This Day In History: 04/29/1992 - Riots Erupt in Los Angeles

The World War II monument opens, the concentration camp, Dachau is liberated, New Orleans falls to the Union army in the Civil War, and the first international space flight is launched in This Day in History video. The date is April 29th. The Americans and Russians each sent an astronaut up in the same space ship.

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