Historical highlights for Sunday, April 29, 2018: Day 119 of the Year
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1810s
1860s
- BORN 1863: WILLIAM HEARST (EDITOR/PUBLISHER)
- 1864: THETA XI, FIRST PROFESSIONAL FRATERNITY, FOUNDED, TROY, NEW YORK
1890s
1900s
- BORN 1901: HIROHITO (EMPEROR OF JAPAN)
- 1903: A LANDSLIDE IN FRANK, ALBERTA, KILLED AT LEAST 70 PEOPLE
- BORN 1907: FRED ZINNEMANN (DIRECTOR OF FILM)
1930s
1940s
1950s
- BORN 1951: DALE EARNHARDT (RACE CAR DRIVER)
- BORN 1954: JERRY SEINFELD (COMEDIAN & ACTOR)
- BORN 1957: DANIEL DAY-LEWIS (ACTOR)
- BORN 1958: EVE PLUMB (ACTRESS)
1960s
1970s
1980s
- DIED 1980: ALFRED HITCHCOCK (FILMMAKER)
- 1988: THE FIRST CONDOR TO BE CONCEIVED IN CAPTIVITY HATCHED AT THE SAN DIEGO WILD ANIMAL PARK HELPING TO BRING THE SPECIES BACK FROM THE BRINK OF EXTINCTION
2000s
- 2004: THE WORLD WAR II MEMORIAL IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OPENED TO THE PUBLIC
- DIED 2005: WILLIAM J. BELL (WRITER AND PRODUCER)
- 2008: A PERFECT PINK RING AROUND THE SUN WAS VISIBLE FOR SEVERAL HOURS FROM KEY LARGO TO KEY WEST, FLORIDA. IT’S KNOWN AS THE RARE HALO PHENOMENON, A REFRACTION OF LIGHT THROUGH MULTIPLE LAYERS OF ICE-CRYSTAL CLOUDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. A HALO USUALLY INDICATES THAT RAIN IS ON THE WAY.
2010s
- 2011: PRINCE WILLIAM MARRIED CATHERINE MIDDLETON
- 2014: ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF THE SUN.
- DIED 2014: BOB HOSKINS (ACTOR)
