Portal : Belgium/Anniversaries/April/April 29
1899 : Camille Jenatzy sets the land speed record at 105.88 km/h in his third and final record race of the year, and is the first to break the 100 km/h barrier
1918 : end of the Battle of the Lys during World War I
1922 : birth of Toots Thielemans , called the greatest jazz harmonica player of the century
1928 : birth of Jan Pieter Schotte , Roman Catholic cardinal and official of the Roman Curia
1930 : birth of Rik Coppens , siccer player with 47 appearances for the Belgium national football team
1933 : birth of Mark Eyskens , Prime Minister of Belgium in 1981 and son of former prime minister Gaston Eyskens
1937 : birth of Wannes Van de Velde , singer
1942 : birth of François-Xavier de Donnéa , politician, Minister-President of the Brussels-Capital Region between 2000 and 2003
1942: birth of Jean-Baptiste Baronian , writer
1970 : birth of Piet Goddaer, musician known as Ozark Henry