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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.

Novità del giorno : 29 Aprile

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.

Citazione del giorno : 29 Aprile

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

Compleanni : 29 Aprile

Arthur Wellesley, Duke of Wellington, Maresciallo inglese (1769)
Alexander II, Imperatore di Tutte le Russie (1818)
Georges Boulanger, Generale et uomo politico francese (1837)
Raja Ravi Varma, Pittore indiano (1848)
Henri Poincaré, Matematico e fisico francese (1854)
William Randolph Hearst, Magnate della stampa americano (1863)
Zewditu I, Imperatrice d'Etiopia (1876)
Harold Urey, Chimico americano, premio Nobel (1893)
Duke Ellington, Pianista e compositore americano (1899)
Hirohito, Imperatore del Giappone (1901)
Tino Rossi, Cantante francese (1907)
Fred Zinnemann, Regista austriaco-americano (1907)
Tom Ewell, Attore americano (1909)
Gérard Oury, Regista francese (1919)
Zizi Jeanmaire, Ballerina francese (1924)
Jean Rochefort, Attore francese (1930)
Zubin Mehta, Direttore d'orchestra indiano (1936)
Bernard Madoff, Ex agente di borsa americano, condannato a 150 anni di carcere (1938)
Jerry Seinfeld, Comico americano (1954)
Daniel Day-Lewis, Attore inglese (1957)
Michelle Pfeiffer, Attrice americana (1958)
Paul Adelstein, Attore americano (1969)
Andre Agassi, Tennista americano (1970)
Uma Thurman, Attrice americana (1970)
Anggun, Cantante indonesiana (1974)
Phạm Văn Quyến, Calciatore vietnamita (1984)

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Agrippa d'Aubigné, Poeta francese (1630)
Bernardino Machado, Presidente del Portogallo (1944)
Irving Fisher, Economista americano (1947)
William Eccles, Fisico inglese (1966)
Anthony Mann, Regista americano (1967)
Alfred Hitchcock, Regista inglese (1980)
Phạm Văn Đồng, Politico vietnamita (2000)
John Kenneth Galbraith, Economista canadese-americano (2006)
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