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Today’s Highlight in History: On April 29, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths. On April 29: In 1913, Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken, New Jersey, received a U.S. patent for a “separable fastener” — later known as the zipper. In 1945, during World War II, Ame...

Today is Thursday, April 29, the 119th day of 2021. There are 246 days left in the year.

Today in History FacebookTwitterEmail Today in History Today is Thursday, April 29, the 119th day of 2021. There are 246 days left in the year. Today’s Highlight in History: On April 29, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths. On this date: In 1913, Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboke...

Today in History Today is Thursday, April 29, the 119th day of 2021. There are 246 days left in the year. Todayís Highlight in History: On April 29, 1992, a jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths. On this date: In 1913, Swedish-born engineer Gideon Sundback of Hoboken, New Jersey, received a U.S. p...

Almanacs are full of lists of global and national historic events. But “This Day in History” feature invites you to not just peruse a list, but to take a trip back in time to see how a significant event originally was reported in the Chicago Tribune.

>> hello, im bonnie erbe. welcome to to the contrary, a discussion of news and social trends from diverse perspectives. up first, sisters in arms: american nuns chastised by the vatican for going against the catholic churchs teachings are now rejecting the vaticans criticism. the leadership conference of women religious, represents most of the 57,000 american nuns. its leaders say the vatican has its facts wrong. they say the condemnation of the sisters is unsubstantiated and has creat...