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April 29

5 sourced moments from April 29 in history: Gideon Sundback patents the modern zipper; Orléans was freed nine days after Joan of Arc arrived (1429); Cook landed at Botany Bay in 1770 — he didn't find Australia, plus 2 more.

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5 things happened on April 29

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1992 Society & Economy · Crime

The Los Angeles riots erupted after the Rodney King verdict

When a jury acquitted four officers caught on camera beating a Black motorist, anger over the verdict set Los Angeles ablaze for days.

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1991 Earth & Climate · Weather & Climate

A catastrophic cyclone drowned coastal Bangladesh in a single night

On April 29, 1991, a Category 5 cyclone drove a 20-foot wall of sea over Bangladesh's coast, killing roughly 138,000 people overnight.

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1770 History · Modern

Cook landed at Botany Bay in 1770 — he didn't find Australia

Cook's 1770 landing at Kamay was the first by Europeans on Australia's east coast, met by two Gweagal men and answered with musket shot.

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1429 History · Medieval

Orléans was freed nine days after Joan of Arc arrived

Joan entered Orléans on 29 April 1429; by 8 May the English had gone. She never held formal command, and the odds already favoured France.

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— Technology · Inventions

Gideon Sundback patents the modern zipper

On 29 April 1913, a Swedish-born engineer in Hoboken won the U.S. patent for the interlocking-tooth design behind every zipper today.

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