On This Day - April 29th

Featured Event:

British royal wedding (2011) 👑

On this day in 2011, Prince William of Wales, second in line to the British throne, married his longtime girlfriend, Catherine Middleton

Other Events:

1770: British explorer James Cook made his first landing in Australia, at Botany Bay. 🇦🇺

1991: A tropical cyclone struck Bangladesh, killing an estimated 140,000 people and causing 10 million to lose their homes. 🌪️

1992: Riots erupted in Los Angeles in response to the verdict of a highly publicized trial of four white Los Angeles police officers who were acquitted of charges related to the 1991 beating of Rodney King, a black motorist who had resisted arrest. 💥

2018: The Simpsons aired its 636th episode, surpassing Gunsmoke (1955–75) to become the longest-running scripted prime-time show in the United States. 📺

Holidays:

International Dance Day 🇺🇳 (UNESCO)

Featured Birthdays:

1854: Henri Poincaré 🇫🇷 (Mathematician)

1901: Hirohito 🇯🇵 (Emperor)

1954: Jerry Seinfeld 🇺🇸 (Comedian)

1957: Daniel Day-Lewis 🇺🇸 (Actor)

Featured Deaths:

1951: Ludwig Wittgenstein 🇬🇧 (Philosopher)

1980: Alfred Hitchcock 🇺🇸 (Director)

2019: John Singleton 🇺🇸 (Director)