eso ha pasado un 29 Abril

1945 : Liberation of the Dachau concentration camp


On April 29, 1945, the 7th U.S. Army liberated the Dachau concentration camp . Dachau was the first concentration camp opened in Germany, near Munich, to lock up political opponents.

1991 : Cyclone in Bangladesh


On April 29, 1991, a cyclone hit Bangladesh with winds of 250km / h and a storm surge of 6 meters high, killing 138,000 people and leaving millions homeless.

1992 : Riots in Los Angeles


On April 29, 1992, riots broke out in the announcement of the acquittal of policemen who had beaten a motorcyclist, Rodney King, in front of the cameras. 53 people were killed.

2007 : Western hairstyles are forbidden in Iran


On April 29, 2007, Iranian police warned the hairdressers and barbers that they will lose their license if they give Western hairstyles. The hairstyles and clothes should be Islamic and violators would be punished
Women not observing the dress code will be banned from the capital and will be exiled to the countryside.

2011 : Royal wedding in the UK


On April 29, 2011, Prince William of Wales, grand son of the Queen of the United Kingdom and future sovereign, marries Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey.

Actualidad del día : 29 Abril

International Dance Day
On 29 April, we celebrated the International Day of Dance, under the auspices of the UNESCO. The chosen date is the birthday of the balletmaster Jean-Georges Noverre. The aim is to impress upon people the importance of dance in all world cultures.

Cita del día : 29 Abril

Prince William of Wales
I'm always open for people saying I'm wrong because most of the time I am.

Cumpleaños : 29 Abril

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Mariscal de campo inglés (1769)
Alexander II, Emperador de Todas las Rusias (1818)
Georges Boulanger, General y político francés (1837)
Raja Ravi Varma, Pintor indio (1848)
Henri Poincaré, Matemático y físico francés (1854)
William Randolph Hearst, Magnate de la prensa estadounidense (1863)
Zewditu I, Emperatriz de Etiopía (1876)
Harold Urey, Químico americano, premio Nobel (1893)
Duke Ellington, Pianista y compositor americano (1899)
Hirohito, Emperador de Japón (1901)
Tino Rossi, Cantante francés (1907)
Fred Zinnemann, Director austriaco-estadounidense (1907)
Tom Ewell, Actor americano (1909)
Gérard Oury, Director de cine francés (1919)
Zizi Jeanmaire, Bailarina francesa (1924)
Jean Rochefort, Actor francés (1930)
Zubin Mehta, Conductor de la India (1936)
Bernard Madoff, Ex corredor de bolsa estadounidense, condenado a 150 años de prisión (1938)
Jerry Seinfeld, Comediante estadounidense (1954)
Daniel Day-Lewis, Actor inglés (1957)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Actriz americana (1958)
Paul Adelstein, Actor americano (1969)
Andre Agassi, Jugador de tenis estadounidense (1970)
Uma Thurman, Actriz americana (1970)
Anggun, Cantante indonesia (1974)
Phạm Văn Quyến, Jugador de fútbol de Vietnam (1984)

Nos han dejado un 29 Abril

Agrippa d'Aubigné, Poeta francés (1630)
Bernardino Machado, Presidente de Portugal (1944)
Irving Fisher, Economista americano (1947)
William Eccles, Físico inglés (1966)
Anthony Mann, Director de cine americano (1967)
Alfred Hitchcock, Director de cine inglés (1980)
Phạm Văn Đồng, Político vietnamita (2000)
John Kenneth Galbraith, Economista canadiense-estadounidense (2006)
Otras fechas
Vue mer : crédit photo Aseed