TODAY IN HISTORY
TODAY IS SATURDAY, APRIL 29, the 119th day of 2017. There are 246 days left in the year. TODAY’S HIGHLIGHT IN HISTORY: On this date in 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, Calif., acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King. The verdicts were followed by several days of rioting in Los Angeles, resulting in 55 deaths.
In 1429, Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.
In 1798, Joseph Haydn’s oratorio “The Creation” was rehearsed in Vienna, Austria, before an invited audience.
In 1861, the Maryland House of Delegates voted 53-13 against seceding from the Union.
In 1916, the Easter Rising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities.
In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp.
In 1957, the SM-1, the first military nuclear power plant, was dedicated at Fort Belvoir, Va.
In 1967, Aretha Franklin’s cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect” was released as a single by Atlantic Records.
In 1987, Ronnie DeSillers, a 7-yearold
liver recipient whose story had prompted thousands of Americans, including President Ronald Reagan, to lend support, died at a Pittsburgh hospital while awaiting a fourth transplant.
In 2011, Britain’s Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at London’s Westminster Abbey.
TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Actor Keith Baxter is 84. Bluesman Otis Rush is 82. Country singer Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 74. Singer Tommy James is 70. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 63. Actor Leslie Jordan and actress Kate Mulgrew are 62. Actor Daniel DayLewis is 60. Actresses Michelle Pfeiffer and Eve Plumb are 59. Singer Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 49. Actor Paul Adelstein is 48. Actress Uma Thurman and International Tennis Hall-of-Famer Andre Agassi are 47. Country singer James Bonamy and gospel/rhythm-andblues singer Erica Campbell (Mary Mary) are 45. Actor Tyler Labine is 39. Actress Megan Boone is 34. Actress-model Taylor Cole is 33. Actor Zane Carney is 32. Pop singer Amy Heidemann (Karmin) is 31. Pop singer Foxes is 28.