TUESDAY, APRIL 29, 2014

Today is Tuesday, April 29, the 119th day of 2014. There are 246 days left in the year.

1429 ― Joan of Arc leads Orleans, France, to victory over English

1661 ― Chinese Ming dynasty occupies Taiwan

1813 ― Rubber is patented

1834 ― Charles Darwin's expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia

1852 ― 1st edition of Peter Roget's Thesaurus published

1856 ― End of Crimean War

1936 ― 1st pro baseball game in Japan is played Nagoya defeats Daitokyo, 8-5

1945 ― Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun

1992 ― Jury acquits Los Angeles police officers of beating Rodney King, riots begin

1995 ― Longest sausage ever, at 2877 miles, made in Kitchener Ontario Canada