This is our day guide for Wednesday April 29th 2015 which shows you at a glance what's happening on this day around the world. Using the calendar on this page, you can look at a day guide for any day. Why not look up your birthday to see which holidays you share it with?
Holidays on April 29th 2015
Japan: Showa Day
Honours the birthday of Emperor Hirohito, the reigning Emperor before, during, and after World War IIPublic sector only
Vietnam: Public Holiday
Fall of Saigon and reunification of Vietnam in 1975 when Viet Cong and North Vietnamese troops captured Saigon| Choose a Day |
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| General Information for April 29th 2015 | |
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| There are 2 public holidays today. | |
| Day 119 of 2015 | |
| 246 days left in 2015 | |
| Week 18 of the year | |
| On this Day in History | |
| 1993 - Guitarist Mick Ronson, famed for his collaboration with David Bowie, dies. | |
| 1975 - The North Vietnamese army shell the Tan Son Nhut air base in Saigon during the Vietnam War. | |
| 1950 - Three adults are injured and a baby dies in a London rail disaster at Boarer's Manor Way Level Crossing, when a train hits a lorry occupying the tracks, due to poor visibility that day. | |
| 1483 - The Dukes of Gloucester and Buckingham meet Lord Rivers at Northampton: a brief peaceful moment of The House of York during the Wars of the Roses. |
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