April 29th in History
April 29th
1696 Therewere many attempts on the life of William III, King of England, who attracted opposition, in part because he was a foreigner. On This Day, three would-be assassins, Rookwood, Lowick and Cranbourne, were executed for an attempt that failed.
The “Elektromote,” created by German inventor Ernst Werner von Siemens, was the world’s first trolleybus tested on April 29, 1882. This experimental vehicle was connected to overhead electrical wires and ran along a 540-meter track in Berlin.
1884 Oxford University agreed to admit female students to examinations. However, woman were not to be awarded degrees
On 29th April 1941 the village of Cwmparc in the Rhondda Valley was subjected to a bombing raid from the Luftwaffe which killed 28 people.
It is believed that anti-aircraft fire had forced the German pilots to divert from their planned target at Swansea and had dropped their bombs randomly. Among the fatalities were three evacuees from London, the Jameson family, two boys and two girls, who had been staying at 14 Treharne Street which was one of the houses hit.
1696 Therewere many attempts on the life of William III, King of England, who attracted opposition, in part because he was a foreigner. On This Day, three would-be assassins, Rookwood, Lowick and Cranbourne, were executed for an attempt that failed.
The “Elektromote,” created by German inventor Ernst Werner von Siemens, was the world’s first trolleybus tested on April 29, 1882. This experimental vehicle was connected to overhead electrical wires and ran along a 540-meter track in Berlin.
1884 Oxford University agreed to admit female students to examinations. However, woman were not to be awarded degrees
On 29th April 1941 the village of Cwmparc in the Rhondda Valley was subjected to a bombing raid from the Luftwaffe which killed 28 people.
It is believed that anti-aircraft fire had forced the German pilots to divert from their planned target at Swansea and had dropped their bombs randomly. Among the fatalities were three evacuees from London, the Jameson family, two boys and two girls, who had been staying at 14 Treharne Street which was one of the houses hit.
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