Born on April 29
April 29 birthdays & history
If you were born on April 29, you share a birthday with Hirohito, Henri Poincaré and Daniel Day-Lewis. April 29 babies are Taurus, with diamond as their birthstone and the daisy as their birth flower. April 29 is the 120th day of the year in leap years (119th in other years).
Famous people born on April 29
- 1901Hirohito, Japanese emperor
- 1854Henri Poincaré, French mathematician, physicist and engineer
- 1957Daniel Day-Lewis, British actor
- 1970Uma Thurman, American actress
- 1958Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress
- 1970Andre Agassi, American tennis player
- 1899Duke Ellington, American pianist, composer and bandleader
- 1893Harold Urey, American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1863Constantine P. Cavafy, Egyptian-Greek journalist and poet
- 1954Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian, actor and producer
What happened on April 29
- 1670Emilio Altieri is elected pope after a four-month conclave and takes the name Clement X.
- 1826In Parramatta, Australia, Scottish astronomer James Dunlop discovered Centaurus A, which was later recognised as one of the nearest radio galaxies to Earth.
- 1910Parliament passed the People's Budget, the first budget in British history with the express intent of redistributing wealth.
- 1911Tsinghua University, one of mainland China's leading universities, is founded.
- 1922Sixteen-year-old Lilian Salkeld became the first woman to walk from London to Brighton.
- 1953The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
- 2011Watched by a worldwide television audience of tens of millions, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey in London.
- 2011The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
Also observed on April 29
- International Dance Day (UNESCO)
- Shōwa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period, which is April 29 and May 3–5. (Japan)
Questions, answered
What star sign is April 29?
People born on April 29 are Taurus. Their birthstone is diamond and their birth flower is the daisy.
Which famous people were born on April 29?
Hirohito (1901), Henri Poincaré (1854), Daniel Day-Lewis (1957), Uma Thurman (1970), Michelle Pfeiffer (1958), Andre Agassi (1970) were all born on April 29.
What happened on April 29 in history?
Among other things: in 1953, The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast shows an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV; in 2011, Watched by a worldwide television audience of tens of millions, Prince William and Catherine Middleton were married at Westminster Abbey in London; in 2011, The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
Can I get a newspaper front page from April 29?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any April 29 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “April 29”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.