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Notable anniversaries in history for today: April 29
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Al Balding in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; Canadian Tour golfer (Québec Open-1952).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Renée Jeanmaire in Paris, France; dancer (Hans Christian Anderson).
- 90th: 1934 - Birth of Pedro Pires; premier (Cape Verde, 1975-91).
- 90th: 1934 - Pittsburgh is last Major Baseball League city to play a home game on a Sunday.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Richard Kline; actor (Three's Company, The Bold and the Beautiful).
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX.
- 80th: 1944 - Birth of Jim Hart in Evanston, Illinois, USA; NFL quarterback (Saint Louis Cardinals).
- 80th: 1944 - Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague.
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Jerry Seinfeld; comedian/actor (Seinfeld).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Bill Paxon; American politician (Representative-Republican-New York).
- 70th: 1954 - Birth of Deborah Iyall; rocker (Romeo Void).
- 60th: 1964 - Princess Irene marries Spanish Prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma.
- 60th: 1964 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 50th: 1974 - Birth of Alana Blahoski; ice hockey forward (USA, Olympics-1998).
- 40th: 1984 - In Central Italy, a magnitude 6.1 earthquake occurs.
- 40th: 1984 - Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic.
- 30th: 1994 - Bill Quinn, American actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff), dies at age 81.
- 30th: 1994 - Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor, Kenya, kills over 300.
- 30th: 1994 - Israel and Palestinian Liberation Organization sign economic accord.
- 30th: 1994 - Commodore International declares bankruptcy.
- 20th: 2004 - The last Oldsmobile car rolls off of the assembly line in the USA, ending 107 years of production.
- 20th: 2004 - In Washington, D.C., the National World War II Memorial opens on 7.4 acres of land.
- 15th: 2009 - In Baghdad, Iraq, three car bombs kill at least 41 people and wound at least 70.
- 15th: 2009 - NATO expels two Russian diplomats from NATO headquarters in Brussels over a spy scandal in Estonia.
- 15th: 2009 - (to May 1) Heritage Numismatic Auctions conductions coin auctions at the Central States Numismatic Society convention in Cincinnati, Ohio. Some highlights:
- US 1804 Draped Bust dollar, Adams-Carter specimen, Class III, PR-58 PCGS: US$2.3 million;
- US 1794 Flowing Hair dollar, AU-55 NGC: US$345,000;
- US 1795 Draped Bust, Small Eagle, Centered Bust dollar, MS-65 PCGS US$253,000;
- US 1870-S Seated Liberty dollar, one of ten known, EF-40 PCGS: US$503,125.
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