Today In History

Today is Thursday, April 29, the 119th day of 2021. There are 246 days left in the year.

TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT

› 1992: A jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths.

ON THIS DATE

› 1913: Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken, New Jersey, received a U.S. patent for a “separable fastener” — later known as the zipper.

› 1945: During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.

› 1957: The SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Virginia.

› 1967: Aretha Franklin’s cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect” was released as a single by Atlantic Records.

› 1961: “ABC’s Wide World of Sports” premiered, with Jim McKay as host.

› 1983: Harold Washington was sworn in as the first Black mayor of Chicago.

› 2010: The U.S. Navy officially ended a ban on women serving on submarines. The NCAA’s Board of Directors approved a 68-team format for the men’s basketball tournament beginning the next season.

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS

Actor Keith Baxter is 88. Conductor Zubin Mehta is 85. Pop singer Bob Miranda (The Happenings) is 79. Country singer Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 78. Singer Tommy James is

74. Actor Leslie Jordan is 66. Actor Kate Mulgrew is 66. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 64. Actor Michelle Pfeiffer is 63. Actor Eve Plumb is 63. Rock musician Phil King is 61. Country singer Stephanie Bentley is 58. Actor Vincent Ventresca is 55. Singer Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is

53. Actor Paul Adelstein is

52. Actor Uma Thurman is 51. International Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi is 51. Rapper Master P is 51. Actor Darby Stanchfield is 50. Rock musician Mike Hogan (The Cranberries) is 48. Actor Tyler Labine is 43. Actor Megan Boone is 38. Actor-model Taylor Cole is 37. Pop singer Amy Heidemann (Karmin) is

35. NHL center Jonathan Toews is 33. Pop singer Foxes is 32. Actor Grace Kaufman is 19.