On This Day in History April 29, 2023

Historical Events 1862  New Orleans falls to Union forces during US Civil War 1864  Battle of Gate Pa (Pukehinahina): 1,700 British troops suffer their worst defeat of the New Zealand Wars at the hands of 230 entrenched Maori warriors in Tauranga 1916  Irish republicans abandon the post office in Dublin and surrender unconditionally, marking the end of the Easter Rising 1945  US Army liberates 31,601 people from the Dachau Nazi concentration camp in Germany 1975  Vietnam War: US begins to evacuate its citizens from Saigon in Operation Frequent Wind in response to advancing North Vietnamese forces, bringing an end to US involvement in the war 1990  Wrecking cranes began tearing down the Berlin Wall at the Brandenburg Gate 1991  Cyclone strikes the Chittagong district in Bangladesh, killing 139,000 people and leaving 10 million homeless 1997  Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 comes into force, outlaws production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories Famous Birthdays Alexander II 1818 - 1881 Duke Ellington 1899 - 1974 William Randolph Hearst 1863 - 1951 Willie Nelson 90th Birthday More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Alfred Hitchcock 1899 - 1980 John Kenneth Galbraith 1908 - 2006 More Famous Deaths April 29: WR Hearst – The Master of Fake News Newspaper mogul William Randolph Hearst was a towering figure of his age. Immensely wealthy, he believed he had unlimited influence, even on matters of war. Read the Article