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May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (150th in Leap Year s). There are 216 days remaining.
Events
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle Of Ctesiphon , under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is impossible to conquer it.
- 757 - Paul I succeeds Stephen III as Pope
- 1167 - Battle Of Legnano , in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I .
- 1414 - Council Of Constance .
- 1453 - Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a Siege , ending the Byzantine Empire .
- is restored to the throne of England .
- 1677 - Treaty Of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians .
- 1727 - Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia .
- 1733 - Right of Canadians to keep Indian Slaves upheld at Quebec City .
- 1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States Colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. State .
- 1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. State .
- 1864 - Emperor Maximilian Of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
- 1867 - Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Empire ; on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary
- 1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first Advertisement for Coca-Cola , the ad appearing in the '' Atlanta Journal ''.
- 1886 - Putney Bridge opened in west London .
- 1903 - Alexander Obrenovic , king of Serbia , was Assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (''Crna Ruka'') organization.
- 1913 - Igor Stravinsky 's Ballet score The Rite Of Spring is premiered in Paris.
- 1914 - Ocean Liner RMS Empress Of Ireland sinks in the Gulf Of St. Lawrence ; 1,024 lives lost.
- 1919 - Observation of shifted star positions during a Solar Eclipse confirm Albert Einstein 's Theory Of Relativity (see Arthur Eddington ).
- 1935 - Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
- 1950 - '' St. Roch '', first ship to Circumnavigate North America , arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia .
- 1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest .
- 1968 - Manchester United wins the European Cup , the first English Club to do so.
- , Belgium , 39 Football fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match.
- 1985 - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes Cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia , after 14 months.
- 1994 - Herbert Shughart refuses to shake hands with U.S. President Bill Clinton following a presentation of posthumous Medals Of Honor to the widows of two soldiers for valor in Somalia .
- 2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 2004 - The Al-Khobar Massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22.
- 2005 - France , one of the founders of a united Europe , resoundingly rejects the European Constitution , throwing the idea of a European Union into question and leaving the continent in a state of anxiety and uncertainty (see French Referendum On The European Constitution ).
Births
- 1265 - Dante Alighieri , Florentine poet (d. 1321 )
- 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf Zu Pappenheim , Bavarian general (d. 1632 )
- 1627 - Anne, Duchess Of Montpensier , French writer (d. 1693 )
- 1630 - King Charles II Of England (d. 1685 )
- 1660 - Sarah Churchill, Duchess Of Marlborough , English friend of Queen Anne Of England (d. 1744 )
- 1675 - Humphry Ditton , English mathematician (d. 1715 )
- 1716 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton , French naturalist (d. 1800 )
- 1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke Of Leinster , Irish politician (d. 1773 )
- 1736 - Patrick Henry , American patriot (d. 1799 )
- 1823 - John H. Balsley , American carpenter (d. 1895 )
- 1860 - Isaac Albéniz , Spanish composer (d. 1909 )
- 1863 - Arthur Mold , English cricketer (d. 1921 )
- 1874 - G. K. Chesterton , English novelist (d. 1936 )
- 1880 - Oswald Spengler , German philosopher (d. 1936 )
- 1892 - Alfonsina Storni , Argentine writer (d. 1938 )
- 1893 - Max Brand , American author and war correspondent (d. 1944 )
- 1894 - Beatrice Lillie , Canadian actress (d. 1989 )
- 1894 - Josef Von Sternberg , Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969 )
- 1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Austrian composer (d. 1957 )
- 1903 - Bob Hope , British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003 )
- 1906 - T.H. White , British author (d. 1964 )
- 1913 - Tony Zale , American boxer (d. 1997 )
- 1914 - Tenzing Norgay , Nepalese sherpa (d. 1986 )
- 1915 - Karl Münchinger , German conductor (d. 1990 )
- 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy , 35th President Of The United States (d. 1963 )
- 1920 - John Harsanyi , Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000 )
- 1922 - Iannis Xenakis , Greek composer (d. 2001 )
- 1933 - Helmuth Rilling , German conductor
- 1933 - Edward Whittemore , American writer (d. 1995 )
- 1938 - Fay Vincent , baseball commissioner
- 1939 - Al Unser , American race car driver
- 1940 - Farooq Leghari , President Of Pakistan
- 1942 - Kevin Conway , American actor
- 1946 - Fernando Buesa , Basque politician (d. 2000 )
- 1947 - Gene Robinson , American ecclesiastic
- 1948 - Anthony Geary , American actor
- 1953 - Danny Elfman , American composer and musician ( Oingo Boingo )
- 1955 - John Hinckley Jr. , American attempted assassin
- 1956 - LaToya Jackson , American musician
- 1957 - Jeb Hensarling , American politician
- 1958 - Annette Bening , American actress
- 1959 - Rupert Everett , English actor
- 1959 - Adrian Paul , English actor
- 1961 - Melissa Etheridge , American musician
- 1961 - Gregory Williams , American educator and designer
- 1962 - Eric Davis , baseball player
- 1962 - John D. LeMay , American actor
- 1963 - Lisa Whelchel , American actress
- 1967 - Noel Gallagher , English musician ( Oasis )
- 1969 - Chan Kinchla , Canadian musician ( Blues Traveler )
- 1975 - Melanie Brown , English musician and actress
- 1979 - Brian Kendrick , American professional wrestler
- 1979 - Arne Friedrich , German footballer
- 1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros , Brazilian supermodel
- 1984 - Carmelo Anthony , American basketball player
Deaths
- 1259 - King Christopher I Of Denmark (b. 1219 )
- 1379 - King Henry II Of Castile (b. 1334 )
- 1405 - Philippe De Mézières , advisor to Charles V Of France
- 1425 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378 )
- 1453 - Constantine XI Palaeologus , last Byzantine Emperor (killed in battle) (b. 1404 )
- 1500 - Bartolomeu Dias , Portuguese explorer
- 1546 - David Beaton , Scottish Catholic cardinal
- 1593 - John Penry , Welsh protestant leader (b. 1559 )
- 1660 - Frans Van Schooten , Dutch mathematician (b. 1615 )
- 1691 - Cornelis Tromp , Dutch admiral (b. 1629 )
- 1790 - Israel Putnam , American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718 )
- 1796 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin , Swedish politician (b. 1720 )
- 1814 - Joséphine De Beauharnais , Empress of France (b. 1763 )
- 1847 - Emmanuel, Marquis De Grouchy , French marshal (b. 1766 )
- 1866 - Winfield Scott , American general and presidential candidate (b. 1786 )
- 1882 - Vasily Perov , Russian painter (b. 1833 )
- 1892 - Bahá'u'lláh , Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817 )
- 1896 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée , French geologist (b. 1814 )
- 1903 - Alexander Obrenovich , King Of Serbia (b. 1876 )
- 1910 - Mily Balakirev , Russian composer (b. 1837 )
- 1911 - William S. Gilbert , English dramatist (b. 1836 )
- 1935 - Josef Suk , Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874 )
- 1942 - John Barrymore , American actor (b. 1882 )
- 1948 - Dame May Whitty , English actress (b. 1865 )
- 1951 - Fanny Brice , American singer, comedian, and actress (b. 1891 )
- 1953 - Man Mountain Dean , American professional wrestler (b. 1891 )
- 1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez , Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1881 )
- 1972 - Stephen Timoshenko , Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878 )
- 1979 - Mary Pickford , Canadian actress and studio founder (b. 1892 )
- 1982 - Romy Schneider , Austrian actress (cardiac arrest) (b. 1938 )
- 1989 - John Cipollina , American musician ( Quicksilver Messenger Service ) (b. 1943 )
- 1993 - Billy Conn , American boxer (b. 1917 )
- 1994 - Erich Honecker , leader of East Germany (b. 1912 )
- 1997 - Jeff Buckley , American musician (drowned) (b. 1966 )
- 1998 - Barry M. Goldwater , U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909 )
- 2004 - Archibald Cox, Jr. , American Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912 )
- 2004 - Samuel Dash , American Congressional counsel (b. 1925 )
- 2005 - George Rochberg , American composer (b. 1918 )
Holidays and observances
- Bahá'í Faith : Ascension of Bahá'u'llah
- Nigeria returns to democratical form of governance after 16 years of military dictatorship.
External links
May 28 - May 30 - April 29 - June 29 - Listing Of All Days
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