On This Day for April 29 - British royal wedding, Hirohito is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, click here to view. April 29 FEATURED BIOGRAPHY Hirohito READ MORE   FEATURED EVENT 2011 British royal wedding READ MORE   Advertisement Advertisement   MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY 2018: The animated TV series The Simpsons aired its 636th episode, surpassing Gunsmoke (1955–75) to become the longest-running scripted prime-time show in the United States. [ How much do you know about The Simpsons?] 2015: In what was thought to be the lowest-attended baseball game in MLB history, the Baltimore Orioles defeated the Chicago White Sox, 8–2, in an empty Camden Yards, Baltimore ; the game was closed to fans because of rioting in the city following the death of an African American man who was fatally injured while in police custody. [Test your knowledge of baseball.] 1992: Riots erupted in Los Angeles in response to the verdict of a highly publicized trial of four white Los Angeles police officers who were acquitted of charges related to the 1991 beating of Rodney King, a black motorist who had resisted arrest. [Learn about other riots in U.S. history.] 1991: A tropical cyclone struck Bangladesh, killing an estimated 140,000 people and causing 10 million to lose their homes. [ Test your knowledge of natural disasters.] 1954: Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, whose television show Seinfeld was a landmark of American pop culture in the late 20th century, was born in Brooklyn, New York. [ Think you know everything about the "show about nothing"? ] 1945: The U.S. Seventh Army liberated tens of thousands of inmates at the Nazi concentration camp in Dachau, Germany. [Take our quiz about Germany and World War II.] SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1957 Daniel Day-Lewis British actor 1933 Willie Nelson American musician 1954 Jerry Seinfeld American comedian 1901 Hirohito emperor of Japan 1957 Michelle Pfeiffer American actress 1938 Bernie Madoff American hedge-fund investor SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY   Advertisement   FOLLOW: To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, click here. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2021 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. Privacy Policy • Help