{"id":2394234,"date":"2026-04-29T09:52:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2394234"},"modified":"2026-04-29T09:52:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T09:52:28","slug":"today-in-history-april-29-britains-prince-william-marries-kate-middleton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/today-in-history-april-29-britains-prince-william-marries-kate-middleton\/","title":{"rendered":"Today in History: April 29, Britain&#8217;s Prince William marries Kate Middleton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Today is Wednesday, April 29, the 119th day of 2026. There are 246 days left in the year.<\/p>\n<h4>Today in history:<\/h4>\n<p>On April 29, 2011, Britain\u2019s Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at London\u2019s Westminster Abbey.<\/p>\n<h4>Also on this date:<\/h4>\n<p>In 1862, a Union naval force commanded by Flag Officer David Farragut captured New Orleans in the Civil War, striking a hard blow at the Confederacy. The North would eventually take control of the entire Mississippi River and drive a wedge through the South.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"related left\"\/>\n<p>In 1916, the Easter Rising against English rule in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British forces.<\/p>\n<p>In 1945, during World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Nazi Germany.<\/p>\n<p>In 1991, a powerful tropical cyclone made landfall in Bangladesh, creating a storm surge that resulted in more than 138,000 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>In 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers charged with assault and using excessive force in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by six days of rioting in Los Angeles that destroyed hundreds of businesses and resulted in over 60 deaths.<\/p>\n<p>In 1997, the Chemical Weapons Convention, a worldwide treaty banning the use of chemical weapons and mandating the destruction of existing chemical weapons, went into effect.<\/p>\n<p>In 2008, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama denounced his former pastor, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, for what he termed \u201cdivisive and destructive\u201d remarks on race.<\/p>\n<p>In 2022, a British judge sentenced retired tennis star Boris Becker to 2 1\/2 years in prison for illicitly transferring large amounts of money and hiding assets after he was declared bankrupt. (The three-time Wimbledon champion served eight months and was deported to his native Germany.)<\/p>\n<h4>Today\u2019s Birthdays:<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li>Musician Willie Nelson is 93.<\/li>\n<li>Baseball Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio is 92.<\/li>\n<li>Conductor Zubin Mehta is 90.<\/li>\n<li>Singer Tommy James is 80.<\/li>\n<li>Golf Hall of Famer Johnny Miller is 79.<\/li>\n<li>Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 72.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Kate Mulgrew is 71.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 69.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Michelle Pfeiffer is 68.<\/li>\n<li>Singer-TV personality Carnie Wilson is 58.<\/li>\n<li>Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi is 56.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Uma Thurman is 56.<\/li>\n<li>Actor Megan Boone is 43.<\/li>\n<li>NHL center Jonathan Toews is 38.<\/li>\n<li>Pop singer Foxes is 37.<\/li>\n<li>Golfer Justin Thomas is 33.<\/li>\n<li>TV Actor Grace Kaufman is 24.<\/li>\n<li>Actor and performer Shahadi Wright Joseph is 21.<\/li>\n<\/ul><\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.bostonherald.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is Wednesday, April 29, the 119th day of 2026. There are 246 days left in the year. Today in history: On April 29, 2011, Britain\u2019s Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at London\u2019s Westminster Abbey. 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