May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years ). There are 216 days remaining.
Events
1000-1899
1900-1999 1903 - Alexander Obrenovic , king of Serbia 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 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 ).1950 - St. Roch 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 .1977 - Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500 .1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels , 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.1999 - In Jerusalem , Israel , Charlotte Nilsson wins the forty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Take Me To Your Heaven".
Births
1500-1899 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim , Bavarian general (d. 1632 )1630 - King Charles II of England (d. 1685 )1736 - Patrick Henry , American patriot (d. 1799 )1860 - Isaac Albéniz , Spanish composer (d. 1909 )1874 - G. K. Chesterton , English novelist (d. 1936 )1880 - Oswald Spengler , German philosopher (d. 1936 )1893 - Max Brand , American author, war correspondent (d. 1944 )1894 - Beatrice Lillie , Canadian actress (d. 1989 )1894 - Josef von Sternberg , Austrian-American writer, director (d. 1969 )
1900-1999 1903 - Bob Hope , comedian, actor (d. 2003 )1906 - T.H. White , author (d. 1964 )1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (see also 1953 above ) (d. 1986 )1914 - Eduard Pestel, scientist and engineer (d. 1988 )1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990 )1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy , 35th President of the United States (d. 1963 )1922 - Iannis Xenakis , composer (d. 2001 )1933 - John Mayall , musician1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor1933 - Edward Whittemore , writer1938 - Fay Vincent , former commissioner of baseball 1939 - Al Unser , race car driver1940 - Farooq Leghari , former President of Pakistan 1942 - Kevin Conway , actor1944 - Helmut Berger, actor1946 - Fernando Buesa , Basque politician (d. 2000 )1948 - Anthony Geary , actor1953 - Danny Elfman , composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo ")1956 - LaToya Jackson , musician1957 - Jeb Hensarling , American politician1958 - Annette Bening , actress1959 - Rupert Everett , actor1959 - Adrian Paul , actor best known for his role in the television series Highlander 1961 - Melissa Etheridge , musician1975 - Melanie Brown , musician, actress1984 - Carmelo Anthony , NBA basketball player
Deaths
1400-1899
1900-1999 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 , actor (b. 1882 )1948 - Dame May Whitty , actress (b. 1865 )1951 - Fanny Brice , American singer, comedienne, actress (b. 1891 )1953 - Man Mountain Dean , professional wrestler (b. 1891 )1979 - Mary Pickford , actress, studio founder (b. 1892 )1982 - Romy Schneider , actress (cardiac arrest) (b. 1938 )1994 - Erich Honecker , former leader of East Germany , while in exile in Chile (b. 1912 )1997 - Jeff Buckley , musician (accidental drowning) (b. 1966 )1998 - Barry M. Goldwater , Arizona Senator (b. 1909 )
2000-2099
Holidays and observances May 28 - May 30 - April 29 - June 29 - listing of all days
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May 29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (1197 words)
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years ). 1903 - May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich , King of Serbia , and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization. May 28 - May 30 - April 29 - June 29 - listing of all days
May 29th (4577 words)
of May 1630 , his birth being distinguished by the appearance, it was said, of a star at midday. of May , when he was proclaimed as sovereign of the three kingdoms in London : but the day of his entry into the metropolis, being also his birthday, was adopted as the date of that happy event. of May be celebrated in every church and chapel in England , and the dominions thereof, by rendering thanks to God for the king's peaceable restoration to actual possession and exercise of his legal authority over his subjects,' andc.
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