Births on April 29

Mike Bryan

Born on April 29, 1978

Mike Bryan, American tennis player

Michael Carl Bryan (born April 29, 1978) is an American former doubles world No. 1 tennis player. The right-hander turned pro in 1998. With his twin brother Bob, he was the world No. 1 doubles player for more than nine years, first achieving the top ranking in September 2003, and they became the second men's doubles team to complete the Career Golden Slam by winning the 2012 Summer Olympics. He holds the records for the most major men's doubles titles at 18, the most ATP men's doubles titles (123), and the most weeks (506) ranked world No. 1. He won all but five of his doubles titles with his brother; with Jack Sock, he won two majors and the year-end championship in 2018, as well as the 2018 ATP World Tour Fans' Favorite Doubles Team. His father is Wayne Bryan.

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Events on 1978

11 Feb

Aristotle
Censorship: China lifts a ban on works by Aristotle, William Shakespeare and Charles Dickens.
27 Apr

Watergate scandal
Former United States President Nixon aide John D. Ehrlichman is released from an Arizona prison after serving 18 months for Watergate-related crimes.
25 Jul

In vitro fertilisation
Birth of Louise Joy Brown, the first human to have been born after conception by in vitro fertilisation, or IVF.
22 Oct

Pope John Paul II
Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II.
18 Nov

Jim Jones
In Jonestown, Guyana, Jim Jones led his Peoples Temple to a mass murder-suicide that claimed 918 lives in all, 909 of them in Jonestown itself, including over 270 children. Congressman Leo Ryan is murdered by members of the Peoples Temple hours earlier.

Births on April 29

Mike Bryan

Born on April 29, 1978

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Events on 1978

Aristotle

Watergate scandal

In vitro fertilisation

Pope John Paul II

Jim Jones