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