Today in History - 29th of April

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What Happened On This Day – 29 April
1997 The Chemical Weapons Convention becomes effective

The arms control treaty prohibits the production, storage, and use of chemical weapons. It has so far been ratified by some 190 countries.
1992 Deadly riots erupt in Los Angeles

53 people died in the riots, which started after the acquittal of the 4 Los Angeles police officers accused of the brutal beating of Rodney King.
1975 Hubert van Es takes the famous picture of a helicopter airlift from a Saigon rooftop

The image shows South Vietnamese civilians employed by the U.S. trying to escape Saigon on the day before the city's fall. It came to symbolize the American defeat in Vietnam.
1968 The musical Hair goes to Broadway

As a portrait of the 1960s hippie counterculture and sexual revolution, it was highly controversial at the time. Some of the musical's songs became anthems of the peace movement during the Vietnam War.
1945 A day before committing suicide, Adolf Hitler and Eva Braun marry

On the same day, U.S. troops liberated the Dachau concentration camp near Munich.

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