By Day: Historical Events on April 29th

The Battle of Levounion: The Byzantine Empire defeats the Pechenegs.

The Mongol Empire, under the leadership of Hulagu Khan, captures and sacks the city of Baghdad, leading to the fall of the Abbasid Caliphate.

The Battle of Lewes occurs during the Second Barons' War in England, resulting in the capture of King Henry III.

Frederick II, Elector of Saxony, is born.

The HMB Endeavour, commanded by Captain James Cook's (then Lieutenant) and his crew arrive at Botany Bay, Australia. They fished, explored, found water and botanized but they didn’t set up a land based camp and remained on board their ship. The Endeavour departed on May 6th seven days after her arrival. More

The US space probe Mariner 9 is launched toward Mars, becoming the first spacecraft to orbit another planet.

A deadly tropical cyclone hits Bangladesh, making landfall in the Chittagong district of southeastern Bangladesh with winds of around 155 mph (250 km/h). The tropical cyclone caused a 20 feet 6.1 m (20 ft) storm surge, which inundated the coastline, causing at about 140,000 deaths and US $1.7 billion in damage. More

The Los Angeles riots erupt following the acquittal of police officers in the beating of Rodney King.

Prince William and Catherine Middleton marry at Westminster Abbey in London.