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CELEBRATIONS ON APRIL 29th International Dance Day (International)

Dance is defined as a form of art that involving the movement of the human body, usually in rythem to music. It is also a form of expression of a personal, cultural, or spiritual nature. It can be used as social or sexual interaction, a choreographed performance, or as a form of excersise

National Dance Day (USA)

Greenery Day

Sense of Smell Day

International Yak Day .. National Persian Gulf Day (Iran)

National Shrimp Scampi Day .. Christian Feast Day of Catherine of Siena

Christian Feast Day of Hugh of Cluny

Christian Feast Day of Peter of Verona

Christian Feast Day of Robert of Molesme

Christian Feast Day of Torpes of Pisa

Showa Day, traditionally the start of the Golden Week holiday period (Japan)

The beginning of Arita Ceramic Fair (Arita, Saga, Japan)

The ninth day of Ridván (Bahá'í Faith)

The second day of the Floralia (Roman Empire)

Eek-A-Mouse Festival (Sacramento, California, USA)

Festival of Nations (St. Paul, Minnesota, USA)

Isle of Eight Flags Shrimp Festival (Fernandina Beach, Florida, USA)

CELEBRATIONS THIS WEEK Mariachi Week (Tucsan, AZ, USA), Last week in April

National Pro-Life T-shirt Week, Last week in April .. National Scoop The Poop Week, Last week in April

National Playground Safety Week, Last Week in April

National Park Week, 9 Days Starting with the Third Saturday of April

PADDY's JOKE OF THE DAY

There's a little fellow named Junior who hangs out at Tim's Grocery Store. The owner Tim doesn't know what Junior's problem is, but the boys like to tease him. They say he is two bricks shy of a load, or two pickles shy of a barrel. To prove it, sometimes they offer Junior his choice between a nickel and a dime. He always takes the nickel, they say because it's bigger. One day after Junior grabbed the nickel, Tim got him off to one side and said, "Junior, those boys are making fun of you. They think you don't know the dime is worth more than the nickel. Are you grabbing the nickel because it's bigger, or what?" Junior said, "Well, if I took the dime, they'd quit doing it." LILLY's DRINK OF THE DAY

SLOW SCREW (Double Shot Version) .. 1 shot vodka, 1/2 shot sloe gin, Splash of orange juice, Pour into double shot glass and mix together. SCOTTY's TOAST OF THE DAY

"Here's To Singles, Friends And Heroes. They say in life we need friends and heros, As I look out upon all of you today, I raise my glass and say to you.. I am glad I can be both." - Unknown

HISTORICAL EVENTS ON APRIL 29th

711 Islamic conquest of Hispania: Moorish troops led by Tariq ibn-Ziyad land at Gibraltar to begin their invasion of the Iberian Peninsula (Al-Andalus). .. 1091 Battle at Monte Levunium: Emperor Alexius I beats Petshegenes .. 1429 Joan of Arc arrives to relieve the Siege of Orleans. leads Orleans, France, to victory over English .. 1483 Gran Canaria, the main of the Canary Islands is conquered by the Kingdom of Castile, very important step in the expansion of Spain. .. 1522 Emperor Charles V names Frans van Holly inquisitor-gen of Netherlands .. 1540 Emperor Charles declares all privileges of Gent ended .. 1550 Emperor Charles V gives inquisiters additional authority .. 1553 Flemish woman introduces practice of starching linen into England .. 1623 11 Dutch ships depart for the conquest of Peru .. 1624 In France, Richelieu assumes as Prime Minister of Louis XIII. .. 1628 Sweden & Denmark sign defense treaty against Duke of Wallenstein .. 1636 Prince Frederik Henry occupies Schenkenschans .. 1644 Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes emperor of China & flees Peking .. 1661 Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan .. 1670 Pope Clemens X elected .. 1672 Louis XIV of France invades the Netherlands, Franco-Dutch War. .. 1701 Drenthe Neth adopts Gregorian calendar, tomorrow is May 12, 1701 .. 1706 Emperor Jozef I becomes monarch of Cologne/Bavaria .. 1707 Scotland and England accept Act of Union, unified in United Kingdom of Great Britain. .. 1715 John Flamsteed observes Uranus for 6th time .. 1770 James Cook arrives at and names Botany Bay, Australia. .. 1781 French fleet occupies Tobago, stopped Britain from seizing the Cape of Good Hope .. 1784 Premiere of Mozart's Sonata in B flat, K454 (Vienna) .. 1793 Cornerstone laid for Groningen's new townhall .. 1813 Rubber is patented .. 1832 Évariste Galois released from prison. .. 1834 Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia .. 1845 Macon B Allen & Robert Morris Jr, 1st blacks to open law practice .. 1852 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published .. 1853 Comet C/1853 G1 (Schweizer) approaches within 0.0839 AUs of Earth .. 1856 Peace between England & Russia .. 1857 US Army, Pacific Div HQ permanently forms at Presidio (SF) .. 1861 Maryland's House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union .. 1862 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Miss .. 1862 New Orleans, Louisiana falls to Union forces under Admiral David Farragut in the American Civil War. .. 1863 Battle of Chancellordville, VA (Fredericksburg, Wilderness Tavern) .. 1864 Skirmish at Jenkins' Ferry, Arkansas .. 1864 The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York. .. 1882 The "Elektromote" forerunner of the trolleybus is tested by Ernst Werner von Siemens in Berlin. .. 1886 1st public Dutch electricity opens .. 1888 Old Kavallison, Congo: Stanley meet Emin Pasha .. 1892 Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter .. 1894 Commonweal of Christ (Coxey's Army) arrives in Wash, DC 500 strong to protest unemployment; Coxey arrested for trespassing at Capitol .. 1901 27th Kentucky Derby: Jimmy Winkfield on His Eminence wins in 2:07.75 .. 1901 Anti semitic riot in Budapest .. 1903 A 30 million cubic-metre landslide kills 70 in Frank, Alberta, Canada. .. 1903 Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9 (Frank Alberta) .. 1905 2" rain falls in 10 mins in Taylor, TX .. 1905 Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon .. 1910 Ex-president Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam .. 1912 108°F (42°C), Tuguegarao, Philippines (Oceania record) .. 1912 Frank Wedekind's "Tod und Teufel," premieres in Berlin .. 1913 Swedish engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken patents all-purpose zipper .. 1916 Martial law in Ireland is lifted and the Easter Rebellion is officially over with the surrender of Irish nationalists to British authorities in Dublin. Irish nationalists set post office on fire in Dublin .. 1916 The British 6th Indian Division surrenders to Ottoman Forces at Kut in one of the largest surrenders of British forces up to that point in World War I. .. 1918 Tris Speaker ties career outfield record of 4 unassisted double plays .. 1922 1st official Intl Weightlifting Federation Champ (Tallinn, Estonia) .. 1925 Netherlands returns to gold standard .. 1926 France & US reach accord on repayment of WW I .. 1927 Construction of Spirit of St Louis is completed .. 1930 123 runs are scored in 7 major league games .. 1930 North Sea floodgate at Ijmuiden (biggest in world) officially opens .. 1930 Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service .. 1931 Cleveland Indian Wes Ferrell no-hits St Louis Browns, 9-0 .. 1934 Pittsburg is last major league city to play a home game on a Sunday .. 1936 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5 .. 1939 Whitestone Bridge connecting Bronx & Queens opens .. 1940 1st radio broadcast of "Young Dr Malone" on CBS .. 1940 Norwegian King Haakon & government flees to England .. 1940 Robert Sherwood's "There Shall be No Night," premieres in NYC .. 1942 Japanese troop march into Lashio, cuts off Burma Road .. 1942 Jews forced to wear a Jewish Star in Netherlands & Vichy-France .. 1943 Dietrich Bonhoeffer arrested by nazis .. 1943 Noel Coward's "Present Laughter," premieres in London .. 1943 US 34th Division occupies Hill 609, North Tunisia .. 1944 Surprise attack by Van de Peat on General Landsdrukkerij in the Hague .. 1945 1st food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna) .. 1945 Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun .. 1945 Japanese army evacuates Rangoon .. 1945 Terms of surrender of German armies in Italy signed .. 1945 The Dachau concentration camp is liberated by United States troops. .. 1945 The Italian commune of Fornovo di Taro is liberated from German forces by Brazilian forces. .. 1945 US liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany .. 1945 Venice & Mestre were captured by the Allies .. 1945 Start of Operation Manna in World War II. .. 1945 The German Army in Italy unconditionally surrenders to the Allies in World War II. .. 1945 Adolf Hitler marries his long-time partner Eva Braun in a Berlin Fuehrerbunker and designates Admiral Karl Dönitz as his successor. Both Hitler and Braun will commit suicide the next day, World War II. .. 1946 Former Prime Minister of Japan Hideki Tojo and 28 former Japanese leaders are indicted in Tokyo for war crimes. .. 1948 Bradman scores 107 Aust v Worcs, 152 mins, 15 fours .. 1951 A Tibetan delegation to the Chinese government is presented with a draft treaty regarding the Chinese occupation of Tibet. .. 1953 Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into Polo Grounds' center field bleachers .. 1953 The first U.S. experimental 3D-TV broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV. .. 1955 G Gronchi elected president of Italy .. 1956 Betsy Rawls wins LPGA Peach Blossom Golf Open .. 1956 WLUC TV channel 6 in Marquette, MI (CBS/NBC/ABC) begins broadcasting .. 1956 WSPA TV channel 7 in G'ville-Spartanburg, SC (CBS) begins broadcasting .. 1956 WWBT TV channel 12 in Richmond, VA (NBC) begins broadcasting .. 1957 1st military nuclear power plant dedicated, Fort Belvoir Va .. 1961 ABC's "Wide World of Sports, debuts .. 1962 16th Tony Awards: Man For All Seasons & How to Succeed win .. 1962 Mickey Wright wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship .. 1963 KRE-AM in Berkeley CA changes call letters to KPAT .. 1964 Princess Irene marries Spanish prince Carel Hugo de Bourbon Parma .. 1964 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site .. 1965 Australian government announces it would send troops to Vietnam .. 1965 Earthquake hits Seattle; 5 die .. 1965 Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe .. 1965 Pakistan's Space and Upper Atmosphere Research Commission (SUPARCO) successfully launches its seventh rocket in its Rehber series. .. 1967 After refusing induction into the United States Army the day before (citing religious reasons), Muhammad Ali is stripped of his boxing title. .. 1967 Aretha Franklin releases "Respect" .. 1968 "Hair" opens at Biltmore Theater NYC for 1750 performances .. 1968 The controversial musical Hair opens on Broadway. .. 1969 "Trumpets of the Lord" opens at Brooks Atkinson NYC for 7 perfs .. 1970 50,000 US & South Vietnamese troops invade Cambodia .. 1970 United States and South Vietnamese forces invade Cambodia to hunt Viet Cong, Vietnam War. .. 1971 Bill Graham closes down Fillmore & Fillmore East .. 1971 Boeing receives contract for Mariner 10, Mercury exploration .. 1971 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site .. 1973 Gloria Ehret wins LPGA Birmingham Golf Classic .. 1974 President Richard Nixon announces the release of edited transcripts of White House tape recordings related to the Watergate Scandal. .. 1975 Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth .. 1975 Flyers 4-Isles 0-Semifinals-Flyers hold 1-0 lead .. 1975 Operation Frequent Wind, The U.S. begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon prior to an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War comes to an end. .. 1976 Minister Irene Vorrink begins fluoridating Dutch drinking water .. 1977 British Aerospace forms .. 1979 Jane Blalock wins LPGA Otey Crisman Golf Classic .. 1980 Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded. .. 1981 Peter Sutcliffe admits he is the Yorkshire Ripper (murdered 13 women) .. 1981 Phillie Steve Carlton is 1st lefty to strike out 3,000 batters .. 1982 17th Academy of Country Music Awards: Alabama, Barbara Mandrell .. 1982 Alfredo Magana elected pres of El Salvador .. 1982 Nordiques 2-Isles 5-Semifinals-Isles hold 2-0 lead .. 1983 Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's 1st black mayor .. 1984 "Oliver!" opens at Mark Hellinger Theater NYC for 17 performances .. 1984 Betsy King wins LPGA Freedom/Orlando Golf Classic .. 1985 17th space shuttle mission (51-B)-Challenger 7 launched .. 1985 Ranger Larry Parrish is 5th to hit 3 HRs in a game in both leagues .. 1985 Tony Tubbs TKOs Greg Page in 15 for heavyweight boxing title .. 1986 800,000 books destroyed by fire in LA Central Library .. 1986 A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items. .. 1986 Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners. .. 1987 Chicago Cub Andre Dawson hits for cycle .. 1987 Japan's premier Nakasone visits the US .. 1988 "60 Minutes" newscaster Diane Sawyer weds Mike Nichols .. 1988 Burt Reynolds & Loni Anderson marry .. 1988 Orioles beat White Sox 9-0 for 1st 1988 win after 21 loses .. 1989 2nd government of Lubbers falls .. 1990 "Change in the Heir" opens at Edison Theater NYC for 16 performances .. 1990 Dan Quisenberry (all-time AL save king, 238) announces his retirement .. 1990 STS-31 (Discovery 10) lands .. 1990 Wrecking cranes began tearing down Berlin Wall at Brandenburg Gate .. 1991 "Our Country's Good" opens at Nederlander Theater NYC for 48 perfs .. 1991 A cyclone strikes the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph, killing at least 138,000 people and leaving as many as 10 million homeless. .. 1991 Croatia declares independence .. 1991 Earthquake in Georgia, kills 100 .. 1992 "Falsettos" opens at John Golden Theater NYC for 487 performances .. 1992 27th Academy of Country Music Awards: Garth Brooks .. 1992 Riots in Los Angeles, California, following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 53 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed. .. 1992 Country singer Doug Stone, 35, undergoes quadruple bypass surgery .. 1992 Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha" .. 1992 Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps .. 1994 Ferry boat smashes into Mombasa Harbor Kenya, kills over 300 .. 1994 Israel & PLO sign economic accord .. 1995 Final TV broadcast of "Empty Nest" on NBC TV .. 1995 KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat .. 1995 Longest sausage ever, at 2877 miles, made in Kitchener Ontario .. 1996 "Rent," opens at Nederlander Theater NYC .. 1996 Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno CA on KFRR 104.1 FM .. 1997 "Candide," opens at Gershwin Theater NYC for 103 performances .. 1997 KC Royal Chili Davis is 75th to hit 300 HRs .. 1997 The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlaws the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons among its signatories. .. 1998 15th Miss Hawaiian Tropic crowned .. 1999 The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia. .. 2002 The United States is re-elected to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, one year after losing the seat that it had held for 50 years. .. 2004 Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office. .. 2004 Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production. .. 2005 New Zealand's first civil union takes place. .. 2005 Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation. .. 2007 Republic Protests in Turkey. .. 2011 Wedding of Prince William, Duke of Cambridge and Kate Middleton. .. 2012 International Chemical Weapons Convention deadline for chemical weapon stockpiles comes into effect.

SCOTTY's QUOTE OF THE DAY

"The drunk mind speaks the sober heart" - Unknown PADDY's BEER OF THE DAY

Session Black, Brewed by Full Sail Brewing Co. in Hood River, OR, USA. It is an American-Style Dark Lager. LILLY's WINE OF THE DAY

Potomac Point Winery (2008) Richland Reserve, "Heritage". It is from Virginia Mountains, priced at approximately $40 per bottle. FAMOUS BIRTHS ON APRIL 29th

534 Taliesin, Welsh poet, according to legend in Mabinogion .. 1584 Melchior Teschner, composer .. 1636 Esaias Reusner, composer .. 1660 Matthias Henriksen Schacht, composer .. 1665 James Butler, 2nd Duke of Ormonde, Irish statesman and soldier (d. 1745) .. 1667 John Arbuthnot, Scottish writer (Alexander Pope) (d. 1735) .. 1686 Peregrine Bertie, 2nd Duke of Ancaster and Kesteven, English statesman (d. 1742) .. 1727 Jean-Georges Noverre, French dancer and choreographer (ballet d'action) (d. 1810) .. 1745 Oliver Ellsworth, 3rd Chief Justice Supreme Court (1796-1800) (d. 1807) .. 1758 Georg Carl von Döbeln, Swedish Lieutenant General and war hero (d. 1820) .. 1762 Jean-Baptiste Jourdan, French marshal (d. 1833) .. 1769 Arthur Wellesley, 1st Duke of Wellington, Anglo-Irish statesman (d. 1852) .. 1771 Matthaus Stegmayer, composer .. 1780 Charles Nodier, French writer (d. 1844) .. 1783 David Cox, English painter (Treatise on landscape painting) .. 1784 Samuel Turell Armstrong, American politician and acting Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1850) .. 1806 Earnest Freiherr von Feuchtersleben, Austria, physician/philosopher .. 1808 Hermann Schulze-Delitzsch, German politician/reformer .. 1810 Thomas Adolphus Trollope, English author and journalist, (d. 1892) .. 1815 Abram Duryee, Bvt Major General (Union volunteers) (d. 1890) .. 1818 Alexander II N Romanov, Tsar of Russia (1855-81) .. 1830 Adolph Sutro, SF mayor, built Cliff House, railways, tunnels .. 1837 Georges Boulanger, French general and politician (d. 1891) .. 1842 Karl Millöcker, Dutch composer (d. 1899) .. 1848 Raja Ravi Varma,Indian painter (d.1906) .. 1854 Henri Poincaré, French mathematician and physicist (d. 1912) .. 1855 Anatol K Liadov, Russian composer (Bewitched Lake) .. 1855 Edmund van der Straeten, composer .. 1857 Edouard Rod, France/Swiss writer (Mishel' Tes'e) .. 1857 Frantisek Ondricek, composer .. 1860 Lorado Taft, US, sculptor (Black Hawk) .. 1862 Vittorio Mario Vanzo, composer .. 1863 Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (d. 1933) .. 1863 Maria Theresa Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic nun (d. 1922) .. 1863 William Randolph Hearst, American publisher (SF Examiner, Seattle P-I) (d. 1951) .. 1871 Louis William Stern, German/US philosopher (Intelligence of Children) .. 1872 Eyvind Alnaes, composer .. 1872 Harry Payne Whitney, American businessman (d. 1930) .. 1873 Alida J M Tartaud-Klein, actress/stage star (Rotterdam Stage) .. 1875 Rafael Sabatini, Italian/British writer (d. 1950) .. 1876 Zauditu of Ethiopia (d. 1930) .. 1879 Thomas Beecham, English conductor (found London Philharmonic) (d. 1961) .. 1882 Hendrik Nicolaas Werkman, Dutch artist and printer (Hot printing), resistance fighter (d. 1945) .. 1885 Egon Erwin Kisch, Czech journalist and author (Rasende Reporter) (d. 1948) .. 1885 Wallingford Riegger, Albany Georgia, composer (Bacchangle) .. 1893 Elisaveta Bagrjana (Beltsheva), Bulgarian poet .. 1893 Harold C Urey, Ind, physicist (Deuterium, Nobel Prize laureate 1934) (d. 1981) .. 1895 Malcolm Sargent, English conductor (Promenade Concerts) (d. 1967) .. 1896 Jacques Leon Wolfe, composer .. 1896 Walter Mehring, writer .. 1899 Duke Ellington (Edward Kennedy), American jazz pianist and bandleader (Take "A" Train) (d. 1974) .. 1899 Karl Yngve Skold, composer .. 1899 Natalie Talmadge, actress (Our Hospitality) .. 1901 George Osborne Sayles, historian .. 1901 Hirohito, Emperor of Japan (1926-89) (d. 1989) .. 1902 Theodore Chanler, composer .. 1903 Frank Parker, NYC, singer (Arthur Godfrey Show, Masquerade Party) .. 1904 Enrico Mattei, Italian oil magnate .. 1904 Russ Morgan, Scranton Pa, orchestra leader (Welcome Aboard) .. 1907 Fred Zinnemann, Austrian-born American film director (From Here to Eternity, Julia) (d. 1997) .. 1907 Tino Rossi, French singer and actor (Deux Amours, Marlene) (d. 1983) .. 1908 Jack (Stewart) Williamson, American sci-fi author (Cometeers) (d. 2006) .. 1908 Philippe Brun, jazz trumpeter .. 1909 Daniel Raphael Mayer, journalist/resistance leader .. 1909 Tom Ewell (S Yewell Tompkins), American actor (Tom Ewell Show, 7 Yr Itch) (d. 1994) .. 1910 John Beavan, newspaper editor .. 1912 Italo Valenti, Italian sculptor .. 1912 Richard Carlson, American actor (All I Desire, Flat Top, Valley of Gwangi) (d. 1977) .. 1912 Terence de Vere White, novelist/critic .. 1913 Jack Alexander Bently, trombonist .. 1913 Thomas Chalmers, broadcaster .. 1914 Ewan Roberts, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pvt Benjamin) .. 1915 Donald Mills, American singer (Mills Brothers) (d. 1999) .. 1918 George Allen, American football player and coach (d. 1990) .. 1918 Mervyn Roye Harvey, cricketer (brother of Neil, Test for Australia) .. 1919 Celeste Holm, American actress (Gentleman's Agreement, All About Eve), (d. 2012) .. 1919 Gérard Oury, French film actor and director (d. 2006) .. 1920 Edward Blishen, writer teacher/broadcaster .. 1920 Harold Samuel Shapero, Lynn Mass, composer (9 Minute Opera) .. 1920 Harold Shapero, American composer .. 1921 Cornelis de Jager, Dutch astronomer (Sun) .. 1922 George Allen, football coach (LA Rams, Washington Redskins) .. 1922 Helmut Krackowizer, Austrian motorcyclist (d. 2001) .. 1922 Parren J Mitchell, (Rep-D-MD, 1971) .. 1922 Tommy Noonan, WA, actor (Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Promises Promises) .. 1922 Toots (Jean) Thielemans, Belgian jazz guitarist and harmonica player .. 1923 Irvin Kershner, Phila, director (Never Say Never Again) .. 1923 Maxine Audley, London, actress (Peeping Tom, Ricochet, House of Cards) .. 1924 Al Balding, Canadian golfer (Quebec Open-1952) (d. 2006) .. 1924 Renée Jeanmaire, Paris France, dancer (Hans Christian Anderson) .. 1924 Zizi Jeanmaire, French ballet dancer and actress .. 1925 Ab Abspoel, Dutch actor/director (Surprise Attack, Elevator) .. 1925 Danny Davis, rocker (Nashville Brass .. 1925 Iwao Takamoto, American animator, producer and film director (d. 2007) .. 1925 John Compton, Saint Lucian Prime Minister (d. 2007) .. 1925 Ned Austin, American character actor (d. 2007) .. 1926 Carie Meek, (Rep-D-Florida) .. 1926 Elmer Kelton, American Western novelist (d. 2009) .. 1927 Betsy Ancker-Johnson, physicist/auto company exec .. 1927 Dorothy Manley, England, 100m sprint (Olympic-silver-1948) .. 1928 Big Jay McNeely, rocker .. 1928 Carl Gardner, American singer (The Coasters) .. 1929 Mickey McDermott, American baseball player (d. 2003) .. 1929 Peter Joshua Sculthorpe, Australian composer .. 1929 Ray Baretto, American jazz musician (d. 2006) .. 1929 Vaclav Kucera, composer .. 1929 Walter Kempowski, German author (d. 2007) .. 1929 (John) Jeremy Thorpe, British MP (Liberal) .. 1930 Alfred Lewis Valentine, Jamaican cricket player .. 1930 Jean Rochefort, French actor .. 1931 Aleksei Aleksandrovich Gubarev, USSR, cosmonaut (Soyuz 17, 28) .. 1931 Anthony "Lonnie" Donegan, Scotish skiffle vocalist/guitarist .. 1931 Frank Auerbach, German-born British painter .. 1931 Lonnie Donegan, Scottish musician, vocalist (d. 2002) .. 1931 William Ball, actor (Suburban Commando) .. 1932 Joy Clements, American soprano (d. 2005) .. 1932 King Hu, film director .. 1932 Yevgeni Alekseyevich Zaikin, Russian cosmonaut (Voshkod 2 backup) .. 1933 Darijan Bozic, composer .. 1933 Keith Baxter, South Wales, actor (Barretts at Wimpole Street) .. 1933 Mark Eyskens, Prime Minister of Belgium .. 1933 Raymond Earl Hill, saxophonist .. 1933 Rod Marvin McKuen, American poet and composer (Alone, Beatsville) .. 1934 Luis Aparicio, Venezuelan baseball player .. 1934 Otis Rush, American musician .. 1934 Pedro Pires, 3rd President of Cape Verde (1975-91) .. 1935 Len Weinrib, NYC, comedian (Spike Jones Show) .. 1935 Otto M Zykan, composer .. 1936 April Stevens, American singer, vocalist (Deep Purple) .. 1936 Jacob Rothschild, English banker/multi-millionaire .. 1936 Lane Smith, American actor (Perry White-Lois & Clark) (d. 2005) .. 1936 Zubin Mehta, Indian-born conductor (NY Philharmonic) .. 1937 Jill Paton Walsh, English writer .. 1938 Bernard Madoff, American convict, who was a financier and Chairman of the NASDAQ stock exchange. .. 1938 Fred Dibnah, English television personality (d. 2004) .. 1938 Klaus Voormann, German musician, artist, and record producer .. 1940 Brian Taber, cricket wicket-keeper (Australian between Grout & Marsh) .. 1941 Jonah Barrington, British World champion squash player (1966-73) .. 1942 Galina Kulakova, Soviet cross country skier .. 1942 Klaus Voorman, rock bassist (Manfred Mann-Mighty Quinn) .. 1943 Duane Allen, Taylortown Texas, country singer (Oak Ridge Boys-Elvira) .. 1944 Benedikte, Danish princess/daughter of Frederik IX .. 1944 Francis Lee, English footballer .. 1944 Jim Hart, Evanston, Ill, NFL quarterback (St Louis Cardinals) .. 1944 Princess Benedikte of Denmark .. 1944 Richard Kline, American actor and director .. 1945 Hugh Hopper, rocker (Soft Machine) .. 1945 Richard Warwick, actor (Johnny Dangerously, Sebastine, If) .. 1945 (Thomasina) Tammi Terrell, American singer (Ain't No Mountain High Enough) (d. 1970) .. 1946 Franc Roddam, director (K2, Bride, Aria, Quadrophenia) .. 1947 Jim Ryun, American athlete and politician, 1500m runner/broke 4 minute mile (Olympic-silver-1968) .. 1947 John Laurence Miller, SF CA, golfer (US Open 1973, British Open 1976) .. 1947 Olavo de Carvalho, Brazilian philosopher .. 1947 Serge Bernier, Canadian ice hockey player .. 1947 Tommy James, American musician (crimson & clover) .. 1948 Bruce Cutler, American attorney .. 1948 Michael Karoli, German guitarist and violinist (Can) (d. 2001) .. 1948 Reb Brown, Los Angeles CA, actor (Cage, Yor, Capt America, Fast Break) .. 1949 Anita Dobson, England, actress (Annie Watts-EastEnders) .. 1949 Eddie Hart, US, 100m runner (Olympic-1972) .. 1949 Francis Rossi, England, guitarist/vocalist (Status Quo-Down Down) .. 1950 Debbie Stabenow, American politician .. 1950 Phillip Noyce, Australian film director .. 1951 Dale Earnhardt, American race car driver (d. 2001) .. 1952 Bob McClure, American baseball player .. 1952 David Icke, English writer .. 1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh, Schnectady, actress (Too Close for Comfort) .. 1952 Nora Dunn, American actress (SNL, Miami Blues, Working Girl) .. 1953 Nikolai Nikolayevich Budarin, Kirya Russia, cosmonaut (STS 71, TM-27) .. 1954 Bill Paxon, (Rep-R-New York) .. 1954 Deborah Iyall, rocker (Romeo Void) .. 1954 Jake Burton Carpenter, American snowboarder .. 1954 Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian .. 1955 Gino Quilico, Canadian baritone .. 1955 Jerry Seinfeld, comedian/actor (Jerry-Seinfeld) .. 1955 Kate Mulgrew, American actress (Capt Janeway-Star Trek Voyager) .. 1955 Wendee Lee, American voice actress .. 1956 Ketil Stokkan, Norwegian singer .. 1956 Ron Verlin, rocker (Shooting Star) .. 1956 Sofia Sakorafa, Greek javelin thrower and politician .. 1957 Daniel Day-Lewis, British-Irish actor .. 1957 Mark Kendall, American guitarist .. 1957 Richie C Robertson, rock bassist/vocalist (Fabulous Poodles) .. 1957 Timothy Treadwell, American ecologist, bear enthusiast (d. 2003) .. 1958 Daniel Day-Lewis, England, actor (Last of the Mohicans, My Left Foot) .. 1958 Eve Plumb, American actress (Jan-Brady Bunch, I'm Gonna Get You Sucka) .. 1958 Gary Cohen, Baseball broadcaster .. 1958 Martin Whitmarsh, Current CEO of the Vodafone McLaren Mercedes Formula 1 Racing Team .. 1958 Michelle Pfeiffer, American actress (Married to the Mob) .. 1958 Simon Edwards, rocker (Fairground Attraction-Find My Love) .. 1960 Caveh Zahedi, American filmmaker .. 1960 Gerard Joling, Dutch singer (Love is in Your Eyes) .. 1960 Joseph Guzaldo, Chicago Ill, actor (Stir Crazy) .. 1960 Phil King, English bassist .. 1960 Robert J. Sawyer, Canadian writer .. 1960 William Lee Glasson Jr, Fresno CA, PGA golfer (1985 Kemper Open) .. 1961 Fumihiko Tachiki, Japanese seiyu .. 1962 Bruce Driver, Toronto, NHL defenseman (NY Rangers) .. 1962 Dieter Hegen, Kaufbeuren GER, hockey forward (Team Germany 1998) .. 1962 Robert Druppers, runner (world record 1 km indoor) .. 1963 Mike Babcock, NHL Coach .. 1964 Federico Castelluccio, Italian-American actor .. 1964 Mohammad Qatanani, Muslim Imam .. 1965 Reggie Miller, NBA player (Indiana Pacers) .. 1966 John VanderWal, Grand Rapids MI, outfielder (Colorado Rockies) .. 1966 Phil Tufnell, English cricketer .. 1967 Curtis Joseph, Canadian ice hockey player, NHL goalie (Team Canada, Edmonton Oilers) .. 1967 Elizabeth "Betsy" McCagg, Kirkland Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96) .. 1967 Mary McCagg, Seattle Wash, rower (Olympics-4th-92, 96) .. 1967 Master P, American rapper .. 1967 Rachel Williams, Greenwich Village NY, model (Absolut Vodka, Elle) .. 1968 Browning Nagle, NFL quarterback (NY Jets, Atlanta Falcons) .. 1968 Carnie Wilson, American singer (Wilson Phillips) .. 1969 Arthur Marshall, NFL wide receiver (NY Giants) .. 1969 Izel, Turkish singer .. 1969 Paul Adelstein, American actor .. 1970 Andre Agassi, American tennis player (Oly-gold-96, US Open 1994) .. 1970 Arnaud Briand, hockey forward (Team France 1998) .. 1970 China Forbes, American singer and songwriter (Pink Martini) .. 1970 Derrick Frazier, NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles) .. 1970 J R Phillips, West Covina CA, infielder (Philadelphia Phillies) .. 1970 Leuea Tagoai, CFL defensive end (Winnipeg Blue Bombers) .. 1970 Mark McMillian, NFL cornerback (Philadelphia Eagles, KC Chiefs) .. 1970 Uma Thurman, American actress (Baron Munchausen, Pulp Fiction, Kill Bill) .. 1970 William Martin III, Charleston SC, finn yachter (Olympics-23rd-1996) .. 1971 Sam Michael, Australian engineer .. 1971 Sterling Hitchcock, Fayetteville NC, pitcher (NY Yanks, Sea Mariners) .. 1971 Tamara Johnson-George, American singer (SWV) .. 1972 Dustin McDaniel, American politician .. 1972 Gwendolyn Wentland, Flint Michigan, high jumper .. 1973 David Belle, French physical educator .. 1973 Johan Hegg, Swedish heavy metal vocalist .. 1974 Alana Blahoski, ice hockey forward (USA, Oly-98) .. 1974 Anggun, Indonesian singer .. 1974 Jasper Wood, Canadian violinist .. 1974 Julian Knowle, Austrian tennis player .. 1974 Pascal Cygan, French footballer .. 1975 Béres Zoo, Hungarian radio DJ .. 1975 Eric Koston, Thai American professional skateboarder .. 1975 John Macready, LA California, gymnast (Olympics-5th-96) .. 1975 Rafael Betancourt, Venezuelan baseball player .. 1976 God Shammgod, NBA guard (Wash Wizards) .. 1976 Jay Orpin, Swedish composer and producer .. 1976 Nayla Micherif, Miss Brazil Universe (1997) .. 1977 Claus Jensen, Danish footballer .. 1977 Rocío Carrasco, Spanish TV host and socialite .. 1978 Bob Bryan and Mike Bryan, American tennis players .. 1978 Mike Bryan, Oxnard California, tennis star (USTA National 18 doubles) .. 1978 Tony Armas, Jr., Venezuelan baseball player .. 1979 Jo O'Meara, British singer (S Club) .. 1979 Lee Dong-Gook, Korean footballer .. 1979 Matt Tong, English drummer (Bloc Party) .. 1979 Ryan Sharp, Scottish racing driver .. 1980 Kelly Shoppach, American baseball player .. 1980 Kian Egan, Irish singer (Westlife) .. 1980 Mathieu Biron, Canadian ice hockey player .. 1981 Alex Vincent, American actor .. 1981 George McCartney, Northern Irish footballer .. 1981 Émilie Mondor, Canadian athlete (d. 2006) .. 1982 Kamran Jawaid, Pakistani film critic .. 1982 Travis Smith, American drummer (Trivium) .. 1983 David Lee, American basketball player .. 1983 Jay Cutler, American football player .. 1983 Sam Jones III, American Actor .. 1983 Tommie Harris, American football player .. 1983 Yuriko Shiratori, Japanese gravure idol and actress .. 1984 Firass Dirani, Australian actor .. 1984 Phạm Văn Quyến, Vietnamese footballer .. 1984 Taylor Cole, American actress .. 1986 Renee Alway, American Model .. 1987 Alicia Morton, American actress .. 1988 Jonathan Toews, Canadian ice hockey player .. 1988 Younha, Korean pop singer .. 1992 Jack Beck, Walton High School drummer .. 1993 Aurelia Clasina Lucia Wildeboer, daughter of Pieter & Mirtle .. 2003 Barbaro, American thoroughbred racehorse (d. 2007) .. 2003 Maud Behn, Princess of Norway .. 2007 Infanta Sofía of Spain, Princess of Spain.

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Tyler & LLoyd Highland Malt Blended Scotch Whisky, priced at approximately $20 per bottle. FAMOUS DEATHS ON APRIL 29th

852 Amalarius/Fortunatus/Symphosius of Metz/Lyon, bishop .. 926 Burchard II, Duke of Swabia .. 1380 Catherine of Siena, Italian saint (b. 1347) .. 1499 John IV, Dutch army leader/earl of Egmond .. 1535 John Houghton, English, executed .. 1594 Thomas Cooper, English bishop, lexicographer, and writer .. 1630 Agrippa d'Aubigné, French poet (b. 1552) .. 1658 John Cleveland, English poet (b. 1613) .. 1676 Michiel de Ruyter, Dutch admiral (Newport) (b. 1607) .. 1688 Frederick William, Elector of Brandenburg (b. 1620) .. 1698 Charles Cornwallis, 3rd Baron Cornwallis, First Lord of the British Admiralty (b. 1655) .. 1699 Samuel Apostool, vicar/theologist (Zonisten) .. 1707 George Farquhar, Irish dramatist (b. 1678) .. 1712 Juan Bautista Jose Cabanilles, composer .. 1743 Charles-Irénée Castel de Saint-Pierre, French writer (b. 1658) .. 1768 Georg Brandt, Swedish chemist and minerologist (b. 1694) .. 1771 Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli, Italian-born Russian architect (b. 1700) .. 1776 Edward Wortley Montagu, English traveler and writer (b. 1713) .. 1782 Richard Kempenfelt, Royal Navy Admiral (b. 1718) .. 1793 John Michell, English scientist (b. 1724) .. 1793 Yechezkel Landau, Polish rabbi (b. 1713) .. 1798 Nikolaus Poda von Neuhaus, German entomologist (b. 1723) .. 1813 Christian Danner, composer .. 1841 A Bertrand, writer .. 1854 Henry Paget, 1st Marquess of Anglesey, English general (b. 1768) .. 1864 Charles-Julien Brianchon, math (Brianchon's theorem) .. 1871 John Gelinde van Blom, Fries notary/author, .. 1903 Paul du Chaillu, French explorer (b. 1835) .. 1905 Ignacio Cervantes, composer .. 1916 Jørgen Pedersen Gram, Danish mathematician (b. 1850) .. 1918 Gavrilo Princip, Bosnian murderer of arch duke Ferdinand .. 1920 William Henry Seward, Jr., Union Brigadier General in the American Civil War (b. 1839) .. 1921 Arthur Mold, Brit cricket bowler (1893, banished for throwing) .. 1928 Henrich Federer, Switz, writer (I Switch Off The Light) .. 1933 Constantine P. Cavafy, Greek poet (b. 1863) .. 1935 Leroy Carr, American blues singer, songwriter and pianist (b. 1905) .. 1936 Florentinus M Wibaut, Amsterdam social alderman .. 1937 William Gillette, American actor (b. 1853) .. 1943 Joseph Achron, Latvian violinist/composer (Golem suite) .. 1943 Karl Adrian Wohlfart, composer .. 1943 Sidney A K Keyes, English poet (Foreign Gate) .. 1944 Bernardino Machado, President of Portugal (b. 1851) .. 1945 Matthias Kleinheisterkamp, German SS officer (b. 1893) .. 1947 Irving Fisher, US economist .. 1951 Jules Verstraete (Julien G de Graef), actor (Boefje) .. 1951 Ludwig JJ Wittgenstein, Austrian-born philosopher (b. 1889) .. 1953 Moise Kisling, Polish/French painter (La souris boiteuse) .. 1954 Ernst Heldring, Dutch merchant/ship owner/financier .. 1956 Nemesio Otano y Eugenio, composer .. 1956 Wilhelm Ritter von Leeb, German field marshal (b. 1876) .. 1957 Otallo Morales, composer .. 1961 Cisco Houston, American folk singer (b. 1918) .. 1964 Albert Saverys, Flemish painter .. 1966 Eugene O'Brien, actor (Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm) .. 1966 William Eccles, English physicist and radio pioneer (b. 1875) .. 1967 Anthony Mann, American actor and director (El Cid, Last Frontier) (b. 1906) .. 1967 J. B. Lenoir, American Blues Musician (b. 1929) .. 1972 Ntare V, deposed King of Burundi, killed in an abortive coup .. 1973 Manfred Gurlitt, composer .. 1975 Charles McMahon Jr, US USMC lance corporal, killed in Vietnam .. 1975 Darwin Judge, USMC-corporal, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet .. 1975 Michael John Shea, USMC-lt/pilot, 1 of last soldiers killed in Vietnam .. 1975 William Craig Nystul, USMC capt, 1 of last US soldiers killed in Viet .. 1976 Wilhelm Maler, composer .. 1979 Hardie Gramatky, American author and animator (b. 1907) .. 1979 Julia A Perry, US composer/conductor (Soul Symphony) .. 1980 Alfred (Joseph) Hitchcock, English film director (Psycho, Birds, Rear Window) (b. 1899) .. 1986 Seamus McElwaine, Irish IRA-terrorist .. 1988 Andrew Cruickshank, actor (Body in Library, Murder Most Foul) .. 1988 James McCracken, American tenor (b. 1926) .. 1988 Jan Kapr, composer .. 1991 Claude Gallimard, French publisher .. 1992 Mae Clarke, American actress (Public Enemy, Frankenstein) (b. 1910) .. 1993 Cy Howard, director (Lovers & Other Strangers) .. 1993 Michael Gordon, American film director (Pillow Talk) (b. 1909) .. 1993 Mick Ronson, English guitarist, producer (Mott the Hoople) (b. 1946) .. 1994 Bill Quinn, US actor (Quinn Brothers, Birds, Lucky Stiff) .. 1994 Erik Erikson, anthropologist .. 1994 Oscar Sheldon A Williams, artist/critic .. 1995 Robert Gibb, zoo/theme park creator .. 1996 David William Eric Davis, broadcaster .. 1996 Jaime Garcia Terre, poet/essayist .. 1996 Siti Hartinah Suharto, wife of Pres Suharto of Indonesia .. 1996 Tony Hymphris, political activist .. 1997 Keith Ferguson, blues (Fabulous Thunderbirds), dies of overdose .. 1997 Mike Royko, American columnist (b. 1932) .. 1997 Peter Tali Coleman, gov of Americ Samoa (1956-61, 78-85, 89-93) .. 1998 Hal Laycoe, Canadian ice hockey player and coach (b. 1922) .. 2002 Bob Akin, American industrialist and race car driver (b. 1936) .. 2002 Lor Tok, Thai comedian and actor (b. 1914) .. 2004 Sid Smith, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1925) .. 2005 Mariana Levy, Mexican actress, singer, and television show host (b. 1966) .. 2005 William J. Bell, American television writer and producer (b. 1927) .. 2006 John Kenneth Galbraith, Canadian economist (b. 1908) .. 2007 Arve Opsahl, Norwegian actor, known as the leader of Olsenbanden (b. 1921) .. 2007 Dick Motz, New Zealand cricket player (b. 1940) .. 2007 Ivica Racan, former Prime Minister of Croatia (b. 1944) .. 2007 Josh Hancock, American baseball player (b. 1978) .. 2007 Milt Bocek, American baseball player (b. 1912) .. 2007 Zhang Taofang, Chinese sniper (b. 1931) .. 2008 Albert Hofmann, Swiss chemist, known as the first to synthesize LSD (b. 1906) .. 2012 Amarillo Slim, American professional poker player .. 2012 Shukri Ghanem, Libyan Prime Minister.