japan]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan names day after Hirohito |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4543461.stm |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=14 May 2005}}</ref> | * [[Shōwa Day]], traditionally the start of the [[Golden Week (Japan)|Golden Week]] holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5. ([[Japan]])<ref>{{cite news |title=Japan names day after Hirohito |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/4543461.stm |access-date=18 September 2023 |work=[[BBC News]] |date=14 May 2005}}</ref> | ||