Today is Tuesday, April 29, the 119th day of 2025 with 246 to follow.
The moon is waxing. Morning stars are Mars, Mercury, Saturn and Venus. Evening stars are Jupiter, Mars and Uranus.
Those born on this date are under the sign of Taurus. They include publisher William Randolph Hearst in 1863; musician Duke Ellington in 1899; Japanese Emperor Hirohito in 1901; actor Celeste Holm in 1917; musician Toots Thielemans in 1922; musician Lonnie Donegan in 1931; musician Willie Nelson in 1933 (age 92); Baseball Hall of Fame member Luis Aparicio in 1934 (age 91); musician Zubin Mehta in 1936 (age 89); financier/Ponzi scheme operator Bernard Madoff in 1938; musician Duane Allen (Oak Ridge Boys) in 1943 (age 82); musician Tommy James in 1947 (age 78); long-distance runner/former U.S. Rep. Jim Ryun in 1947 (age 78); Samoan leader Tuimaleali'ifano Va'aleto'a Sualauvi II in 1947 (age 78); World Golf Hall of Fame member Johnny Miller in 1947 (age 78); International Motorsports Hall of Fame member Dale Earnhardt Sr. in 1951; comedian/actor Nora Dunn in 1952 (age 73); comedian/actor/producer Jerry Seinfeld in 1954 (age 71); actor Leslie Jordan in 1955; actor Kate Mulgrew in 1955 (age 70); actor Daniel Day-Lewis in 1957 (age 68); actor Michelle Pfeiffer in 1958 (age 67); actor Eve Plumb in 1958 (age 67); musician Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) in 1968 (age 57); actor Uma Thurman in 1970 (age 55); musician Master P in 1970 (age 55); actor Darby Stanchfield in 1971 (age 54); musician Mike Hogan (Cranberries) in 1973 (age 52); International Tennis Hall of Fame member Andre Agassi in 1970 (age 55); former tennis doubles specialist Bob Bryan in 1978 (age 47); former tennis doubles specialist Mike Bryan in 1978 (age 47); actor Tyler Labine in 1978 (age 47); actor Katherine Langford in 1996 (age 29); U.S. women's national soccer team member Mallory Pugh in 1998 (age 27); actor Ella Hunt in 1998 (age 27); actor Xochitl Gomez in 2006 (age 19).
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In 1854, Ashmun Institute in Pennsylvania, the first college founded solely for Black American students, was officially chartered. The private school was renamed Lincoln University in 1866 and became public in 1972.
In 1885, women were admitted for the first time to examinations at England's Oxford University.
In 1913, Gideon Sundbach of Hoboken, N.J., was issued a patent for the zipper.
In 1945, troops of the U.S. Seventh Army liberated 32,000 prisoners at the Nazi regime's Dachau concentration camp near Munich, Germany.
In 1970, the South Vietnamese, with help from the United States, began a major ground operation into Cambodia to destroy Communist North Vietnamese sanctuaries.
In 1975, helicopters evacuated hundreds of American civilians and military support personnel, and thousands of South Vietnamese from Saigon -- the day before the North Vietnamese overran the city.
In 1985, four gunmen escaped with nearly $8 million in cash stolen from the Wells Fargo armored car company in New York.
In 1986, an arson fire destroyed more than 1 million books in the Los Angeles Central Library.
In 1991, a typhoon struck Bangladesh, killing some 135,000 people.
In 1992, rioting erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley, Calif., acquitted four White police officers of nearly all charges in the videotaped beating of Black motorist Rodney King. Fifty-three people died in three days of protest and violence.
In 2004, the final Oldsmobile was manufactured. The brand had been in existence for 107 years.
In 2010, U.S. Navy Secretary Ray Mabus announced a policy change that allows women to serve on submarines.
In 2011, British Prince William, grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, and college sweetheart Kate Middleton, the new duchess of Cambridge, exchanged wedding rings and vows in a regal ceremony at Westminster Abbey before an estimated worldwide audience of 2 billion people.
In 2013, Jason Collins of the NBA became the first active player in a North American major sports league to announce he is gay.
In 2024, Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf quit ahead of two no-confidence votes he had little-to-no chance of winning.
A thought for the day: "Gray skies are just clouds passing over." -- American musician Duke Ellington
