April 29
Today is the 120th day of 2016, there are 246 days left in the year.
1429 - Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a victory over the English.
1861 - Maryland's House of Representatives voted against seceding from the Union.
1862 - New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War.
1899 - Jazz musician and bandleader Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington in Washington, D.C.
1901 - Hirohito, ruler of Japan during World War II and Japan's longest-reigning monarch, was born.
1916 - The Easter Uprising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities.
1945 - Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler married his longtime mistress Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker. (The couple killed themselves the next day.)
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany.
1974 - President Richard Nixon announced he was releasing edited transcripts of some secretly made White House tape recordings related to the Watergate scandal.
1980 - Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age 80.
1981 - Truck driver Peter Sutcliffe admitted in a London court to being the "Yorkshire Ripper", the killer of 13 women in northern England over five years.
1992 - Deadly rioting that caused $1 billion in damages erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King. Fifty-four people were killed in the riots.
1996 - The musical "Rent" opened on Broadway.
1997 - A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect.
1997 - The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from the Mir space station.
2011 - British heir Prince William married Kate Middleton in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.
Birthdays
22 - Michael Taber (actor)
30 - Amy Heidemann (singer) (native of Seward, NE)
30 - Crystal Hefner (model)
33 - Megan Boone (actress)
33 - Jay Cutler (football player)
39 - Titus O'Neil (professional wrestler)
44 - Derek Mears (actor)
44 - Erica Campbell (gospel singer)
46 - Uma Thurman (actress)
46 - Andre Agassi (tennis player)
47 - Paul Adelstein (actor)
49 - Master P (rapper)
58 - Michelle Pfeiffer (actress)
58 - Eve Plumb (actress)
59 - Daniel Day-Lewis (actor)
61 - Kate Mulgrew (actress)
62 - Jerry Seinfeld (actor/comedian)
83 - Willie Nelson (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 29
1901 - His Eminence won the Kentucky Derby.
1931 - Wes Ferrell of the Cleveland Indians no-hits the St. Louis Browns.
1936 - The first professional baseball game is played in Japan. Nagoya defeats Daitokyo 8-5.
1941 - The Boston Bees change their name to the Boston Braves.
1961 - ABC television debuts ABC's Wide World of Sports, hosted by Jim McKay.
1980 - The Detroit Lions select Oklahoma running back Billy Sims with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.
1980 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1980 NFL Draft: TE - Junior Miller (1st round, 7th pick, Atlanta); DT - Rod Horn (3rd round, Cincinnati); DE - Bill Barnett (3rd round, Miami); WR - Tim Smith (3rd round, Houston); RB - I.M. Hipp (4th round, Atlanta); DT - Dan Pensick (5th round, Kansas City); OG - John Havekost (7th round, Denver); C - Kelly Saalfeld (9th round, Green Bay); OT - Mark Goodspeed (9th round, Miami); and WR - Kenny Brown (10th round, Minnesota)
1981 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies becomes the first lefty to strike out 3,000 batters.
1986 - Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox set a major league record by striking out 20 of 21 batters in a regular nine-inning game against the Seattle Mariners. (He would repeat the feat ten years later in 1996.)
1986 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Auburn running back Bo Jackson with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.
1986 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft: FB - Tom Rathman (3rd round, San Francisco); DE - Jim Skow (3rd round, Cincinnati); RB - Paul Miles (7th round, Seattle); and C - Bill Lewis (7th round, Los Angeles Raiders)
1987 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs hits for the cycle.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 9-0 for their first win of the season, snapping a 21-game losing streak to start the year.
1995 - John Nonely of the Kansas City Royals becomes the 70th player in major league history to hit a home run in his first career at-bat.
1996 - New York Mets reliever John Franco becomes the first left-hander to record 300 saves.
1997 - Chili Davis of the Kansas City Royals becomes the 75th player in major league history with 300 home runs.
2006 - Trevor Hoffman appears as a pitcher in his 803rd game for the San Diego Padres establiishing a new record for games pitched for any one team.
2006 - The Houston Texans select North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2006 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft: S - Daniel Bullocks (2nd round, Detroit); P - Sam Koch (6th round, Baltimore); DT - LeKevin Smith (6th round, New England); and DT - Titus Adams (7th round, New York Jets)
2015 - The Chicago 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.
Today is the 120th day of 2016, there are 246 days left in the year.
1429 - Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a victory over the English.
1861 - Maryland's House of Representatives voted against seceding from the Union.
1862 - New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War.
1899 - Jazz musician and bandleader Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington in Washington, D.C.
1901 - Hirohito, ruler of Japan during World War II and Japan's longest-reigning monarch, was born.
1916 - The Easter Uprising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities.
1945 - Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler married his longtime mistress Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker. (The couple killed themselves the next day.)
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany.
1974 - President Richard Nixon announced he was releasing edited transcripts of some secretly made White House tape recordings related to the Watergate scandal.
1980 - Film director Alfred Hitchcock died at age 80.
1981 - Truck driver Peter Sutcliffe admitted in a London court to being the "Yorkshire Ripper", the killer of 13 women in northern England over five years.
1992 - Deadly rioting that caused $1 billion in damages erupted in Los Angeles after a jury in Simi Valley acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King. Fifty-four people were killed in the riots.
1996 - The musical "Rent" opened on Broadway.
1997 - A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect.
1997 - The first joint U.S.-Russian space walk was made by Jerry Linenger and Vasily Tsibliyev from the Mir space station.
2011 - British heir Prince William married Kate Middleton in a lavish royal wedding at Westminster Abbey in London.
Birthdays
22 - Michael Taber (actor)
30 - Amy Heidemann (singer) (native of Seward, NE)
30 - Crystal Hefner (model)
33 - Megan Boone (actress)
33 - Jay Cutler (football player)
39 - Titus O'Neil (professional wrestler)
44 - Derek Mears (actor)
44 - Erica Campbell (gospel singer)
46 - Uma Thurman (actress)
46 - Andre Agassi (tennis player)
47 - Paul Adelstein (actor)
49 - Master P (rapper)
58 - Michelle Pfeiffer (actress)
58 - Eve Plumb (actress)
59 - Daniel Day-Lewis (actor)
61 - Kate Mulgrew (actress)
62 - Jerry Seinfeld (actor/comedian)
83 - Willie Nelson (country singer)
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Today in Sports History - April 29
1901 - His Eminence won the Kentucky Derby.
1931 - Wes Ferrell of the Cleveland Indians no-hits the St. Louis Browns.
1936 - The first professional baseball game is played in Japan. Nagoya defeats Daitokyo 8-5.
1941 - The Boston Bees change their name to the Boston Braves.
1961 - ABC television debuts ABC's Wide World of Sports, hosted by Jim McKay.
1980 - The Detroit Lions select Oklahoma running back Billy Sims with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.
1980 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1980 NFL Draft: TE - Junior Miller (1st round, 7th pick, Atlanta); DT - Rod Horn (3rd round, Cincinnati); DE - Bill Barnett (3rd round, Miami); WR - Tim Smith (3rd round, Houston); RB - I.M. Hipp (4th round, Atlanta); DT - Dan Pensick (5th round, Kansas City); OG - John Havekost (7th round, Denver); C - Kelly Saalfeld (9th round, Green Bay); OT - Mark Goodspeed (9th round, Miami); and WR - Kenny Brown (10th round, Minnesota)
1981 - Steve Carlton of the Philadelphia Phillies becomes the first lefty to strike out 3,000 batters.
1986 - Roger Clemens of the Boston Red Sox set a major league record by striking out 20 of 21 batters in a regular nine-inning game against the Seattle Mariners. (He would repeat the feat ten years later in 1996.)
1986 - The Tampa Bay Buccaneers select Auburn running back Bo Jackson with the No. 1 pick in the NFL Draft.
1986 - The following Huskers were selected in the 1986 NFL Draft: FB - Tom Rathman (3rd round, San Francisco); DE - Jim Skow (3rd round, Cincinnati); RB - Paul Miles (7th round, Seattle); and C - Bill Lewis (7th round, Los Angeles Raiders)
1987 - Andre Dawson of the Chicago Cubs hits for the cycle.
1988 - The Baltimore Orioles beat the Chicago White Sox 9-0 for their first win of the season, snapping a 21-game losing streak to start the year.
1995 - John Nonely of the Kansas City Royals becomes the 70th player in major league history to hit a home run in his first career at-bat.
1996 - New York Mets reliever John Franco becomes the first left-hander to record 300 saves.
1997 - Chili Davis of the Kansas City Royals becomes the 75th player in major league history with 300 home runs.
2006 - Trevor Hoffman appears as a pitcher in his 803rd game for the San Diego Padres establiishing a new record for games pitched for any one team.
2006 - The Houston Texans select North Carolina State defensive end Mario Williams with the first pick in the NFL Draft.
2006 - The following Huskers were selected in the 2006 NFL Draft: S - Daniel Bullocks (2nd round, Detroit); P - Sam Koch (6th round, Baltimore); DT - LeKevin Smith (6th round, New England); and DT - Titus Adams (7th round, New York Jets)
2015 - The Chicago 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.
