​On April 29, 1776, The Commander-in-chief, from headquarters, New York, forbade all intercourse or correspondence with ships of war and other vessels belonging to or in the service of the King of Great Britain. He wrote to his brother, John Augustine Washington, the same date: “Mrs. Washington is still here, and talks of taking the small-pox (inoculation), but I doubt her resolution.”

Martha would undergo inoculation the following month.

from Washington Day by Day, published in 1895

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On today’s date April 29, 1945: American forces liberated more than 30,000 surviving prisoners at Dachau concentration camp in Germany.

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Abram Duryée was born in New York City on April 29, 1815.

On his 46th birthday, Monday, April 29, 1861, his 5th N.Y. Infantry regiment withdrew 800 Model 1842 Springfield Muskets .69 caliber, smoothbore muskets from state stocks.
He then led his famous Zouave regiment in several battles of the American Civil War and he was wounded at Second Bull Run, South Mountain, and Antietam.

In 1873 Abram was appointed Police Commissioner of New York City.

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Foot of Wall St. where the President landed. April 29th, 1889.

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A photo of the Missouri-Kansas-Texas, Locomotive No. 365 with Tender that was taken on April 29, 1946.

Built in 1910, the locomotive was equipped with “superheaters” to provide more power and a smoother ride for passengers.

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American Revolutionary War Veteran, John Adlum, who later successfully cultivated the Catawba grape was born on April 29, 1759 in York, Pennsylvania.

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Image of Main Street in Sharpsburg, Maryland in 1862

Over a year earlier on April 29, 1861 Maryland legislators voted against secession

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On April 29, 1919, Senator Hardwick (shown) became the target of an assassination attempt due to his involvement in sponsoring the Immigration Act. Followers of radical anarchist Luigi Galleani sent a booby-trapped bomb to his Georgia home. The device detonated when Ethel Williams, a servant in the Hardwick household, tried to open the package, resulting in the loss of her hands and causing severe injuries to Hardwick’s wife, Maude.

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Jazz great, Duke Ellington, was born on April 29, 1899 in Washington, D.C.

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Tom Ewell, born April 29, 1909 in Owensboro, Kentucky had a 46-year career on stage, in films, and on television. One of his most memorable roles was in 1955’s “The Seven Year Itch” shown here with co-star Marilyn Monroe.

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On April 29, 2004, the last Oldsmobile ever built, an Oldsmobile Alero, was produced.

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On April 29, 1915, the USS Wadsworth was launched.
After the U.S. entered WWI, she was the flagship of the first U.S. destroyer squadron (Division 8) that was sent to Europe to patrol the waters off Ireland.

She is named in honor of Alexander Scammel Wadsworth who served as first lieutenant aboard the USS Constitution during the War of 1812. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was Alexander’s nephew.

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72 years ago today, on April 29, 1953, the first experimental 3D TV broadcast in America occurred when a thirty minute episode of Space Patrol aired in Los Angeles.

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April Stevens was born April 29, 1929 in Niagara Falls, New York. “Deep Purple”, a duet with her brother, Nino Tempo (shown here) sold a million copies, went to number 1 on the charts in November, 1963 and won a Grammy Award. April’s 1959 song “Teach Me, Tiger,” though, received little airplay due to suggestive lyrics.

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Happy 92nd Birthday Willie!

Born on April 29, 1933 in Abbott, Texas

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