History of 29 April
- 1990 – The destruction of the Berlin Wall began.
- 1992 – Exxon executive Sidney Reso was kidnapped outside his Morris Township, NJ, home by Arthur Seale. Seale was a former Exxon security official. Reso died while in captivity.
- 1992 – Rioting began after a jury decision to acquit four Los Angeles policemen in the Rodney King beating trial. 54 people were killed in 3 days.
- 1994 – Israel and the PLO signed an agreement in Paris which granted Palestinians broad authority to set taxes, control trade and regulate banks under self-rule in the Gaza Strip and Jericho.
- 1996 – Former CIA Director William Colby was missing and presumed drowned after an apparent boating accident in Maryland. Colby’s body was later recovered.
- 1997 – Staff Sgt. Delmar Simpson, a drill instructor at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, was convicted of raping six female trainees. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison and was dishonorably discharged.
- 1997 – Astronaut Jerry Linenger and cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev went on the first U.S.-Russian space walk.
- 1998 – The U.S., Canada and Mexico end tariffs on $1 billion in NAFTA trade.
- 1998 – Brazil announced a plan to protect a large area of Amazon forest. The area was about the size of Colorado.
- 2002 – Kelsey Grammer and his production company, Grammnet Inc., were ordered to pay more than $2 million in unpaid commissions to his former talent agency.
- 2003 – Mr. T (Laurence Tureaud) filed a lawsuit against Best Buy Co. Inc., that claimed the store did not have permission to use his likeness in a print ad.
- 2009 – NATO expelled two Russian diplomats from NATO headquarters in Brussels over a spy scandal in Estonia. Russia’s Foreign Ministry criticized the expulsions.
- 2015 – The White Sox beat the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 at Camden Yards. The game was played without a crowd present due to the ongoing riots and protests in Baltimore. This was the first time a Major League Baseball game was played in front of an empty house.
Celebrating Birthday Today
- 1981 – Lisa Allen, English chef
- 1981 – George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer
- 1981 – Émilie Mondor, Canadian runner (d. 2006)
- 1983 – Jay Cutler, American football player
- 1983 – Tommie Harris, American football player
- 1983 – David Lee, American basketball player
- 1984 – Kirby Cote, Canadian swimmer
- 1984 – Paulius Jankūnas, Lithuanian basketball player
- 1984 – Lina Krasnoroutskaya, Russian tennis player
- 1984 – Vassilis Xanthopoulos, Greek basketball player
- 1985 – Jean-François Jacques, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1986 – Byun Yo-han, South Korean actor
- 1986 – Lee Chae-young, South Korean actress
- 1986 – Viljar Veski, Estonian basketball player
- 1986 – Sisa Waqa, Fijian rugby league player
- 1986 – Monique Alfradique, Brazilian actress
- 1987 – Knut Børsheim, Norwegian golfer
- 1987 – Sara Errani, Italian tennis player
- 1988 – Elías Hernández, Mexican footballer
- 1988 – Alfred Hui, Hong Kong singer
- 1988 – Jovan Leacock, American football player
- 1988 – Taoufik Makhloufi, Algerian athlete
- 1988 – Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1988 – Younha, South Korean singer-songwriter and record producer
- 1991 – Adam Smith, English footballer
- 1991 – Jung Hye-sung, South Korean actress
- 1992 – Emilio Orozco, American soccer player
- 1992 – Alina Rosenberg, German Paralympic equestrian
- 1994 – Christina Shakovets, German tennis player
- 1995 – Victoria Sinitsina, Russian ice dancer
- 1996 – Katherine Langford, Australian actress
- 1998 – Kimberly Birrell, Australian tennis player
- 2007 – Infanta Sofía of Spain, Spanish princess