Today’s highlight

On April 29, 1429, Joan of Arc entered the besieged city of Orleans to lead a French victory over the English.

On this date

1945: During World War II, American soldiers liberated the Dachau (DAH’-khow) concentration camp. Adolf Hitler married Eva Braun inside his “Fuhrerbunker” and designated Adm. Karl Doenitz (DUHR’-nihtz) president.

1967: Aretha Franklin’s cover of Otis Redding’s “Respect” was released as a single by Atlantic Records.

1991: A cyclone began striking the South Asian country of Bangladesh; it ended up killing more than 138,000 people, according to the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

1992: A jury in Simi Valley, California, acquitted four Los Angeles police officers of almost all state charges in the videotaped beating of motorist Rodney King; the verdicts were followed by rioting in Los Angeles resulting in 55 deaths.

2010: The U.S. Navy officially ended a ban on women serving on submarines, saying the first women would be reporting for duty by 2012.

Today’s Birthdays

Conductor Zubin Mehta is 88. Country singer Duane Allen (The Oak Ridge Boys) is 81. Singer Tommy James is 77. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld is 70. Actor Kate Mulgrew is 69. Actor Daniel Day-Lewis is 67. Actor Michelle Pfeiffer is 66. Actor Eve Plumb is 66. Singer Carnie Wilson (Wilson Phillips) is 56. Actor Uma Thurman is 54. Tennis Hall of Famer Andre Agassi is 54. Rapper Master P is 54. Actor Darby Stanchfield is 53..