Template:On this day/April 29

Copy the 3-5 most noteworthy events from the corresponding date page. Please change to past tense and bold the key article. You may also include a relevant photo, sized between 100-140px wide and aligned right.

April 29:

• 1862 – Lieutenant Colonel John Bowie Strange (VMI Class of 1842) was promoted to colonel. Five months later, he was killed during the Maryland Campaign of the American Civil War. He is buried in Maplewood Cemetery.
• 1900 – At about' 11 o'clock this Saturday, the wine cellar of the Hotopp Wine Company and its contents were destroyed by fire which, "it is almost certain was of incendiary origin. This is the third fire in six months from which the Hotopp's have suffered."