blob: 66d5151e75b740089cf2c1b1b9232e2d7eaeb362 (
plain) (
blame)
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
|
<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/April_29" title="April 29">April 29</a></b>
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1770" title="1770">1770</a> – On <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_voyage_of_James_Cook" title="First voyage of James Cook">his first voyage</a>, British explorer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Cook" title="James Cook">James Cook</a> and the crew of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Endeavour" title="HMS Endeavour">HMS <i>Endeavour</i></a></b> landed at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Botany_Bay" title="Botany Bay">Botany Bay</a>, making the first recorded European landfall on the eastern coast of Australia.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1903" title="1903">1903</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Slide" title="Frank Slide">A rockslide</a></b> buried part of the Canadian mining town of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank,_Alberta" title="Frank, Alberta">Frank</a> under 110 million tonnes of rock, killing around 70 people.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1944" title="1944">1944</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">Second World War</a>: British agent <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Wake" title="Nancy Wake">Nancy Wake</a></b> parachuted into <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Auvergne" title="Auvergne">Auvergne</a>, France, becoming a liaison between the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_Operations_Executive" title="Special Operations Executive">Special Operations Executive</a> and the local <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maquis_(World_War_II)" title="Maquis (World War II)">Maquis</a> group.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1968" title="1968">1968</a> – The controversial <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadway_theatre" title="Broadway theatre">Broadway</a> musical <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hair_(musical)" title="Hair (musical)">Hair</a></b></i>, a product of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Counterculture_of_the_1960s" title="Counterculture of the 1960s">counterculture of the 1960s</a>, opened, with its songs becoming anthems of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opposition_to_United_States_involvement_in_the_Vietnam_War" title="Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War">anti-Vietnam War movement</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" title="2006">2006</a> – <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclone_Mala" title="Cyclone Mala">Cyclone Mala</a></b> made landfall near <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thandwe" title="Thandwe">Thandwe</a>, Myanmar, causing 37 deaths.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Farquhar" title="George Farquhar">George Farquhar</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1707); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marietta_Blau" title="Marietta Blau">Marietta Blau</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1894); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giacomo_dalla_Torre_del_Tempio_di_Sanguinetto" title="Giacomo dalla Torre del Tempio di Sanguinetto">Giacomo dalla Torre</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2020)</p>
|
