April 29 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for April 29
In the headlines today:

1992	Rioting breaks out after four Los Angeles policemen are acquitted of assaulting black motorist Rodney King.
1989	Tom Petty's Full Moon Fever album is released on MCA. (Photo credit: MCA)
1986	Boston Red Sox pitcher Roger Clemens sets a major league baseball record by striking out 20 batters, as the BoSox beat the Seattle Mariners, 3-2.
1983	Harold Washington is sworn in as the first black mayor of Chicago.
1975	North Vietnamese forces fight their way into Saigon, forcing the US to evacuate its embassy staff.
1974	US president Richard Nixon announces he is releasing edited transcripts of secret White House recordings about the Watergate break-in. (photo credit: NARA)
1968	The rock musical Hair moves from Greenwich Village to Broadway.
1965	NASA launches the Explorer 27 satellite to study the Earth's gravity.
1961	Wide World of Sports makes its first appearance on the ABC-TV network.
1954	India formally recognizes Tibet as part of Red China.
1945	Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun; Admiral Karl Doenitz is named Hitler's successor.
1862	New Orleans, Louisiana, falls to Union forces during the US Civil War.
1861	Maryland votes against seceding from the Union, during the US Civil War.