Historical Events for 29th April 2026

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1644 - Farm leader Li Zicheng becomes Emperor of China and flees Peking
1707 - English and Scottish parliaments accept Act of Union; creates the United Kingdom of Great Britain (comes into being 1st May)
1854 - Ashmun Institute (later Lincoln University), in Hinsonville, Pennsylvania, receives its charter from Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, making it the 1st degree-granting Black college in US
1862 - 100,000 federal troops prepare to march into Corinth, Mississippi
1864 - The Theta Xi fraternity is founded at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, New York
1953 - Milwaukee Braves' Joe Adcock is 1st to homer into New York's Polo Grounds center field bleachers
1995 - KC Royal John Nonely is 70th to HR on his 1st at bat
1996 - Howard Stern Radio Show premieres in Fresno, California on KFRR 104.1 FM

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