May 29
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May 29 is the 149th day of the year (150th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end of the year.
Births [change]
- 1265 – Dante Alighieri, Italian poet (d. 1321)
- 1630 – Charles II, King of England, Ireland and Scotland (d. 1685)
- 1736 – Patrick Henry, 1st Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
- 1773 – Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
- 1860 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
- 1874 – G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
- 1880 – Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1903 – Bob Hope, British-born American comedian and actor (d. 2003)
- 1914 – Sherpa Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese mountain guide (d. 1986)
- 1917 – John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
- 1920 – John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist (d. 2000)
- 1923 – Bernard Clavel, French writer (d. 2010)
- 1926 – Abdoulaye Wade, President of Senegal
- 1932 – Richie Guerin, American basketball player
- 1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
- 1940 – Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan (d. 2010)
- 1942 – Kevin Conway, American actor
- 1944 – Maurice Bishop, Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 1983)
- 1949 – Robert Axelrod, American actor
- 1953 – Danny Elfman, American singer, composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo")
- 1955 – John Hinckley, American attempted assassin
- 1956 – La Toya Jackson, American singer
- 1958 – Annette Bening, American actress
- 1959 – Rupert Everett, English actor
- 1967 – Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
- 1975 – Melanie Brown, English singer (Spice Girls)
- 1977 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
- 1977 – Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer
- 1978 – Sebastien Grosjean, French tennis player
- 1979 – Arne Friedrich, German footballer
- 1981 – Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
- 1982 – Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
- 1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American NBA basketball player
Deaths [change]
- 1259 – King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
- 1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
- 1814 – Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
- 1829 – Humphrey Davy, British chemist (b. 1778)
- 1866 – Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
- 1868 – Michael Obrenovich III of Serbia (b. 1823)
- 1892 – Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i religion (b. 1817)
- 1919 – Robert Bacon, 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860)
- 1951 – Fanny Brice, American singer and comedienne (b. 1891)
- 1958 – Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spanish writer (b. 1881)
- 1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-born actress (b. 1892)
- 1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
- 1994 – Erich Honecker, East German political leader (b. 1913)
- 1997 – Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)
- 1998 – Barry Goldwater, United States Senator (b. 1909)
- 2008 – Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
- 2009 – Karine Ruby, French snowboarder (b. 1978)
- 2010 – Dennis Hopper, American actor (b. 1936)
- 2011 – Sergei Bagapsh, President of Abkhazia (b. 1949)
- 2011 – Ferenc Madl, President of Hungary (b. 1931)
Events [change]
- 1328 – Philip VI of France is crowned King.
- 1660 – Charles II becomes King of England, Scotland and Ireland as the monarchy is restored.
- 1727 – Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1790 – Rhode Island becomes the 13th State of the US.
- 1848 – Wisconsin becomes the 30th State of the US.
- 1867 – The Austro-Hungarian compromise establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria becomes King of Hungary on June 8.
- 1886 – Chemist John Pemberton advertises Coca Cola in the Atlanta Journal.
- 1914 – The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, killing 1,024 people.
- 1917 – John F. Kennedy is born.
- 1953 – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary become the first humans to reach the top of Mount Everest.
- 1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first African American Mayor of Los Angeles.
- 1982 – Pope John Paul II visits Canterbury cathedral.
- 1985 – One of Europe's worst ever stadium disasters occurs after a riot at the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium.
- 1994 – East Germany's former leader Erich Honecker dies.
- 1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo becomes President of Nigeria.
- 1999 – The Space Shuttle Discovery completes its first docking with the International Space Station.
- 2005 – In a referendum, 54.8% of voters in France rejected the proposed new European Constitution.
- 2010 – Tropical storm Agatha kills 180 people in Guatemala.
- 2010 – Lena Meyer-Landrut of Germany wins the Eurovision Song Contest.
