Today is Saturday, April 29, the 119th day of 2017. There are 246 days left in the year.
1834 — Charles Darwin’s expedition sees top of Andes from Patagonia
1856 — End of Crimean War
1861 — Maryland’s House of Delegates votes against seceding from Union
1862 — New Orleans falls to Union forces during Civil War
1864 — Skirmish at Jenkins’ Ferry AR begins
1888 — Old Kavallison, Congo Stanley meet Emin Pasha
1901 — Anti semitic riot in Budapest
1903 — Limestone slides at Turtle Mountain kills 9
1905 — Pierre de Brazza lands in Libreville Gabon
1910 — Ex-President Theodore Roosevelt visits Amsterdam