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April 22, 1929

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TORNADOES KILL 22 IN THE SOUTHWEST; FLOODS TAKE TOLL; Twisters at Tillar, Ark., and Dahomey, Miss., End Lives of 16 in Day. 13 KILLED ON PLANTATION Huge Hailstones Fall at Louisville--Farm Property LossHeavy in Storms in Area.LEVEE OUT AT CANTON, MO.Waters of Mississippi Sweep Over 200 Homes There--Quincy, Ill., Faces Record Flood Stage. Third Successive Day of Tornadoes. Swath Cut Through Plantation. 3 Killed, 25 Hurt, in Mississippi. Huge Hailstones at Louisville. TORNADOES KILL 22 IN THE SOUTHWEST Levee Breaks at Canton, Mo. Break Prevented in Arkansas.

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Quincy faces flood stage of Mississippi River

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Notable Births

Michael Atiyah

1929Michael Atiyah, English-Lebanese mathematician and academic (died 2019)[†]

Sir Michael Francis Atiyah was a British-Lebanese mathematician specialising in geometry. His contributions include the Atiyah–Singer index theorem and co-founding topological K-theory. He was awarded the Fields Medal in 1966 and the Abel Prize in 2004.

1929Robert Wade-Gery, English diplomat, British High Commissioner to India (died 2015)[†]

Sir Robert Wade-Gery was a British diplomat who was High Commissioner to India 1982–87.

Notable Deaths

Henry Lerolle

1929Henry Lerolle, French painter and art collector (born 1848)[†]

Henry Lerolle was a French painter, art collector and patron, born in Paris. He studied at Académie Suisse and in the studio of Louis Lamothe.