April 29: Facts & Historical Events On This Day

Legendary country musician Willie Nelson held a two-day music concert for his 90th birthday party.

Indonesia announced plans to move its capital city from Jakarta due to the city sinking.

Jakarta is a city of 10 million people, and it is suffering one of the fastest rates of sinking in the world.

The Simpson’s 636th episode aired, making it the longest episode count of any TV series in history.

Prince William and Kate Middleton tied the knot.

The couple had been in a relationship for many years. One thousand nine hundred people attended the ceremony, 1 million lined London's streets, and 2 billion watched on worldwide TV.

Rockstar Games released Grand Theft Auto IV, the sixth in the GTA series, for PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.

GTA IV is set in Liberty City, a fast-paced coastal city based on New York City. It cost over $100 million to produce, making it one of the most expensive games developed at its release.

The TV Land Network made its debut.

Upon its launch, TV Land saw 5 million subscribers. It was originally a spin-off of Nick At Nite.

The first pieces of the Berlin Wall were dismantled, starting at Brandenburg Gate.

In the Los Angeles Public Library, a fire broke out, destroying 400,000 books.

Experts had previously warned the library to upgrade their fire-safety systems because a fire would be catastrophic. Fortunately, this advice was heeded in time, with new fire-safety measures introduced as early as 1978. Despite having a better system, it took 350 firefighters the finally extinguish the blaze.

Aretha Franklin’s song “Respect” became Billboards Song of the Year.

Space Patrol aired the first 3D television show.

The show also made history by being the first West Coast morning network program beamed to the East Coast.

Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun got married in Berlin, Germany.

The two were married for less than 40 hours before committing suicide in their bunker.

The galaxy Centaurus A was discovered by Scottish astronomer James Dunlop.

The galaxy is also known as NGC 5128 or Caldwell 77 and was discovered from Dunlop's home in Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia.

British Lieutenant James Cook became the first European to reach Australia’s east coast.

James Cook initially called the bay where his ship, the HMS Endeavour, landed at Stingrays Harbour. He later renamed it Botany Bay for the large number of new and interesting plants found nearby.