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On This Day In History for April 29, 2026

This is the 119th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. There are 246 days remaining in 2026.

It was on this date in 1770, that James Cook arrived in Australia at Botany Bay, which he named.
On April 29, 1826, The galaxy Centaurus A or NGC 5128 was discovered by James Dunlop.
Also today in 1953, The first U.S. experimental 3D television broadcast showed an episode of Space Patrol on Los Angeles ABC affiliate KECA-TV.
That same date in 1985, Space Shuttle Challenger was launched on STS-51 -B.

Happy birthday goes out on this date to:

Scottish-English physician and polymath, John Arbuthnot, born on this date in 1667.
French mathematician, physicist and engineer, Henri Poincaré was born 172 years ago today.
William Randolph Hearst, the American publisher and politician, founded the Hearst Corporation was born 163 years ago today.
Forest Ray Moulton, American astronomer and academic was born on that same date in 1872.
Harold Urey, the American chemist and astronomer, Nobel Prize laureate was born 133 years ago today.
Born April 29, 1915, German-American physicist and academic Henry H. Barschall.
Soviet pilot and cosmonaut instructor, Dmitry Zaikin, born on this date in 1932.
Also turning 72 today is American comedian, actor and producer Jerry Seinfeld.
Also born on that same date in 1955, American actress, Kate Mulgrew.
American actress, Michelle Pfeiffer, born on this date in 1958.
Also turning 68 today is American actress Eve Plumb.

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5 – Joe Mieczkowski host of Onthepodcast

And that’s the way it was, on this day in history for April 29, 2026

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