On this day — April 29

believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.

a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.

Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.

outlawing the production, stockpiling and use of chemical weapons by its signatories.

following the acquittal of police officers charged with excessive force in the beating of Rodney King. Over the next three days 63 people are killed and hundreds of buildings are destroyed.

killing 270 people.

known as a Sarbat Khalsa, officially declared independence for a state of Khalistan.

begins to evacuate U.S. citizens from Saigon before an expected North Vietnamese takeover. U.S. involvement in the war comes to an end. This happens after the Bombing of Tan Son Nhut Air Base.