Sports · April 29, 2018

2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Name: 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix
Start: 2018-04-29
Location: Azerbaijan

8 years ago · Azerbaijan

8th anniversary

The 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Azerbaijan Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 29 April 2018 at the Baku City Circuit in Baku, Azerbaijan.

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The 9th anniversary falls on April 29, 2027.

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1901–1989

Hirohito

Emperor Shōwa (29 April 1901 – 7 January 1989), personal name Hirohito, was Emperor of Japan from 25 December 1926 until his death on 7 January 1989. He reigned during a period of increasing Japanese nationalism and militarism, culminating in the entry of the Empire of Japan into World War II as an Axis power.

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RoyaltyWould be 125

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b. 1974

Anggun

Anggun Cipta Sasmi (Indonesian:; born 29 April 1974) is an Indonesian and French singer, songwriter, actress, and television personality. Born in Jakarta, she recorded a children's album at the age of nine and rose to fame as a teenage rock star in the late 1980s.

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1854–1912

Henri Poincaré

Jules Henri Poincaré (UK:, US:; French:; 29 April 1854 – 17 July 1912) was a French mathematician, theoretical physicist, engineer, and philosopher of science.

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ScienceDied aged 58

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1818–1881

Alexander II of Russia

Alexander II (29 April 1818 – 13 March 1881) was Emperor of Russia, King of Poland, and Grand Duke of Finland from 2 March 1855 until his assassination on 13 March 1881. He is also known as Alexander the Liberator because of his historic Edict of Emancipation, which officially abolished Russian serfdom in 1861.

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RoyaltyDied aged 62

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1946

Tokyo Trial

The International Military Tribunal for the Far East (IMTFE), also known as the Tokyo Trial and the Tokyo War Crimes Tribunal, was a military trial convened on April 29, 1946, to try leaders of the Empire of Japan for their crimes against peace, conventional war crimes, and crimes against humanity, leading up to and…

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1992

1992 Los Angeles riots

Los Angeles, California, experienced a series of riots and civil disturbances from April 29 to May 3, 1992.

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2011

Wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton

The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton took place on Friday, 29 April 2011 at Westminster Abbey in London, England. William was second in the line of succession to the British throne at the time, later becoming heir apparent.

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2017

Block of Wikipedia in Turkey

From 29 April 2017 to 15 January 2020, the online encyclopedia Wikipedia was blocked in Turkey. On 29 April 2017, Turkish authorities blocked online access to all its language editions throughout the country.

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