THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 2021

1707-English/Scottish parliament accept Act of Union, form Great Britain

1856-End of Crimean War

1892-Charlie Reilly is baseball's 1st pinch hitter

1930-Telephone connection England-Australia goes into service

1936-Zubin Mehta (conductor) is born in Bombay, India

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

1945-Adolf Hitler marries Eva Braun

1945-Japanese army evacuates Rangoon

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

1965-Malta is 18th member of Council of Europe

1975-Ethiopia nationalizes all ground/earth

1986-800,000 books destroyed by fire in Los Angeles Central Library

1991-Croatia declares independence