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On This Day, April 29

  • 2015: A baseball game between the Baltimore Orioles and the Chicago White Sox sets the all-time low attendance mark for Major League Baseball. Zero fans were in attendance for the game, as the stadium was officially closed to the public due to the 2015 Baltimore protests.
  • 2013: A powerful explosion occurs in an office building in Prague, believed to have been caused by natural gas, and injures 43 people.
  • 2013: National Airlines Flight 102, a Boeing 747-400 freighter aircraft, crashes during takeoff from Bagram Airfield in Parwan Province, Afghanistan, killing all seven people on board.
  • 2011: The wedding of Prince William and Catherine Middleton takes place at Westminster Abbey in London.
  • 2004: The final Oldsmobile is built in Lansing, Michigan, ending 107 years of vehicle production.

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