On This Day:
Wednesday April 29, 2015 This is the 119th day of the year, with 246 days remaining in 2015. Fact of the Day: sugars Brown sugar is white sugar combined with molasses, which gives it a soft texture. There is light and dark brown sugar -- with the light generally being a more delicate flavor and the dark being the old-fashioned style with more intense molasses flavor. Both granulated and liquid brown sugar are now available but neither of these forms should be substituted for regular brown sugar in recipes. Brown sugar should also not be confused with raw sugar, which is the residue left after sugarcane has been processed to remove the molasses and refine the sugar crystals.
Holidays Feast day of St. Catherine of Siena, St. Wilfrid the Younger, St. Hugh of Cluny, St. Endellion, St. Joseph Cottolengo, St. Robert of Molesme, and St. Peter the Martyr.
Japan: Greenery Day.
Events 1429 - Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a victory over the English.
1813 - A patent for rubber was given to J.F. Hummel of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
1852 - The first edition of Peter Roget's "Thesaurus" was published.
1854 - Ashmun Institute, the first college founded solely for African-American students, was officially chartered.
1861 - Maryland voted against seceding from the Union.
1862 - New Orleans fell to Union forces during the Civil War.
1864 - Theta Xi, a fraternity, was founded -- in Troy, New York.
1913 - Swedish-born U.S. inventor Gideon Sundback patented the zipper.
1945 - American soldiers liberated the Dachau concentration camp, the first concentration camp established by the Nazi regime.
1945 - Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun and designated Admiral Karl Doenitz his successor. Hitler killed himself the next day.
1946 - Twenty-eight former Japanese leaders were indicted as war criminals.
1992 - Four white policemen in Los Angeles were acquitted of beating Rodney King, a black motorist, despite videotape evidence.
2003 - The Palestinian parliament approved Mahmoud Abbas as prime minister.
Births 1792 - Matthew Vassar, American, brewer, founder and namesake of Vassar College.
1818 - Alexander II, Russian emperor (1855-81), emancipated the serfs in 1861.
1863 - William Randolph Hearst, American publishing magnate.
1899 - Duke (Edward Kennedy) Ellington, American jazz musician, bandleader.
1901 - Hirohito, Japan's longest reigning emperor (1926-1989).
1936 - Zubin Mehta, Indian-born American conductor, and son of Mehli Mehta, founder of the Bombay Symphony.
1951 - Dale Earnhardt, stock car driver, with one of the most successful careers in motorsports.
1954 - Jerry Seinfeld, American comedian and television celebrity.
1970 - Andre Agassi, professional tennis player.
Deaths 1980 - Alfred Hitchcock, English film director.
2008 - Albert Hofmann, a Swiss scientist best known for synthesizing lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD).
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