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April 29 is the 119th day of the year (120th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . 246 days remain until the end of the year.
1091 – Battle of Levounion : The Pechenegs are defeated by Byzantine Emperor Alexios I Komnenos .1386 – Battle of the Vikhra River : The Principality of Smolensk is defeated by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania and becomes its vassal.1429 – Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orléans .1483 – Gran Canaria , the main island of the Canary Islands , is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile .1521 – Swedish War of Liberation : Swedish troops defeat a Danish force in the Battle of Västerås .1770 – James Cook arrives in Australia at Botany Bay , which he names.1781 – American Revolutionary War : British and French ships clash in the Battle of Fort Royal off the coast of Martinique .1834 – Charles Darwin during the second survey voyage of HMS Beagle , ascended the Bell mountain, Cerro La Campana on 17 August 1834, his visit being commemorated by a memorial plaque.[1] 1861 – American Civil War : Maryland 's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union .1862 – American Civil War: The Capture of New Orleans by Union forces under David Farragut .1864 – Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute , the only fraternity to be founded during the American Civil War .[2] 1903 – A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 people in Frank , in the District of Alberta , Canada.1910 – The Parliament of the United Kingdom passes the People's Budget , the first budget in British history with the expressed intent of redistributing wealth among the British public.1911 – Tsinghua University , one of mainland China 's leading universities, is founded.[3] 1916 – World War I : The UK's 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at the Siege of Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point.1916 – Easter Rising : After six days of fighting, Irish rebel leaders surrender to British forces in Dublin , bringing the Easter Rising to an end. 1944 – World War II : British agent Nancy Wake , a leading figure in the French Resistance and the Gestapo 's most wanted person, parachutes back into France to be a liaison between London and the local maquis group.1945 – World War II: The German army in Italy surrenders to the Allies.1945 – World War II: Start of Operation Manna . 1945 – World War II: The Captain -classfrigate HMS Goodall (K479) is torpedoed by U-286 outside the Kola Inlet becoming the last Royal Navy ship to be sunk in the European theatre of World War II. 1945 – World War II: Führerbunker : Adolf Hitler marries his longtime partner Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor; Hitler and Braun both commit suicide the following day. 1945 – Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. 1945 – The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces. 1946 – The International Military Tribunal for the Far East convenes and indicts former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders for war crimes .1951 – Tibetan delegates to the Central People's Government arrive in Beijing and draft a Seventeen Point Agreement for Chinese sovereignty and Tibetan autonomy.1953 – The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol ABC affiliate KECA-TV .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 previous day, Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title.1968 – The controversial musical Hair hippie counter-culture and sexual revolution of the 1960s, opens at the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway , with some of its songs becoming anthems of the anti-Vietnam War movement .1970 – Vietnam War : United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong .[4] 1974 – Watergate scandal : United States President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings relating to the scandal.[5] 1975 – Vietnam War: Operation Frequent Wind : The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end.1975 – Vietnam War: The North Vietnamese army completes its capture of all parts of South Vietnamese -held Trường Sa Islands . 1986 – A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.1986 – Chernobyl disaster : American and European spy satellites capture the ruins of the 4th Reactor at the Chernobyl Power Plant. 1991 – A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as ten million homeless.1991 – The 7.0 Mw Racha earthquake affects Georgia with a maximum MSK intensity of IX (Destructive ), killing 270 people. 1992 – Riots in Los Angeles , following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King . Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.1997 – The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.2011 – The Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.2013 – A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague , believed to have been caused by natural gas, injures 43 people.2013 – National Airlines Flight 102 , a Boeing 747-400 , crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan , killing all seven people on board.[6] 2015 – A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball . Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests .912 – Minamoto no Mitsunaka , Japanese samurai (d. 997)1469 – William II, Landgrave of Hesse (d. 1509)1587 – Sophie of Saxony, Duchess of Pomerania (d. 1635)1636 – Esaias Reusner , German lute player and composer (d. 1679)1665 – James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde , Irish general and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (d. 1745)1667 – John Arbuthnot , Scottish-English physician and polymath (d. 1735)1686 – Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven , English politician, Lord Great Chamberlain (d. 1742)1727 – Jean-Georges Noverre , French actor and dancer (d. 1810)1745 – Oliver Ellsworth , American lawyer and politician, 3rd Chief Justice of the United States (d. 1807)1758 – Georg Carl von Döbeln , Swedish general (d. 1820)1762 – Jean-Baptiste Jourdan , French general and politician, French Minister of Foreign Affairs (d. 1833)1780 – Charles Nodier , French librarian and author (d. 1844)1783 – David Cox , English landscape painter (d. 1859)1784 – Samuel Turell Armstrong , American publisher and politician, 14th Lieutenant Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850)1810 – Thomas Adolphus Trollope , English journalist and author (d. 1892)1814 – Sadok Barącz , Galician religious leader, historian, folklorist, archivist (d. 1892)1818 – Alexander II of Russia (d. 1881)1837 – Georges Ernest Boulanger , French general and politician, French Minister of War (d. 1891)1842 – Carl Millöcker , Austrian composer and conductor (d. 1899)1847 – Joachim Andersen , Danish flautist, composer, conductor, and co-founder of the Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra (d. 1907)1848 – Raja Ravi Varma , Indian painter and academic (d. 1906)1854 – Henri Poincaré , French mathematician, physicist, and engineer (d. 1912)1858 – Georgia Hopley , American journalist, temperance advocate, and the first woman prohibition agent (d. 1944)1863 – Constantine P. Cavafy , Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet (d. 1933)1863 – William Randolph Hearst , American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation (d. 1951) 1863 – Maria Teresia Ledóchowska , Austrian nun and missionary (d. 1922) 1872 – Harry Payne Whitney , American businessman and lawyer (d. 1930)1872 – Forest Ray Moulton , American astronomer and academic (d. 1952) 1875 – Rafael Sabatini , Italian-English novelist and short story writer (d. 1950)1878 – Friedrich Adler , Jewish-German academic, artist and designer (d.1945)1879 – Thomas Beecham , English conductor (d. 1961, March 8)1880 – Fethi Okyar , Turkish military officer, diplomat and politician (d. 1943)1882 – Auguste Herbin , French painter (d. 1960)1882 – Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman , Dutch printer, typographer, and Nazi resister (d. 1945) 1891 – Bharathidasan , Indian poet and activist (d. 1964)1894 – Marietta Blau , Austrian physicist and academic (d. 1970)1885 – Egon Erwin Kisch , Czech journalist and author (d. 1948)1887 – Raymond Thorne , American swimmer (d. 1921)1893 – Harold Urey , American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1981)1895 – Vladimir Propp , Russian scholar and critic (d. 1970)1895 – Malcolm Sargent , English organist, composer, and conductor (d. 1967) 1899 – Duke Ellington , American pianist, composer, and bandleader (d. 1974)1899 – Mary Petty , American illustrator (d. 1976) 1900 – Concha de Albornoz , Spanish feminist and intellectual, exiled during the Spanish Civil War (d. 1972)1900 – Amelia Best , Australian politician, one of the first women elected to the Tasmanian House of Assembly (d. 1979)[7] 1901 – Hirohito , Japanese emperor (d. 1989)1907 – Fred Zinnemann , Austrian-American director and producer (d. 1997)1908 – Jack Williamson , American author and academic (d. 2006)1909 – Tom Ewell , American actor (d. 1994)1912 – Richard Carlson , American actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 1977)1915 – Henry H. Barschall , German-American physicist and academic (d. 1997)1917 – Maya Deren , Ukrainian-American director, poet, and photographer (d. 1961)1917 – Celeste Holm , American actress and singer (d. 2012) 1918 – George Allen , American football player and coach (d. 1990)1919 – Gérard Oury , French actor, director, and screenwriter (d. 2006)1920 – Edward Blishen , English author and radio host (d. 1996)1920 – Harold Shapero , American composer (d. 2013) 1922 – Helmut Krackowizer , Austrian motorcycle racer and journalist (d. 2001)1922 – Toots Thielemans , Belgian guitarist and harmonica player (d. 2016) 1923 – Irvin Kershner , American actor, director, and producer (d. 2010)1924 – Al Balding , Canadian golfer (d. 2006)1924 – Zizi Jeanmaire , French ballerina and actress 1925 – John Compton , Saint Lucian lawyer and politician, 1st Prime Minister of Saint Lucia (d. 2007)1925 – Iwao Takamoto , American animator, director, and producer (d. 2007) 1926 – Elmer Kelton , American journalist and author (d. 2009)1927 – Dorothy Manley , English sprinter1927 – Bill Slater , English footballer (d. 2018) 1928 – Carl Gardner , American R&B/rock & roll singer (The Robins , The Coasters ) (d. 2011)1928 – Heinz Wolff , German-English physiologist, engineer, and academic (d. 2017) 1929 – Walter Kempowski , German author and academic (d. 2007)1929 – Mickey McDermott , American baseball player and coach (d. 2003) 1929 – Peter Sculthorpe , Australian composer and conductor (d. 2014) 1929 – Maurice Strong , Canadian businessman and diplomat (d. 2015) 1929 – Jeremy Thorpe , English lawyer and politician (d. 2014) 1930 – Jean Rochefort , French actor and director (d. 2017)1931 – Frank Auerbach , British-German painter1931 – Lonnie Donegan , Scottish-English singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2002) 1931 – Chris Pearson , Canadian politician, 1st Premier of Yukon (d. 2014) 1932 – Joy Clements , American soprano and actress (d. 2005)1932 – David Tindle , English painter and educator 1933 – Ed Charles , African-American baseball player and coach (d. 2018)1933 – Mark Eyskens , Belgian economist and politician, 61st Prime Minister of Belgium 1933 – Rod McKuen , American singer-songwriter and poet (d. 2015) 1933 – Willie Nelson , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, producer, and actor 1934 – Luis Aparicio , Venezuelan-American baseball player1934 – Peter de la Billière , English general 1934 – Erika Fisch , German sprinter and hurdler 1934 – Pedro Pires , Cape Verdean politician, 3rd President of Cape Verde 1935 – Otis Rush , American blues singer-songwriter and guitarist (d. 2018)1936 – Zubin Mehta , Indian bassist and conductor1936 – Adolfo Nicolás , Spanish priest, 13th Superior General of the Society of Jesus 1936 – Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild , English banker and philanthropist 1936 – April Stevens , American pop singer 1937 – Arvo Mets , Estonian-Russian poet and translator (d. 1997)1937 – Jill Paton Walsh , English author 1938 – Bernard Madoff , American businessman and financier1938 – Klaus Voormann , German artist, bass player, and producer 1940 – Stephanos of Tallinn , Estonian metropolitan1940 – Brian Taber , Australian cricketer 1941 – Jonah Barrington , English-Irish squash player1941 – Dorothy Edgington , British philosopher 1941 – Hanne Darboven , German painter (d. 2009) 1942 – Lynda Chalker, Baroness Chalker of Wallasey , English politician, Minister of State for Europe 1942 – Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie , English civil servant and academic 1942 – Galina Kulakova , Russian skier 1943 – Duane Allen , American country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys )1943 – Brenda Dean, Baroness Dean of Thornton-le-Fylde , English union leader and politician (d. 2018) 1943 – Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech , English lawyer and academic 1944 – Francis Lee , English footballer and businessman1945 – Brian Charlesworth , English biologist, geneticist, and academic1945 – Hugh Hopper , English bass guitarist (d. 2009) 1945 – Catherine Lara , French singer-songwriter and violinist 1945 – Tammi Terrell , American soul singer-songwriter (d. 1970) 1946 – Aleksander Wolszczan , Polish astronomer1947 – Serge Bernier , Canadian ice hockey player1947 – Tommy James , American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer 1947 – Johnny Miller , American golfer and sportscaster 1947 – Jim Ryun , American runner and politician 1948 – Bruce Cutler , American lawyer1950 – Paul Holmes , New Zealand journalist (d. 2013)1950 – Phillip Noyce , Australian director and producer 1950 – Debbie Stabenow , American social worker and politician 1951 – Rick Burleson , American baseball player1951 – Dale Earnhardt , American race car driver (d. 2001) 1951 – John Holmes , English diplomat, British Ambassador to France 1952 – Nora Dunn , American actress and comedian1952 – David Icke , English footballer and sportscaster 1952 – Bob McClure , American baseball player and coach 1952 – Rob Nicholson , Canadian lawyer and politician, 11th Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs 1952 – Ron Washington , American baseball player and manager 1954 – Jake Burton Carpenter , American snowboarder and businessman, founded Burton Snowboards 1954 – Jerry Seinfeld , American comedian, actor, and producer 1955 – Don McKinnon , Australian rugby league player1955 – Kate Mulgrew , American actress 1956 – Karen Barad , American physicist and philosopher1957 – Daniel Day-Lewis , British-Irish actor1957 – Mark Kendall , American guitarist and songwriter 1958 – Michelle Pfeiffer , American actress1958 – Eve Plumb , American actress 1958 – Gary Cohen , American baseball play-by-play announcer (New York Mets ) 1960 – Bill Glasson , American golfer1960 – Robert J. Sawyer , Canadian author and academic 1962 – Bruce Driver , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1962 – Rob Druppers , Dutch runner 1962 – Stephan Burger , German Catholic archbishop 1963 – Mike Babcock , Canadian ice hockey player and coach1964 – Federico Castelluccio , Italian-American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter1964 – Radek Jaroš , Czech mountaineer and author 1965 – Michel Bussi , French geographer, author, and academic1965 – Peter Rauhofer , Austrian-American disc jockey and producer (d. 2013) 1965 – Larisa Turchinskaya , Russian-Australian heptathlete and coach 1965 – Brendon Tuuta , New Zealand rugby league player 1966 – Christian Tetzlaff , German violinist 1966 – Phil Tufnell , English cricketer and radio host 1967 – Marcel Albers , Dutch race car driver (d. 1992)1967 – Curtis Joseph , Canadian ice hockey player and coach 1968 – Kolinda Grabar-Kitarović , 4th President of Croatia (2015–)1968 – Carnie Wilson , American singer-songwriter 1969 – Jack Mackenroth , American swimmer, model, and fashion designer1970 – Andre Agassi , American tennis player1970 – Uma Thurman , American actress 1972 – Dustin McDaniel , American lawyer and politician, 55th Arkansas Attorney General 1974 – Jasper Wood , Canadian violinist and educator1974 – Anggun , Diva Indonesia 1975 – Rafael Betancourt , Venezuelan baseball player1975 – Artem Yashkin , Ukrainian footballer 1976 – Fabio Liverani , Italian footballer and manager1976 – Chiyotaikai Ryūji , Japanese sumo wrestler 1977 – Zuzana Hejdová , Czech tennis player1977 – Claus Jensen , Danish footballer and sportscaster 1977 – Titus O'Neil , American football player and wrestler 1977 – Attila Zsivoczky , Hungarian decathlete and high jumper 1978 – Tony Armas, Jr. , Venezuelan baseball player1978 – Bob Bryan , American tennis player 1978 – Mike Bryan , American tennis player 1978 – Javier Colon , American singer-songwriter and musician 1978 – Craig Gower , Australian rugby player 1978 – Tyler Labine , Canadian actor and comedian 1979 – Lee Dong-gook , South Korean footballer1979 – Ryan Sharp , Scottish race car driver and manager 1980 – Mathieu Biron , Canadian ice hockey player1980 – Kelly Shoppach , American baseball player 1981 – Lisa Allen , English chef1981 – George McCartney , Northern Irish footballer 1981 – Émilie Mondor , Canadian runner (d. 2006) 1983 – Jay Cutler , American football player1983 – Tommie Harris , American football player 1983 – David Lee , American basketball player 1984 – Kirby Cote , Canadian swimmer1984 – Paulius Jankūnas , Lithuanian basketball player 1984 – Lina Krasnoroutskaya , Russian tennis player 1984 – Vassilis Xanthopoulos , Greek basketball player 1985 – Jean-François Jacques , Canadian ice hockey player1986 – Byun Yo-han , South Korean actor[8] 1986 – Lee Chae-young , South Korean actress[9] 1986 – Viljar Veski , Estonian basketball player 1986 – Sisa Waqa , Fijian rugby league player 1986 – Monique Alfradique , Brazilian actress 1987 – Knut Børsheim , Norwegian golfer1987 – Sara Errani , Italian tennis player 1988 – Elías Hernández , Mexican footballer1988 – Alfred Hui , Hong Kong singer[10] 1988 – Jovan Leacock , American football player 1988 – Jonathan Toews , Canadian ice hockey player 1988 – Younha , South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer[11] 1991 – Adam Smith , English footballer1991 – Jung Hye-sung , South Korean actress[12] 1992 – Emilio Orozco , American soccer player1994 – Christina Shakovets , German tennis player1995 – Victoria Sinitsina , Russian ice dancer1996 – Katherine Langford , Australian actress1998 – Kimberly Birrell , Australian tennis player2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain , Spanish princess[13] 643 – Hou Junji , Chinese general and politician, Chancellor of the Tang dynasty 926 – Burchard II, Duke of Swabia (b. 883)1380 – Catherine of Siena , Italian mystic, philosopher, and saint (b. 1347)1417 – Louis II of Anjou (b. 1377)1594 – Thomas Cooper , English bishop, lexicographer, and theologian (b. 1517)1630 – Agrippa d'Aubigné , French soldier and poet (b. 1552)1658 – John Cleveland , English poet and author (b. 1613)1676 – Michiel de Ruyter , Dutch admiral (b. 1607)1688 – Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620)1698 – Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis , English politician, Lord Lieutenant of Suffolk (b. 1655)1707 – George Farquhar , Irish-English actor and playwright (b. 1678)1743 – Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre , French theorist and author (b. 1658)1768 – Georg Brandt , Swedish chemist and mineralogist (b. 1694)1771 – Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli , French-Italian architect, designed Winter Palace and Catherine Palace (b. 1700)1776 – Edward Wortley Montagu , English explorer and author (b. 1713)1793 – John Michell , English geologist and astronomer (b. 1724)1798 – Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus , Austrian entomologist and author (b. 1723)1833 – William Babington , Anglo-Irish physician and mineralogist (b. 1756)1854 – Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey , English field marshal and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Ireland (b. 1768)1903 – Paul Du Chaillu , French-American anthropologist and zoologist (b. 1835)1905 – Ignacio Cervantes , Cuban pianist and composer (b. 1847)1916 – Jørgen Pedersen Gram , Danish mathematician and academic (b. 1850)1920 – William H. Seward Jr. , American general and banker (b. 1839)1921 – Arthur Mold , English cricketer (b. 1863)1933 – Constantine P. Cavafy , Greek poet and journalist (b. 1863)1937 – William Gillette , American actor and playwright (b. 1853)1944 – Bernardino Machado , Portuguese academic and politician, 3rd President of Portugal (b. 1851)1945 – Matthias Kleinheisterkamp , German SS officer (b. 1893)1947 – Irving Fisher , American economist and statistician (b. 1867)1951 – Ludwig Wittgenstein , Austrian-English philosopher and academic (b. 1889)1954 – Kathleen Clarice Groom , Australian-English author and screenwriter (b. 1872)1956 – Harold Bride , English soldier and operator (b. 1890)1956 – Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb , German field marshal (b. 1876) 1959 – Kenneth Arthur Noel Anderson , India-born English soldier and Governor of Gibraltar (b. 1891)1964 – Rae Johnstone , Australian jockey (b. 1905)1966 – William Eccles , English physicist and engineer (b. 1875)1966 – Paula Strasberg , American actress, acting coach, and member of the Communist Party (b. 1909) 1967 – J. B. Lenoir , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1929)1968 – Lin Zhao , Chinese dissident and Christian executed during the Cultural Revolution (b. 1932)1976 – Edvard Drabløs , Norwegian actor and director (b. 1883)1978 – Theo Helfrich , German race car driver (b. 1913)1979 – Muhsin Ertuğrul , Turkish actor and director (b. 1892)1979 – Hardie Gramatky , American author and illustrator (b. 1907) 1980 – Alfred Hitchcock , English-American director and producer (b. 1899)1982 – Raymond Bussières , French actor, producer, and screenwriter (b. 1907)1992 – Mae Clarke , American actress (b. 1910)1993 – Michael Gordon , American actor and director (b. 1909)1993 – Mick Ronson , English guitarist, songwriter, and producer (b. 1946) 1997 – Mike Royko , American journalist and author (b. 1932)1998 – Hal Laycoe , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922)2000 – Phạm Văn Đồng , Vietnamese lieutenant and politician, 2nd Prime Minister of Vietnam (b. 1906)2001 – Arthur B. C. Walker, Jr. , American physicist and academic (b. 1936)2002 – Bob Akin , American race car driver and journalist (b. 1936)2003 – Janko Bobetko , Croatian Army general and Chief of the General Staff (b. 1919)2004 – Sid Smith , Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1925)2005 – William J. Bell , American screenwriter and producer (b. 1927)2005 – Louis Leithold , American mathematician and academic (b. 1924) 2006 – John Kenneth Galbraith , Canadian-American economist and diplomat, United States Ambassador to India (b. 1908)2007 – Milt Bocek , American baseball player and soldier (b. 1912)2007 – Josh Hancock , American baseball player (b. 1978) 2007 – Dick Motz , New Zealand cricketer and rugby player (b. 1940) 2007 – Ivica Račan , Croatian politician, 7th Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944) 2008 – Chuck Daigh , American race car driver (b. 1923)2008 – Albert Hofmann , Swiss chemist and academic (b. 1906) 2010 – Sandy Douglas , English computer scientist and academic, designed OXO 2011 – Siamak Pourzand , Iranian journalist and critic (b. 1931)2011 – Joanna Russ , American writer, academic and radical feminist (b. 1937)2012 – Shukri Ghanem , Libyan politician, Prime Minister of Libya (b. 1942)2012 – Joel Goldsmith , American composer and conductor (b. 1957) 2012 – Roland Moreno . French engineer, invented the smart card (b. 1945) 2012 – Kenny Roberts , American singer-songwriter (b. 1926) 2013 – Alex Elisala , New Zealand-Australian rugby player (b. 1992)2013 – Pesah Grupper , Israeli politician, 13th Israel Minister of Agriculture (b. 1924) 2013 – Parekura Horomia , New Zealand politician, 40th Minister of Māori Affairs (b. 1950) 2013 – John La Montaine , American pianist and composer (b. 1920) 2013 – Ernest Michael , American mathematician and scholar (b. 1925) 2013 – Kevin Moore , English footballer (b. 1958) 2013 – Marianna Zachariadi , Greek pole vaulter (b. 1990) 2014 – Iveta Bartošová , Czech singer and actress (b. 1966)2014 – Al Feldstein , American author and illustrator (b. 1925) 2014 – Bob Hoskins , English actor (b. 1942) 2014 – Michael Kadosh , Israeli footballer and manager (b. 1940) 2015 – François Michelin , French businessman (b. 1926)2015 – Jean Nidetch , American businesswoman, co-founded Weight Watchers (b. 1923) 2015 – Calvin Peete , American golfer (b. 1943) 2015 – Dan Walker , American lawyer and politician, 36th Governor of Illinois (b. 1922) 2016 – Renato Corona , Filipino lawyer and jurist, 23rd Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the Philippines (b. 1948)2019 – John Singleton , American film director, producer and screenwriter (b. 1968)2019 – Josef Šural , Czech footballer (b. 1990) Holidays and observances [ edit ] References [ edit ] ^ The Bell mountain, Cerro La Campana , which Charles Darwin ascended on 17 August 1834 [1] File:Cerro La Campana.jpg File:Placa de darwin en cerro La Campana Olmue Chile.jpg ^ Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities . Menasha, Wisc.: G. Banta Co. 1977. p. 346. OCLC 1519027 Watts, Michelle Taylor (2016). "Fraternities and Sororities". In Wherry, Frederick F.; Schor, Juliet (eds.). The SAGE Encyclopedia of Economics and Society ISBN 9781452226439 ^ Bartlett, Nancy, ed. (2006). The University of Michigan and China: 1845–2006 OCLC 69652031 . ^ Root, John D. (2013). "Cambodian Incursion (April 29—July 22, 1970)". In Willbanks, James H. (ed.). Vietnam War: The Essential Reference Guide ISBN 9781610691031 ^ Herbers, John (April 30, 1974). "Nixon Will Give Edited Tape Transcripts on Watergate to House and the Public". The New York Times . pp. 1, 32. ^ Ranter, Harro. "ASN Aircraft accident Boeing 747-428BCF N949CA Bagram Air Base (BPM)" . aviation-safety.net . Retrieved 2019-07-13 . ^ "The Parliament of Tasmania from 1856" . www.parliament.tas.gov.au . Retrieved 2017-10-25 .^ "Byun Yo-han (변요한, Korean actor)" . HanCinema . Retrieved 29 April 2019 .^ 이채영, sidusHQ와 전속계약..장혁·김우빈과 한솥밥[공식입장] . 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