This Day In History: April 29

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  • Опубликовано: 8 июн 2024
  • It is rather astounding how much has happened on April 29. Luckily, we have a way to describe that, owing to the April 29, 1852 publication of the first edition of British lexicographer Peter Mark Roget’s thesaurus. April 29 is a huge, great, gigantic, enormous, massive, colossal, mammoth, immense, stupendous, tremendous date in history.
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Комментарии • 228

  • @TheHistoryGuyChannel
    @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Месяц назад +10

    A few corrections thanks to viewers: The "Easter Rising" was in 1916, not 1915. The wind speed of the 1991 Bangladesh cyclone was 250 KPM, or roughly 155 MPH. While two referenda over a draft raised protests in Australia in 1916 and 1917, Australia never instituted a draft during WWI. I apologize for the errors.

  • @elviejodelmar2795
    @elviejodelmar2795 Месяц назад +42

    After 18 months service in Vietnam and some years as an instructor in the Ranger School, I attended the Army's Special Forces Officer's Course. The speaker at my graduation was Col (ret) Aaron Bank, the father of Special Forces. I'll give you just one of his quotes. "Guys, I hate to tell you this, but you deserve to know. Vietnam wasn't necessary. I knew Ho Chi Minh personally and we could have worked with him. He was much more nationalist than Communist. I wrote President Truman that we should support Vietnamese freedom instead of a return of French colonialism, but he, obviously, didn't listen."

    • @lefty-bw1zp
      @lefty-bw1zp Месяц назад +2

      Sounds like a typical American. The United States never knew a war it didn’t like.

    • @elviejodelmar2795
      @elviejodelmar2795 Месяц назад +5

      @@lefty-bw1zp To whom are you referring -- me or Col. Banks?

    • @Snuffy03
      @Snuffy03 Месяц назад +4

      ​@@lefty-bw1zpAs Marine, KMA

    • @noreligion2
      @noreligion2 Месяц назад +9

      As someone who dug deep into the history of Vietnam and of course the war, I AGREE 100% with you and Col Bank!!! We supported De Gaulle, instead of Ho Chi Minh!! Things would have been a lot different for both our countries if we had done the right thing!! Thank You for your post!!!

    • @lefty-bw1zp
      @lefty-bw1zp Месяц назад +3

      @@elviejodelmar2795 I was referring to Americans in general. It sounds like Col Bank wanted at least your graduation, to know that war is not always necessary.
      But Americans love war (at least the ones not on the battlefield) it means profits for weapons manufacturers, and politicians can claim that they “created jobs.”

  • @user-ek8gs4ij4r
    @user-ek8gs4ij4r Месяц назад +16

    And on this day in 2024, 22,000 people listened to the History Guy. History, that deserves to be remembered!

  • @stuartriefe1740
    @stuartriefe1740 Месяц назад +38

    Thank you for covering the History of April 29th. My Dad Bruce would have been 104 today. He was a WWII Navy veteran and participated in the Battle of Okinawa. He served on the Attack Cargo ship AKA-81, the USS Valencia. They delivered Marines and equipment to the island.

    • @loraweems8712
      @loraweems8712 Месяц назад +6

      I took pleasure in, appreciated, was entertained by, liked, loved, enjoyed this show!

  • @juliamartinshistory
    @juliamartinshistory Месяц назад +14

    As a historian, I'm always amazed at how much can happen on a single day across different eras. April 29th really shows the breadth of human history, from medieval battles to modern conflicts. Fascinating how these events intertwine!

  • @user-oh2hs6jh5x
    @user-oh2hs6jh5x Месяц назад +23

    Hey, a History Cat cameo! The day is complete!

  • @jeffbangkok
    @jeffbangkok Месяц назад +33

    I turned 18 in 1973. Was very happy that I didn't end up in Vietnam. Good night

    • @keithgregory8982
      @keithgregory8982 Месяц назад +4

      I turned 18 in 72, and thank goodness also, that I was not called up, although not sure if poor eyesight may have kept me out anyway.

    • @Xonid1
      @Xonid1 Месяц назад +2

      Luckily for me in 1972 my tour of duty was Germany.

    • @ltdees2362
      @ltdees2362 Месяц назад +9

      🤣 You are quite welcome .. I was drafted Jan 18 1970 .. my birthday .. and It would be the last draft for the military in the United States...how lucky for me 😛.. So I enlisted in the Air-Force and was stationed at...check this out !!!
      Myrtle Beach AFB South Carolina for my entire 4 year enlistment...It was "tough" but I struggled through it 😎

    • @maynardcarmer3148
      @maynardcarmer3148 Месяц назад +6

      I enlisted in 1967. Fun, wow.

    • @theboyisnotright6312
      @theboyisnotright6312 Месяц назад +4

      My uncle had friends and could have gone to Canada. But after a lot of thinking decided he owed the country, didn't enlist but turned 18 in 1969. He was drafted and went to Germany. So it worked out ok for him. He told me he was surprised he didn't go to Vietnam as he said 2/3s or so of his buddy's in basic training did.

  • @user-oh2hs6jh5x
    @user-oh2hs6jh5x Месяц назад +30

    Good Monday morning history fans

  • @JeffreyGlover65
    @JeffreyGlover65 Месяц назад +12

    Coffee and THG...best way to start the day 😎

  • @umberct
    @umberct Месяц назад +3

    I’ve always enjoyed your show.
    I’m a truck driver by profession.
    I drove by Frank’s Slide; it’s absolutely awestruck. I read up on it. There are Boulders no smaller then a VW Beatle, many larger; and they cover some distance away from the rock slide scar.
    I cannot imagine the noise and vibrations produced that ill-fated day.
    Nature, does not give two-hoots about you.

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 Месяц назад +10

    Back in the Saddle Again Naturally!📣

  • @billyrodriguez1878
    @billyrodriguez1878 Месяц назад +2

    All those adjectives that you used to describe April 29 describes you and your channel perfectly!!! You sir truly deserve the title of nation treasure!!!

  • @peterdhanes8771
    @peterdhanes8771 Месяц назад +5

    It was also my brother Paul's Birthday he would be seventy-one but sadly we lost him a while back.

  • @deejay4922
    @deejay4922 Месяц назад +6

    Ta, mate.
    Kiwi's where right beside Y'all, too, Bud.

    • @TheHistoryGuyChannel
      @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Месяц назад +4

      Correct, New Zealand was there too, although no connection to April 29 of which I am aware.

  • @paulholmes672
    @paulholmes672 Месяц назад +5

    Was a part of both Frequent Wing and Eagle Pull (evacuation of Phnom Penh, Cambodia) Operations and the subsequent rescue of the SS Myaguez, supporting all the aircraft involved, in Thailand, 1975. Although the Saigon Marine embassy guards were the last two Vietnam based names added to "The Wall", the three Marines captured and killed by the Khmer Rouge on the retaking of the Myaguez were the final official ' Vietnam Conflict' names added, time-wise. Thank You Lance!!!

    • @TheHistoryGuyChannel
      @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Месяц назад +2

      Correct- the two Marines who died April 29, 1975 were the last to die in Vietnam, but the victims of the Mayaguez incident died in theater.
      The Last Battle of the Vietnam War: The Mayaguez incident
      ruclips.net/video/VU5JPHQGckU/видео.html

  • @shawnr771
    @shawnr771 Месяц назад +7

    Thank you for the lesson.

  • @jeanthony4003
    @jeanthony4003 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you, History Guy. I never miss your stories.

  • @me3333
    @me3333 Месяц назад +5

    April 29, 1994 marks an important day in history. That's the day my son was born! Happy Birthday David, I llove you!

  • @vlmellody51
    @vlmellody51 Месяц назад +2

    Today is also my 65th birthday. Thanks, history guy, for letting us know about all the remarkable things that happened on my birthday.

  • @janehall2720
    @janehall2720 Месяц назад +3

    Wow! Just wow! Thank you for the memories.

  • @ghowell13
    @ghowell13 Месяц назад +12

    Got here super early for this on, History Guy. Thanks for the as always great content!

  • @jonathanhill6064
    @jonathanhill6064 Месяц назад +1

    It is crazy how such a random day has so much important history behind it. I love these Day in History videos.
    aaaaand the cat is asleep.

  • @ChaosReignsAll
    @ChaosReignsAll Месяц назад +22

    Guys ballsy enough to wear bowties always know their shit...

    • @Dotsaa2
      @Dotsaa2 Месяц назад +3

      Amen!

    • @rsr789
      @rsr789 Месяц назад +1

      Not always true (I'm excluding THG).

    • @skyden24195
      @skyden24195 Месяц назад +1

      Like young Sheldon Cooper.

  • @andypandy9013
    @andypandy9013 Месяц назад +2

    Don't forget that The Vietnam War has also left a scar in Laos and Cambodia as well.

  • @astrorad2000
    @astrorad2000 Месяц назад +2

    My birthday, April 19th, is also a colossal, stupendous, magnificent day full of historic events. Thank you for another wonderful video.

  • @juliemarshall7458
    @juliemarshall7458 Месяц назад +1

    Fabulous research, presentation, and education. Thank you, History Guy and team! ❤ P.S. Pocky making super slow motion biscuits on the professor's elbow is the icing on the historical cake!

  • @greatsilentwatcher
    @greatsilentwatcher Месяц назад +1

    I enjoyed the historic review of one day on the calendar. I hope you produce more like it.

    • @TheHistoryGuyChannel
      @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Месяц назад +1

      This Day In History
      ruclips.net/p/PLSnt4mJGJfGjKD-M6HLAqj9z9SGyrtH2q

  • @dionnedunsmore9996
    @dionnedunsmore9996 Месяц назад +1

    Wow! What an incredible post! Thanx!
    Very cool! 👊

  • @HM2SGT
    @HM2SGT Месяц назад +1

    An already Stellar production enhanced by the presence of a cat. 😸

  • @milosterwheeler2520
    @milosterwheeler2520 Месяц назад +3

    The Thesaurus is the best of the lot.

  • @seniorsurveyor
    @seniorsurveyor Месяц назад +3

    Amazing. Thank you.

  • @cynthiaslater7445
    @cynthiaslater7445 Месяц назад +2

    I really enjoyed this episode!

  • @ThomasEJohnson
    @ThomasEJohnson Месяц назад +2

    Thank you for today’s lesson. 😊

  • @skywolf2012
    @skywolf2012 Месяц назад +2

    Happy to watch this on Monday

  • @mkl62
    @mkl62 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks for posting.

  • @octaviatheappalled912
    @octaviatheappalled912 Месяц назад +1

    Great video! Thanks so much.

  • @lawrenrich-nf3ni
    @lawrenrich-nf3ni Месяц назад +1

    There are not too many days in history without war. We’re such a sad species.

  • @boboberg3700
    @boboberg3700 Месяц назад +2

    Thank you! Great show!

  • @RetiredSailor60
    @RetiredSailor60 Месяц назад +3

    Good morning History Guy and everyone watching... My grandfather knew Charles Lindbergh...

  • @constipatedinsincity4424
    @constipatedinsincity4424 Месяц назад +4

    Hey History Guy, 🤓👋 a friend of mine who's in a band called Australian Crawl lost a brother and 2 cousins fighting in Vietnam while serving in Australia. Their band has a few good songs. I suggest Unpublished Critic. Listen to that song 🎵 and tell me does it sound familiar. This song was released in 1981

  • @theoccidilian4896
    @theoccidilian4896 Месяц назад +1

    I’s listening to Aretha last night. She’s still one of the best.

  • @ksjlb2612
    @ksjlb2612 Месяц назад +1

    This was a fun video for me so thank you very much sir! I typically look for some fact or something to post on my birthday(today) to Facebook and this was an easy choice. Have a wonderful Zipper Day!

  • @rogergoodman8665
    @rogergoodman8665 Месяц назад +2

    I, as an American and a man who's father served in the U.S. Army from 1964 to 1970, I have a ton of respect for the Australian military and the Australian people. They have (always) been at our sides in combat no questions asked....unlike some of our other allies.

    • @almartin4
      @almartin4 Месяц назад

      Five Eyes
      The WEF had to disable a long term coordination group before they have their NWO.
      CANZUKUS
      Is a formal alliance between the English-speaking western countries. It has provided support for intelligence, political and military actions for 100 plus years: since WWW1 and WW2. This agreement has been the basis for many activities and ‘wars’ supporting each other. It also forms part of the strength in NATO and other area agreements.
      The WEF group had to eliminate this activity before 2030. They spent lots of money buying politicians which is why all of those countries now have socialist governments. So now, they argue instead of cooperate on important issues.
      It stands for: Canada / Australia / New Zealand / UK / US
      Regards

    • @philgiglio7922
      @philgiglio7922 Месяц назад +2

      Australia was a favorite R&R spot for troops serving in country. They were warmly greeted and frequently didn't have to buy their own drinks.
      The people of Aus remember who kept them safe from Japanese invasion

  • @donQpublic
    @donQpublic Месяц назад

    Thanks HG! This was fascinating.

  • @davidelack8809
    @davidelack8809 Месяц назад +3

    btw two Willy's were born on this day in history; William Randolph Hearst and Willy Nelson. probably only important to them. My cranial cavity is loaded with this sort of "useless" info.It is the burden I bare. Love your channel!

  • @beebop9808
    @beebop9808 Месяц назад +2

    Good one Guy.

  • @seanriley3415
    @seanriley3415 Месяц назад

    Thank you very much!!! So very always awesome...so very always informative and fun!! Especially todays....again thank you!!!

  • @geekogen
    @geekogen Месяц назад +1

    I adore the ending, and sleepy kitty cameo, too 😁

  • @BasicDrumming
    @BasicDrumming Месяц назад +1

    I appreciate you and thank you for making content.

  • @sweetpeachbellini8245
    @sweetpeachbellini8245 Месяц назад +1

    Love your channel so much! Thanks for bringing real knowledge and facts worth knowing to RUclips. Cheers from Canada! (P.S. Loved seeing your kitty too)

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss1678 Месяц назад +1

    Do more like this !👍

  • @donaldstanfield8862
    @donaldstanfield8862 Месяц назад

    I love this kind of content!

  • @wpbgmail
    @wpbgmail Месяц назад +12

    Lance, you are a master story teller. I enjoy all of your videos.

  • @RDU8468
    @RDU8468 Месяц назад +1

    Fantastic, sharing this with a History teacher of mine....GREAT STUFF!

  • @WaterBearerBear
    @WaterBearerBear Месяц назад

    Thanks for all you do and bonus birthday lesson here. Cheers

  • @JohnMGilbert
    @JohnMGilbert Месяц назад +1

    I was just watching the History Guy on RUclips about events that happened on April 29th. He left out one important story.
    "On April 29th, John M. Gilbert was born. John became a news reporter in Columbus, GA and was the first camera man on the scene of what became known as the infamous Stocking Stranglings. John flew in an airplane piloted by Tuskegee Airman, Chappie James. He was host at Historic Westville where he introduced President Jimmy Carter. He was subsequently invited to the Whitehouse where he covered a Whitehouse briefing by the President.
    John left news reporting to save the Historic Bradley Theater in Columbus which was only days away from the wrecking ball. After the Bradley, John moved to the Atlanta area where he started the "Henry Players" theater group, one of the most successful theater groups on the Southside of Atlanta.
    John says his crowning achievement is the founding of the "Georgia Independence Day Festival", a festival commemorating the day when news of the signing of the Declaration of Independence came to Georgia.
    Sadly, John was badly injured in a head-on auto collision on February 17th 2024 where he sustained life changing injuries.

  • @johngiddings9409
    @johngiddings9409 Месяц назад

    This is amazing! What an Opus History Guy!!! ❤

  • @kellybasham3113
    @kellybasham3113 Месяц назад

    Love your videos

  • @Kw1161
    @Kw1161 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks History Guy I would had never known the term “Zip Your Lip” would be the result of this day…😂!
    Have a great day!

  • @michaelmanning5379
    @michaelmanning5379 Месяц назад +1

    Great finish!

  • @deanbuss1678
    @deanbuss1678 Месяц назад +1

    Thanks!

  • @goo_rocket5897
    @goo_rocket5897 Месяц назад +2

    Great idea

  • @kyleburkholder6003
    @kyleburkholder6003 Месяц назад

    Another fantastic video. I would love to see a more in depth video about the zipper.

  • @WarHawk-
    @WarHawk- Месяц назад

    If I had been shown history the way you present it, I probably would have received a much higher grade in high school than I did. Thank you for making history such an interesting and fascinating subject.

  • @kevinvilmont6061
    @kevinvilmont6061 Месяц назад +1

    My dad has some epic drinking stories with Aussie’s in SE Asia circa 1967-68

  • @bbartky
    @bbartky Месяц назад

    Apologies if you’ve covered this in another video, THG, but the fact that South Korea also participated in the war in Vietnam would be a great topic. As to war itself, I vividly remember watching the fall of Saigon (now Ho Chi Minh City) in school.

  • @mrurquhart9138
    @mrurquhart9138 Месяц назад

    It's wild that on the same day, centuries apart, two different places named Orleans have significant military history moments. Thanks again History Guy, another top notch episode!

  • @Seagullias12
    @Seagullias12 Месяц назад

    Dear HG, thanks for all of your informative and interesting videos. If only more of our younger gens would learn from you! Your highlighting of the Australian involvement in the Vietnam War is most appreciated. Just one little correction of this video: There was no conscription (Draft) instituted in Australia during World War 1. The Australian Commonwealth Forces remained the only fully voluntary force of the Great War. (to the best of my knowledge) There were three Referenda held in 1917, to decide the issue of whether Australia should introduce Conscription or not, and each one was defeated. Your comment referring to the social discord that the issue caused is correct in both cases. The issue in 1917 greatly inflamed long held 'Sectarianism' which lingered for many decades. The 'Moratorium' marches in Australia in the late 60's and early '70's were huge and there was as much division in our society as in America. All the best, and please keep up the good work mate!

  • @nickc247
    @nickc247 Месяц назад +1

    Always reminds me of the song...
    🎶 April 29th, 1992 🎶

  • @jodiebent
    @jodiebent Месяц назад

    Just settled down after grilling my son's birthday dinner,cake and settled down to watch this.I will show him this,and it's always great to see what happened on your date.

  • @paulmcmanus6222
    @paulmcmanus6222 Месяц назад

    Well, THG, I think it's safe to say, I have never laughed so hard at a summing up of THG as I did at your reading of Roget's Thesaurus. Well done, sir, well done.

  • @peggywoods4327
    @peggywoods4327 Месяц назад +1

    US fan of The Archers loving the mention of the show.

  • @BlasphemousBill2023
    @BlasphemousBill2023 Месяц назад

    Thanks!
    I enjoyed it.
    I miss Oldsmobile:)

  • @deaconblue949
    @deaconblue949 Месяц назад

    On April 29, 1983 then Chicago Cubs manager Lee Elia was questioned about the team's loss that day, dropping their record to 5-14. Les Grobstein had his tape recorder ready and Elia went on an obscenity laden tirade for three and a half minutes, most of which is not fit for print here. He lost his job later in that season. Fortunately it can be found unedited here on RUclips. It is without question the greatest sports rant in history and deserves to be remembered.

  • @bronwynecg
    @bronwynecg Месяц назад +2

    Good morning! 👋🏽 😊

  • @d-mack-ga5340
    @d-mack-ga5340 Месяц назад

    We had a U.S. Army Hospital at the SW corner of our town, I remember helicopters flying over our neighborhood several times a day while growing up. I think it was at the end of 1975 when suddenly there were no more helicopters flying by. It was a surreal feeling at first but we were all very happy to know the Vietnam War was finally over. I don't know where they sent all those patients, I was just a kid.

  • @SlipShodBob
    @SlipShodBob Месяц назад +1

    I believe Laos is still also dealing with the repercussions of the Vietnam War where about 90% of the 80 million bombs and bomblets still litter the countryside near the border.

  • @josephscarpaci3688
    @josephscarpaci3688 Месяц назад +2

    My father was at the liberation of Dachau!

  • @kevinvilmont6061
    @kevinvilmont6061 Месяц назад +1

    It begins and ends with wide world of sports.

  • @MMitchellMarmel
    @MMitchellMarmel Месяц назад +1

    So much history. Plus kitteh. :)

  • @MarkSmith-js2pu
    @MarkSmith-js2pu Месяц назад +1

    Also my 27 yr old Son, my eldest! ❤️

  • @dziban303
    @dziban303 Месяц назад +1

    Hi, the 1991 Cyclone absolutely did not produce winds of 250 miles per hour, but ~250 kilometres per hour-so about 155mph

  • @orbyfan
    @orbyfan Месяц назад

    Toronto Maple Leaf fans fondly remember April 29, 1978, when Lanny McDonald scored in overtime to give the Leafs a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders in Uniondale in the 7th game of their Stanley Cup quarter-final series. It's one of the few highlights in the post-1967 history of the Maple Leafs.

    • @orbyfan
      @orbyfan Месяц назад

      ruclips.net/video/n-zjRlMqrrQ/видео.html

  • @jonathanwetherell3609
    @jonathanwetherell3609 Месяц назад +1

    History with humour, just the job!

  • @artsalivestudio
    @artsalivestudio Месяц назад

    Even tho you wear a bow tie it's nice to see that your cat wears a "tux".

  • @ltdees2362
    @ltdees2362 Месяц назад

    I cannot tell you the joy I get from "This Day In History" .. This day in history, my mother was born...April 29th 1924...💖

    • @ltdees2362
      @ltdees2362 Месяц назад

      I would just like to mention to you Lance, I received "American Murder Houses" the other day and my wife immediately took it from my hands and cannot put it down 😛She gives you a "shout out" and would like more of your books 👍

  • @debbybridge7064
    @debbybridge7064 Месяц назад +1

    Big cat for big day!!!

  • @deonoosthuizen42
    @deonoosthuizen42 Месяц назад +1

    Love the cat.

  • @CrazyBear65
    @CrazyBear65 Месяц назад

    Have you done an episode about the Lindbergh baby? I can't remember.
    Thumb up for the cat, and the thesaurus.

  • @reallyseriously7020
    @reallyseriously7020 Месяц назад

    16:00 Check out Poppy making happy paws.

  • @lapurta22
    @lapurta22 Месяц назад +1

    I always feel sorry for the poor old cat prop 😿

  • @luxurreview
    @luxurreview Месяц назад

    Please do a history of the Peaked Cap, also called Service Cap or the Barracks Cover.

  • @jayteaman
    @jayteaman Месяц назад +1

    I think I'll stay in today.

  • @notinmanitou
    @notinmanitou Месяц назад

    My husband's grandmother was born April 29, 1885.

  • @thatclintguy
    @thatclintguy Месяц назад

    Today (April 29th) in 2004, the last Oldsmobile was produced.

  • @colddeadhands5167
    @colddeadhands5167 Месяц назад +1

    R.I.P. young marines 😢

  • @tgtrout
    @tgtrout Месяц назад +1

    You left out the fact that April 29th is the wedding anniversary for my wife and me.

  • @allendyer5359
    @allendyer5359 Месяц назад +2

    "King of Skiffle" Lonnie Donegan was born Apr 29 1931. No "Rock Island Line" no "One After 909?... how many other songs wouldn't be?

  • @hobbyfarmer62
    @hobbyfarmer62 Месяц назад +2

    We are so angst ridden over that war possibly more than over any other war in our history. But we were are in some ways very divided over our taking part. But then it was our first war where the press actively worked against it daily. Which I'm not sure it could do in the same way since the press is little like it was then.

  • @harryschaefer8563
    @harryschaefer8563 Месяц назад +1

    Dear History Guy, you have to RESPECT the unlucky ski jumper who was shown spectacularly wiping out week after week (Mr. "Agony of defeat", not his real name). I asked my wife, a master seamstress if she knew what a "separable fastener" is (she didn't).

    • @TheHistoryGuyChannel
      @TheHistoryGuyChannel  Месяц назад

      The ski jumper that was always featured in the opening credits was a Slovenian named Vinko Bogataj. The failed jump occurred at a competition in March of 1970. He suffered a broken ankle and a mild concussion. He was unaware for decades that the footage was being used on the program.