It happened on a… April 29

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

1992

Jury acquits Los Angeles Police Department officers on charges of excessive force in the beating of Rodney King; the decision sparks massive riots in the city.

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.