In this article, we are providing Events happened around the world on May 29th Famous Birthdays of Important Personalities. You can also get information about Historical facts of the day May 29 in the areas like military, Politics, Science, Music, Sports, Arts, Entertainment, Births and Deaths and more information in this article. Many people want to know What is special about today. You can also find Today in Indian History in this article. This day in History is mentioned in below table.
Also see – May 28th in History & May 30th in History
What Happened In History Today
This day in history | |
1453 | Ending the Byzantine Empire, Constantinople falls to Muhammad II. |
1660 | Succeeding the short-lived Commonwealth, Charles II is restored to the English throne |
1721 | A State which is formally incorporated as a royal colony of England is South Carolina. |
1765 | Before Virginia’s House of Burgesses, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act. |
1790 | To ratify the Constitution, Rhode Island becomes the last of the original thirteen colonies. |
| 1822 | Ecuador became independent. |
1827 | Under the name Admiral Sir Isaac Coffin’s Lancasterian School, the first nautical school opened in Nantucket, MA. |
1848 | Wisconsin becomes the thirtieth state to join the United States. |
1849 | To Abraham Lincoln a patent for lifting vessels is granted. |
1862 | P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate general retreats to Tupelo, Mississippi. |
1910 | From Albany, NY, to New York City an airplane raced a train. The airplane pilot Glenn Curtiss won the $10,000 prize. |
1911 | An Automobile race, The Indianapolis 500 is run for the first time. |
1912 | At the Curtis Publishing Company in Philadelphia, PA, Fifteen women were dismissed from their jobs for dancing the Turkey Trot while on the job. |
1913 | The premiere of the ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) in Paris causes rioting in the theater. |
1916 | U.S. forces invade the Dominican Republic. |
1922 | Organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws is ruled by The U.S. Supreme Court. |
1932 | To demand cash bonuses they were not scheduled to receive for another 13 years, World War I veterans began arriving in Washington, DC. |
1951 | In single-engine plane, C.F. Blair became the first man to fly over the North Pole. |
1953 | First men who became to reach the top of Mount Everest are Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay |
1962 | The first black coach who became in major league baseball, when he accepted the job with the Chicago Cubs is Buck (John) O’Neil. |
1965 | In the broad jump at 27-feet, 4-3/4 inches, at a meet held in Modesto, CA, Ralph Boston set a world record. |
1973 | The first black mayor elected for Los Angeles was Tom Bradley. |
1974 | Nixon, U.S. President agreed to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts. |
1978 | Postage stamps were raised from 13 cents to 15 cents, in the U.S. |
1981 | At the Nevada Test Site, The U.S. performed a nuclear test. |
1985 | In a riot at a European Cup soccer match in Brussels, Belgium, thirty-nine people were killed and 400 were injured. |
1986 | Profits from weapons sold to Iran were being diverted to the Contras is told by Colonel Oliver North to National Security Advisor William McFarlane. |
1988 | 1988 – NBC aired “To Heal A Nation,” the story of Jan Scruggs’ effort to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. |
1997 | The ruling party in Indonesia, Golkar, won the Parliament election by a record margin. There was a boycott movement and rioting that killed 200 people. |
1999 | The first docking with the International Space Station was completed by Space shuttle Discovery. |
2001 | Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted of a global conspiracy to murder Americans in New York. The crimes included the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people. 2001 -Disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments is ruled by The U.S. Supreme Court. |
2015 | From the U.S. terrorism blacklist, The Obama administration removed Cuba. The two countries had severed diplomatic relations in January 1961. |
May 29 Famous Birthdays
Now Let us go for another Important topic, Today Famous Birthdays. The famous people who celebrate their Birthday on May 29th are listed in below table. The following table includes celebrities like Actors, Actresses, Models, Authors, Singers, Athletes, Musicians, Rappers and Producers who born on this day in Chronological order. Read our article to know about Today Birthday celebrities in the World.
Today Famous Birthdays | |
1630 | Charles II – Monarch of England, Scotland and Ireland |
1874 | Gilbert Keith Chesterton- Writer of philosophy, ontology, poetry |
1880 | Oswald Spengler (Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler)- German historian and philosopher |
1898 | Beatrice Lillie (Beatrice Gladys Lillie)- Actress |
1903 | Bob Hope – Comedian, actor |
1917 | John Fitzgerald Kennedy (U.S.) – 35th President of the United States, referred to by his initials JFK |
1921 | Clifton James- Actor |
1922 | Joe Weatherly- NASCAR driver |
1923 | Eugene Wright – Musician (Dukes of Swing) |
1932 | Paul Ehrlich- Biologist, educator |
1939 | Al Unser, Sr.- Automobile racer |
1941 | Bob Simon- Broadcast journalist |
1941 | Stacy Keach, Sr. (Walter Stacy Keach)- Actor, narrator |
1941 | Roy Crewdson- Musician (Freddie and the Dreamers) |
1942 | Kevin Conway- Actor |
1944 | Helmut Berger (Helmut Steinberger)- Actor |
1945 | Gary Brooker- Musician (Procol Harum) |
1948 | Anthony Geary- Actor (“General Hospital”) |
1949 | Francis Rossi- Musician (Status Quo) |
1950 | Rebbie Jackson (Maureen Reillette Brown)- Singer (The Jacksons) Today in Michael Jackson History |
1953 | Danny Elfman (Daniel Robert “Danny” Elfman)- Musician |
1955 | Michael Porcaro- Musician (Toto) John Hinckley Jr.- Attempted to assassinate U.S. President Ronald Reagan on March 30, 1981 |
1956 | LaToya Jackson- Singer, songwriter, musician, actress Today in Michael Jackson History |
1958 | Annette Bening- Actress |
1959 | Adrian Paul (Adrian Paul Hewett) – Actor (TV’s “Highlander”) |
1959 | Rupert Everett (Rupert James Hector Everett)- Actor |
1959 | Mel Gaynor- Musician (Simple Minds) |
1960 | Jesse Johnson – Musician (The Time) |
1961 | Melissa Etheridge – Singer, musician |
1967 | Jumping Jack Frost- Musician |
1967 | Noel Gallagher- Musician (Oasis) |
1967 | Jayski McGowan – Musician (Quad City DJ’s) |
1968 | Blaze Bayley (Bayley Alexander Cooke) – Vocalist (Iron Maiden, Wolfsbane) |
1969 | Chan Kinchla- Musician (Blues Traveler) |
1973 | Mark Lee – Musician (Third Day) Tracey Bregman- Actress (“Young and the Restless”) |
1975 | Melanie Janine Brown- Scary Spice of Spice Girls Playa Poncho- Musician |
1978 | Sébastien René Grosjean- Tennis player |
