1. On April 29, 1865, Confederate General Joseph E. Johnston surrendered to Union General William T. Sherman in Durham Station, North Carolina, effectively ending the Civil War in the Eastern United States. This surrender marked the end of the largest and longest campaign of the war, the Atlanta Campaign, which began in May 1864 and culminated in the capture of Atlanta in September of that year. Mississippi played a key role in this campaign, with many soldiers from the state fighting in the battles of Resaca, Kennesaw Mountain, and Peachtree Creek.

2. On April 29, 1908, the Supreme Court of Mississippi upheld the state's liquor prohibition law, which had been passed two years earlier. The court ruled that the law did not violate the state constitution or the 14th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which guarantees equal protection under the law. Mississippi's prohibition law remained in effect until 1966, when it was repealed by the state legislature.

3. On April 29, 1933, the town of Tupelo, Mississippi was hit by a devastating tornado that killed 216 people and injured over 700 others. The tornado, which was part of a larger outbreak of storms in the southeastern U.S., was one of the deadliest in U.S. history. The town was later rebuilt, and today Tupelo is best known as the birthplace of Elvis Presley.

4. On April 29, 1958, the Stennis Space Center was officially dedicated in Hancock County, Mississippi. The center, which is named after longtime U.S. Senator John C. Stennis of Mississippi, is a NASA facility that is used for rocket testing and other research related to space exploration. Mississippi's proximity to the Gulf of Mexico and its large areas of sparsely populated land make it an ideal location for such a facility.

5. On April 29, 2011, Mississippi's deadliest tornado outbreak in decades occurred, with over 30 tornadoes reported across the state. The storms caused extensive damage and claimed the lives of 10 people. The most destructive of the tornadoes hit the towns of Smithville and Tushka, destroying homes and businesses and causing millions of dollars in damage. The outbreak was part of a larger outbreak of storms that affected the southeastern U.S. and claimed over 300 lives overall.