April 29th in American History
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April 29th in American History

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On 29 April 1922 - Lower Louisiana Floods, starvation threatens victims of the overflow of flood waters in lower Louisiana with nearly 3,500 square miles underwater and fifty thousand people affected many losing their homes and all possessions. 

On 29 April 1992 - Rioting has broken out in Los Angeles following the decision by a jury to acquit four white police officers accused of beating black motorist Rodney King. 

On 29 April 1934 - John Dillinger is still on the run from a nationwide hunt after escaping from a band of policemen with orders to catch him dead or alive 1 week ago in North woods Wisconsin, after escaping a dragnet was put up in surrounding countryside but again he escaped and is still Americas Public Enemy Number 1 and still running wild and free. 

On 29 April 1958 - Michelle Marie Pfeiffer was born (American actress)

On 29 April 1970 - US Troops Invade Cambodia

On 29 April 1974 - President Nixon announced in a nationally broadcast address he will hand over 1200 pages of White House Transcripts that will tell it all about Watergate and will prove his innocence.

On 29 April 2004 - The National World War II Memorial between the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument a monument to the 16 million U.S. men and women who served during World War II opened to the public in Washington D.C. 

On 29 April 2009 - First U.S swine flu death.

On 29 April 2010 - U.S Gulf oil spill- The U.S. government has designated the Gulf of Mexico oil spill as an "incident of national significance"

On 29 April 2010 - U.S. Navy Lifts Ban on Female Submarine Crew.

These are the events which had happened on this day in U.S.A.