MONDAY, April 29, 2024

1926-France & U.S. reach accord on repayment of WWI

1945-First food drop by RAF above nazi-occupied Holland (operation Manna)

1945-Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun

1945-U.S. liberates 31,601 in Nazi concentration camp in Dachau Germany

1946-28 former Japanese leaders indicted in Tokyo as war criminals

1967-Aretha Franklin releases "Respect"

1975-U.S. Forces pull out of Vietnam

1975-Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth

1977-British Aerospace forms

1983-Harold Washington sworn in as Chicago's first black mayor

1987-Japan's premier Nakasone visits the U.S.

1991-Cyclone strikes Bangladesh, 139,000 die/10 million homeless

1992-Voting ends on choice of Elvis stamps

1992-Sheena Easton collapses on stage while performing in "Man of LaMancha"

1994-Israel & PLO sign economic accord