May 29
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.
Events
Up to 1900
1176 – Battle of Legnano : The Lombard League defeats Frederick I, Holy Roman Emperor .1328 – Philip VI of France is crowned King.1453 – Fall of Constantinople : Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captures Constantinople after a 53–day siege , ending the Byzantine Empire .1613 – Heavy flooding in Thuringia kills 2,261 people.1660 – Charles II becomes King of England , Scotland and Ireland as the monarchy is restored.1677 – The Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Native Americans .1717 – The Spanish colonists create the Viceroyalty of New Granada, consisting of present–day Ecuador , Colombia and Venezuela , as well as areas that are now part of Peru and Guyana .1727 – Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia .1780 – American Revolutionary War : At the Battle of the Waxhaws , the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113.1790 – Rhode Island becomes the 13th State of the US .1798 – United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare , Ireland .1825 – King Charles X of France crowns himself in Reims .1848 – Wisconsin becomes the 30th State of the US .1852 – Operatic singer Jenny Lind leaves New York City after a two–year tour of the United States .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 .1900 – N'Djamena is founded as Fort Lamy by French commander Emile Gentil.– 20001913 – Igor Stravinsky 's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its first performance in Paris , with a riot later occurring.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 in Brookline, Massachusetts .1918 – The current Flag of Finland is introduced.1918 – Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad .1919 – Albert Einstein 's theory of General Relativity is tested by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois.1931 – Michele Schirru, a US citizen, is executed by an Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini .1935 – The Messerschmidt Bf 109 fighter aircraft has its first flight.1939 – Albanian Fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations .1942 – Bing Crosby , the Ken Darby singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin 's song White Christmas , which later becomes the best–selling Christmas single ever.1948 – Creation of the UN peacekeeping force, the UN Truce Supervision Organization.1953 – Jack Catain Jr. , an American businessman , marries Marlene Noble, an apparel sales associate , in Cook County, Illinois .1953 – Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary become the first humans to reach the top of Mount Everest .1954 – The first of the yearly Bilderberg conferences takes place.1964 – The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization .1966 – The Azteca Stadium opens in Mexico City and has a capacity of 105,000. It goes on to host the final of the FIFA World Cup on two occasions, in 1970 and 1986 .1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first African American Mayor of Los Angeles .1974 – Yitzhak Rabin replaces Golda Meir as Prime Minister of Israel .1982 – Falklands War : British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green .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 , in which 39 people are killed. As a result, English football teams are banned from European Competition – the ban is removed a few years later.1985 – Amputee Steve Fonyo completes a cross–Canada marathon in Victoria, British Columbia , after 14 months.1986 – The current 12–star Flag of the European Union is first raised in Brussels .1988 – US President Ronald Reagan begins his first official visit to the Soviet Union , to meet with Mikhail Gorbachev .1990 – The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic .1994 – East Germany 's former leader Erich Honecker dies in Santiago, Chile , at the age of 81.1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo becomes President of Nigeria .1999 – The Space Shuttle Discovery completes its first docking with the International Space Station .Births
Up to 1900
1265 – Dante Alighieri , Italian poet (d. 1321 )1439 – Pope Pius III (d. 1503 )1594 – Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim , Bavarian field marshal (d. 1632 )1627 – Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier , French aristocrat (d. 1693 )1630 – Charles II , King of England , Ireland and Scotland (d. 1685 )1675 – Humphry Ditton , English mathematician (d. 1715 )1716 – Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton , French botanist (d. 1800 )1736 – Patrick Henry , 1st Governor of Virginia (d. 1799 )1773 – Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844 )1780 – Henri Braconnot , French chemist and pharmacist (d. 1855 )1794 – Johann Heinrich von Madler , German astronomer (d. 1874 )1823 – John H. Balsley , American carpenter and inventor (d. 1895 )1830 – Louise Michel , French writer and anarchist (d. 1905 )1860 – Isaac Albéniz , Spanish composer (d. 1909 )1868 – Abdülmecid II , last Caliph of the Ottoman Dynasty (d. 1944 )1871 – Clark Greenwood Voorhees , American painter (d. 1933 )1873 – Rudolf Tobias , Estonian composer (d. 1918 )1874 – G. K. Chesterton , English novelist (d. 1936 )1880 – Oswald Spengler , German philosopher (d. 1936 )1892 – Alfonsina Storni , Swiss–Argentine poet (d. 1938 )1893 – Max Brand , American writer (d. 1944 )1894 – Beatrice Lillie , Canadian actress (d. 1989 )1894 – Josef von Sternberg , Austrian –American director , producer and screenwriter (d. 1969 )1897 – Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Austrian composer (d. 1957 )1899 – Douglas Abbott , Canadian politician (d. 1987 )– 19501903 – Bob Hope , British –born American comedian and actor (d. 2003 )1904 – Gregg Toland , American cameraman (d. 1948 )1905 – Sebastian Shaw , English actor , director and playwright (d. 1994 )1906 – T. H. White , English writer (d. 1964 )1911 – Armida , Mexican–American actress , singer and dancer (d. 1989 )1914 – Stacy Keach, Sr. , American actor (d. 2003 )1914 – Sherpa Tenzing Norgay , Nepalese mountain guide, reached the top of Mount Everest with Edmund Hillary (d. 1986 )1917 – John Fitzgerald Kennedy , 35th President of the United States (d. 1963 )1919 – Jacques Genest , Canadian physician 1920 – John Harsanyi , Hungarian –born economist (d. 2000 )1923 – Bernard Clavel , French writer (d. 2010 )1924 – Lars Bo , Danish writer and artist (d. 1999 )1924 – Behjat Sadr , Iranian painter (d. 2009 )1926 – Katie Boyle , British actress and television presenter (d. 2018 )1926 – Charles Denner , French actor (d. 1995 )1926 – Abdoulaye Wade , former President of Senegal 1928 – Jacques Taminiaux , Belgian philosopher1929 – Peter Higgs , British physicist (Higgs boson ) and Nobel Prize in Physics winner1929 – Harry Frankfurt , American philosopher 1930 – Jack Catain Jr. , American businessman and convicted criminal (d. 1987 )1932 – Richie Guerin , American basketball player1932 – Paul R. Ehrlich , American biologist and writer 1933 – Helmuth Rilling , German choral conductor and teacher1934 – Bill Vander Zalm , Dutch –Canadian politician , 28th Premier of British Columbia 1935 – André Brink , South African writer (d. 2015 )1937 – Jasper Griffin , English classical philologist 1937 – Hibari Misora , Japanese actress (d. 1989 )1937 – Alwin Schockemöhle , German showjumper1938 – Christopher Bland , British businessman and politician (d. 2017 )1939 – Al Unser , American racing driver1940 – Farooq Leghari , President of Pakistan (d. 2010 )1940 – Taiho Koki , Japanese sumo wrestler (d. 2013 )1941 – Doug Scott , English mountaineer 1941 – Bob Simon , American television correspondent (d. 2015 )1942 – Pierre Bourque , Canadian politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal 1942 – Kevin Conway , American actor 1944 – Bob Benmosche , American businessman (d. 2015 )1944 – Maurice Bishop , Prime Minister of Grenada (d. 1983 )1944 – Quentin Davies, Baron Davies of Stamford , English politician 1945 – Gary Brooker , English singer-songwriter and pianist 1945 – Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie , Scottish politician (d. 2013 )1945 – Catherine Lara , French singer-songwriter and violinist 1947 – Anthony Geary , American actor1947 – Joey Levine , American singer-songwriter and producer 1947 – Gene Robinson , American bishop 1947 – Constantino Romero , Spanish radio host and actor (d. 2013 )1948 – Nick Mancuso , Italian–Canadian actor 1949 – Robert Axelrod , American actor1949 – Francis Rossi , English musician (Status Quo )1950 – Rebbie Jackson , American singer– 19751951 – Peter Chernin , President of News Corporation 1952 – Zeituni Onyango , Kenyan –American computer programmer (d. 2014 )1953 – Aleksandr Abdulov , Russian actor and director (d. 2008 )1953 – Danny Elfman , American singer , composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo ")1955 – Carme Forcadell , Catalan politician1955 – Gordon Rintoul , Director of the National Museums of Scotland 1955 – Mike Porcaro , American musician (Toto ) (d. 2015 )1955 – John Hinckley, Jr. , American attempted assassin1956 – La Toya Jackson , American singer 1956 – Mark Lyall Grant , English diplomat , UK Ambassador to the United Nations 1956 – Bjarni Fridriksson , Icelandic judoka 1957 – Ted Levine , American actor1958 – Karen Maruyama , Japanese–American actress 1958 – Mike Stenhouse , American baseball player1958 – Wayne Duvall , American actor1958 – Annette Bening , American actress 1959 – Rupert Everett , English actor1959 – Steve Hanley , Irish–English bass player and songwriter 1961 – Melissa Etheridge , American singer-songwriter , guitarist and activist 1962 – Fandi Ahmad , Singaporean footballer , coach and manager1962 – Carol Kirkwood , Scottish weather presenter1962 – Semino Rossi , Argentine–Italian singer1963 – Blaze Bayley , English singer-songwriter (Iron Maiden )1967 – Noel Gallagher , English musician (Oasis )1970 – Roberto Di Matteo , Italian footballer and manager1971 – Rob Womack , British paralympic athlete1972 – Stanislas , French singer-songwriter 1972 – Bill Curley , American basketball player1972 – Simon Jones , British singer and bass player1975 – Melanie Brown , English singer (Spice Girls )1975 – Sarah Millican , English comedienne From 1976
1976 – Yegor Titov , Russian footballer 1977 – Massimo Ambrosini , Italian footballer 1977 – Marco Cassetti , Italian footballer 1977 – Antonio Lebo Lebo , Angolan footballer 1978 – Pelle Almqvist , Swedish singer-songwriter and bass player (The Hives )1978 – Sébastien Grosjean , French tennis player1978 – Lorenzo Odone , Italian Adrenoleukodystrophy patient (d. 2008 )1978 – Adam Rickitt , English singer and actor 1979 – Arne Friedrich , German footballer 1979 – Brian Kendrick , American professional wrestler 1979 – Fonseca , Colombian singer 1981 – Andrei Arshavin , Russian footballer 1982 – Ana Beatriz Barros , Brazilian model 1982 – Joanne Borgella , American singer and model (d. 2014 )1982 – Anita Briem , Icelandic actress1982 – Bjarte Myrhol , Norwegian handball player1983 – Jean Makoun , Cameroonian footballer 1984 – Carmelo Anthony , American NBA basketball player1985 – Hernanes , Brazilian footballer 1986 – Hornswoggle , American professional wrestler 1987 – Alessandra Torresani , American actress1988 – Cheng Fei , Chinese gymnast 1988 – Steve Mason , Canadian ice hockey goaltender1988 – Muath Al-Kasasbeh , Jordanian air force pilot (d. 2015 )1989 – Riley Keough , American model and actress 1989 – Brandon Mychal Smith , American actor , singer and dancer 1992 – Gregg Sulkin , British actor1998 – Lucia Gil , Spanish singer and actress Deaths
Up to 1950
1259 – King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219 )1379 – Henry II of Castile (b. 1334 )1425 – Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378 )1453 – Constantine XI Palaiologus , Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404 )1500 – Bartolomeu Dias , Portuguese explorer (b. 1451 )1546 – David Beaton , Scottish cardinal and politician (b. 1494 )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 )1883 – Princess Marianne of the Netherlands (b. 1810 )1892 – Baha'u'llah , founder of the Baha'i religion (b. 1817 )1903 – Bruce Price , American architect (b. 1845 )1910 – Mily Balakirev , Russian pianist , composer and conductor (b. 1837 )1911 – W. S. Gilbert , English playwright and poet (b. 1836 )1919 – Robert Bacon , 39th United States Secretary of State (b. 1860 )1931 – Michele Schirru , US citizen executed by an Italian military firing squad1935 – Josef Suk , Czech violinist and composer (b. 1874 )1939 – Ursula Ledochowska , Austrian–Polish nun and saint (b. 1865 )1942 – John Barrymore , American actor (b. 1882 )1948 – May Whitty , English actress (b. 1865 )– 20101951 – Fanny Brice , American singer and comedienne (b. 1891 )1958 – Juan Ramon Jimenez , Spanish writer (b. 1881 )1972 – Prithviraj Kapoor , Indian actor (b. 1901 )1973 – P. Ramlee , Malaysian actor , director , producer and composer (b. 1929 )1973 – George Harriman , English rugby [ disambiguation needed ] 1908 )1977 – Ba Maw , Prime Minister of Burma (b. 1893 )1979 – Mary Pickford , Canadian–born actress (b. 1892 )1982 – Romy Schneider , Austrian–French actress (b. 1938 )1987 – Charan Singh , 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902 )1988 – Siaka Stevens , President of Sierra Leone (b. 1905 )1989 – John Cipollina , American guitarist (b. 1943 )1994 – Erich Honecker , East German political leader (b. 1913 )1996 – Tamara Toumanova , Russian–American ballerina and actress (b. 1919 )1997 – Jeff Buckley , American musician (b. 1966 )1998 – Barry Goldwater , United States Senator (b. 1909 )2004 – Archibald Cox , American lawyer and politician (b. 1912 )2008 – Luc Bourdon , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987 )2009 – Karine Ruby , French snowboarder (b. 1978 )2010 – Dennis Hopper , American actor (b. 1936 )From 2011
2011 – Sergei Bagapsh , President of Abkhazia (b. 1949 )2011 – Ferenc Madl , President of Hungary (b. 1931 )2011 – Bill Clements , 42nd Governor of Texas (b. 1917 )2012 – Kaneto Shindo , Japanese director , producer and screenwriter (b. 1912 )2012 – Doc Watson , American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1923 )2013 – Mulgrew Miller , American pianist (b. 1955 )2013 – Franca Rame , Italian actress (b. 1929 )2014 – Karlheinz Böhm , Austrian–German actor (b. 1928 )2014 – Walter Jakob Gehring , Swiss developmental biologist (b. 1939 )2014 – Christine Charbonneau , Canadian singer and songwriter (b. 1943 )2015 – Bruno Pesaola , Italian footballer (b. 1925 )2015 – Ed Gilligan , American financial executive, President of American Express (b. 1960 )2015 – Doris Hart , American tennis player (b. 1925 )2015 – Betsy Palmer , American actress (b. 1926 )2016 – Ralph Ketner , American businessman (b. 1920 )2016 – T. Marshall Hahn , American academic administrator (b. 1926 )2016 – Don McNay , American financial writer and columnist (b. 1959 )2017 – Konstantinos Mitsotakis , Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1918 )2017 – Manuel Noriega , Panamanian military leader (b. 1934 )2017 – Mordechai Tzipori , Israeli general and politician (b. 1924 )2017 – Michael A'Hearn , American astronomer (b. 1940 )2018 – Yoseph Imry , Israeli physicist (b. 1939 )