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Monday, 29 April 2024

2005

Syria completes withdrawal from Lebanon, ending 29 years of occupation.

2004

Oldsmobile builds its final car ending 107 years of production.

Dick Cheney and George W. Bush testify before the 9/11 Commission in a closed, unrecorded hearing in the Oval Office.

1999

The Avala TV Tower near Belgrade is destroyed in the NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.

1997

The Chemical Weapons Convention of 1993 enters into force, outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

1992

1992 Los Angeles riots: 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.

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.

1986

A fire at the Central library of the City of Los Angeles Public Library damages or destroys 400,000 books and other items.

Roger Clemens then of the Boston Red Sox sets a major league baseball record with 20 strikeouts in nine innings against the Seattle Mariners.

1980

Corazones Unidos Siempre Chi Upsilon Sigma National Latin Sorority Inc. is founded.

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