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It happened on a… April 29

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It happened on a… April 29
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2019

Sports Illustrated features a Muslim model, Halima Aden, in a Burkini for the first time in their swimsuit edition.

2018

Animated series “The Simpsons” surpasses 635-episode count of “Gunsmoke”‘; highest number of episodes of any series on TV.

2011

The Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton.

2004

Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production

1991

A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 miles per hour (249 km/h), killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless.

1981

Steve Carlton, of the Philadelphia Phillies, became the first left-handed pitcher in the major leagues to get 3,000 career strikeouts.

1971

Quebec Premier Robert Bourassa 1933-1997 outlines his James Bay project; Hydro Quebec to build $6 billion hydroelectric power project in James Bay region; largest such development ever undertaken in western hemisphere.

1967

“Respect” single released by Aretha Franklin (Billboard Song of the Year 1967).

1961

ABC’s “Wide World of Sports” debuts.

1945

In a bunker in Berlin, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun were married. Hitler designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor.

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