Today in History: Tuesday, April 29, 2014

AP Highlight in History:  On April 29, 2012, Britain's Prince William and Kate Middleton were married in an opulent ceremony at London's Westminster Abbey. Queen Elizabeth II conferred the titles duke and duchess of Cambridge on her grandson and his new wife.   AP Photo/Matt Dunham
On this date in: 1429 Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a victory over the English. 1861 Maryland's House of Delegates voted against seceding from the Union. 1862 New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War. 1899 Jazz musician and bandleader Duke Ellington was born Edward Kennedy Ellington in Washington, D.C. AP Photo 1916 The Easter uprising in Dublin collapsed as Irish nationalists surrendered to British authorities. 1945 Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler married his longtime mistress Eva Braun in a Berlin bunker. (The couple killed themselves the next day.) 1945 American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp in Germany. AP Photo/Jim Pringle 1981 Truck driver Peter Sutcliffe admitted in a London court to being the "Yorkshire Ripper," the killer of 13 women in northern England over five years. 1992 Rioting erupted in Los Angeles after a jury acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all charges in the videotaped beating of Rodney King. Fifty-four people were killed. 1996 The musical "Rent" opened on Broadway. 1997 A worldwide treaty to ban chemical weapons went into effect.		Video HIGHLIGHTS OF THIS DAY IN HISTORY Today's Birthdays: Actress Uma Thurman turns 44 years old today. AP Photo/Evan Agostini Name Profession Age Rod McKuen Poet 81 Luis Aparicio Baseball Hall of Famer 80 Otis Rush Blues musician 79 Zubin Mehta Conductor 78 Duane Allen Country singer (The Oak Ridge Boys) 71 Tommy James Singer (The Shondells) 67 Debbie Stabenow U.S. senator, D-Mich. 64 Kate Mulgrew Actress ("Star Trek: Voyager") 59 Daniel Day-Lewis Actor 57 Michelle Pfeiffer Actress 56 Eve Plumb Actress ("The Brady Bunch") 56 Carnie Wilson Singer (Wilson Phillips) 46 Andre Agassi Tennis player 44 Actor-comedian Jerry Seinfeld ("Seinfeld") turns 60 years old today. AP Photo/Charles Sykes