A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on May 29 throughout history.
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Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1,100 years
The Korean navy, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, repels a Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sacheon, the first use of a Korean Turtle Ship
On his 30th birthday, Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end
Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.
Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British expedition
"Yankee Doodle Dandy," based on the life of George M. Cohan, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney and Joan Leslie, premieres in NYC (Academy Award for Best Actor 1943)
Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin's song "White Christmas" with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers in just 18 minutes; it becomes the world's best-selling single, with an estimated 100 million copies sold
US Supreme Court rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business, thus not subject to antitrust laws
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg weds Countess Walburga of Egmont
French nobleman and future Governor of Arcadia Pierre Dugua de Monts marries Judith Chesnel
Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (26) weds secretary Marie Laurent (23) in Strasbourg, France
Country music legend Hank Williams and Audrey Sheppard granted divorce for the second and final time after seven years of marriage. Their first divorce was in 1948.
British actress Joan Collins (23) divorces Northern Irish actor Maxwell Reed (37)
Five-time Grammy Award singer Shania Twain (42) divorces music producer Mutt Lange (59) after 14 years of marriage
Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city
St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
An antipope (Latin: antipapa) is a person who claims to be Bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church in opposition to the officially elected pope.
Battle of Monte Porzio: Holy Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
Chinese city of Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, surrenders to the Mongols under General Subedei after a siege of more than a year
Pope John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa] formally deposed as Pope at the Conference of Constance, Germany, after he had fled the town in disguise
Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetian fleet under Commander Pietro Loredan defeat and capture a large part of the Ottoman fleet off the Gallipoli port
Spanish army under Cristóbal de Mondragón conquers Zierik sea
Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and local Native Americans
Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
First mastectomy performed in North America at Hôtel-Dieu de Québec by royal doctor Michel Sarrazin on Sister Marie Barbier de l’Assomption (operation is successful) [1]
South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
Peter II Alexeyevich (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14.
The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld in Quebec City
Battle of Waxhaw Creek: alleged massacre of 113 of Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton's troops after the continentals raised a white flag
Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
Maximilian I (Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who...
Mihailo Obrenović III (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Обреновић, romanized: Mihailo Obrenović; 16 September 1823 – 10 June 1868) was the ruling Prince of Serbia from 1839 to 1842 and again from 1860 to...
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe.
Europe's first steam cable trams start in Highgate, London
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.
Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co.
The Orange Free State was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the...
May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization
Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk, Lithuania
Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run for Philadelphia Athletics
Pope Pius X's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
Ballets Russes premieres their ballet L'après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) in Paris, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky
Norwegian ship Storstad collides with Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence River; 1,024 die
NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game
AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks
Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
The Bonus Army of World War I veterans begins to assemble in Washington, D.C. to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945
French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage, arrived in NYC on June 3rd
Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the...
KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands
Candid Camera is an American hidden camera and practical joke reality television series. The show was created, developed, and presented by Allen Funt.
Charles F. Blair, Jr. makes the first solo flight over the North Pole in a single-engine plane, a P-51 Mustang named Excalibur III
2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire (to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II)
British runner Diane Leather becomes first woman to run the mile in under 5 minutes; 4:59.6 at Alexander Sports Ground in Birmingham, England
Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 29, 1962, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961. Henry Mancini won 5 awards.
Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19
Rhodesia, officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised country in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979.
Atlantic Records releases the eponymous debut album of "Crosby, Stills & Nash"; it contains hits 'Marrakesh Express' and 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'
Soviet dissident Zhores Medvedev is arrested and taken to a psychiatric hospital in Kaluga sparking protests
Clarence George Carter is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and...
Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region.
John R. Cash was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career.
Australian Sue Prell first female golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one; 13th and 14th holes at Chatswood Golf Club, Sydney
US first-class postage rises 3 cents to 15 cents after being held static for three years
CBS premiere of Melissa Anderson's modern "Survival of Dana", her first "bad girl" role, in which Anderson's title character leaves her North Dakota town for Los Angeles after her parents' divorce
The 53rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 28–29, 1980, sponsored by the E.W.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
"I Know What Boys Like" is a song by the Waitresses, written by guitarist Chris Butler in 1978, while he was still a member of the rock band Tin Huey. It was recorded by Butler and released as a...
Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
Stephen Charles Fonyo Jr. (June 29, 1965 – February 18, 2022) was a Canadian runner with an artificial leg who was a nationally renowned fundraiser for cancer research and treatment, and a onetime...
The 59th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 28–29, 1986, sponsored by the E.W.
Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
An earthquake hits Peru, killing over 200
The Solingen arson attack (German: Solinger Brandanschlag) was one of the most severe instances of racist violence in modern Germany.
Great iceball comet seen above North Sea
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States.
Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is inaugurated
The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22
France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution
In an all South African Super 14 Rugby final, the Bulls (Pretoria) retain title, 25-17 over the Stormers (Cape Town) at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto; Morné Steyn kicks 6 penalties and a conversion for the Bulls
5.9 magnitude earthquake kills 24 people near Bologna, Italy
16 people charged for setting fire to and murdering a teenager who reported sexual harassment at an Islamic school in Feni, Bangladesh
At least 79 people reported killed in heavy rains and landslides in the Brazilian northeastern province of Pernambuco, with 56 more missing [1]
Canadian hiker Delaney Irving (19) wins perilous Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, Glocestershire, England, despite being knocked unconscious [1]
Extreme heatwave in northern and central India with unconfirmed record temperature reading of 52.3 C (126.14 F), later downgraded to 49 C (120.2 F) [1]
Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan declare states of emergency due to rapidly expanding wildfires; over 160 fires have burned at least 1.56 million acres and resulted in evacuation of more than 18,000 people
Patrick Henry is born
T. H. White, English author, known for english author, was born on 1906-05-29. Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English writer.
John F. Kennedy is born
Bob Hope, American entertainer, known for american entertainer, was born on 1903-05-29.
Danny Elfman, American composer, known for american composer, was born on 1954-05-29. Daniel Robert Elfman is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician.
Annette Bening, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1959-05-29. Annette Carol Bening is an American actress.
Laverne Cox, South African actress and lgbtq advocate, known for american actress and lgbtq advocate, was born on 1973-05-29. Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate.
Melanie Brown, English singer and tv personality, known for british singer and tv personality, was born on 1976-05-29.
Melissa Etheridge, American musician, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1962-05-29. Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist.
Noel Gallagher, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1968-05-29. Noel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
Fay Vincent athlete, known for american baseball commissioner, was born on 1938-05-29. Francis Thomas "Fay" Vincent Jr.
Al Unser, American athlete, known for american racing driver, was born on 1939-05-29.
Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city
St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
An antipope (Latin: antipapa) is a person who claims to be Bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church in opposition to the officially elected pope.
Battle of Monte Porzio: Holy Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
Chinese city of Kaifeng, capital of the Jurchen Jin dynasty, surrenders to the Mongols under General Subedei after a siege of more than a year
Pope John XXIII [Baldassare Cossa] formally deposed as Pope at the Conference of Constance, Germany, after he had fled the town in disguise
Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetian fleet under Commander Pietro Loredan defeat and capture a large part of the Ottoman fleet off the Gallipoli port
Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire, falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1,100 years
William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg weds Countess Walburga of Egmont
Spanish army under Cristóbal de Mondragón conquers Zierik sea
The Korean navy, led by Admiral Yi Sun-sin, repels a Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sacheon, the first use of a Korean Turtle Ship
French nobleman and future Governor of Arcadia Pierre Dugua de Monts marries Judith Chesnel
On his 30th birthday, Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end
Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and local Native Americans
Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France
First mastectomy performed in North America at Hôtel-Dieu de Québec by royal doctor Michel Sarrazin on Sister Marie Barbier de l’Assomption (operation is successful) [1]
South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
Peter II Alexeyevich (23 October 1715 – 30 January 1730) was Emperor of Russia from 1727 until 1730, when he died at the age of 14.
The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld in Quebec City
Patrick Henry is born
Battle of Waxhaw Creek: alleged massacre of 113 of Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals by Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton's troops after the continentals raised a white flag
Joséphine de Beauharnais dies
Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (26) weds secretary Marie Laurent (23) in Strasbourg, France
Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
Sojourner Truth was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance.
Maximilian I (Spanish: Fernando Maximiliano José María de Habsburgo-Lorena; German: Ferdinand Maximilian Josef Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen; 6 July 1832 – 19 June 1867) was an Austrian archduke who...
Mihailo Obrenović III (Serbian Cyrillic: Михаило Обреновић, romanized: Mihailo Obrenović; 16 September 1823 – 10 June 1868) was the ruling Prince of Serbia from 1839 to 1842 and again from 1860 to...
Switzerland, officially the Swiss Confederation, is a landlocked country located at the intersection of Central, Western, and Southern Europe.
Europe's first steam cable trams start in Highgate, London
Johan August Strindberg was a Swedish playwright, novelist, poet, essayist, and painter.
Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co.
The Orange Free State was a landlocked independent Boer republic in Southern Africa during the second half of the 19th century, which ceased to exist after it was defeated and surrendered to the...
May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization
Bob Hope, American entertainer, known for american entertainer, was born on 1903-05-29.
Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk, Lithuania
T. H. White, English author, known for english author, was born on 1906-05-29. Terence Hanbury "Tim" White (29 May 1906 – 17 January 1964) was an English writer.
Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run for Philadelphia Athletics
Pope Pius X's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
W. S. Gilbert, English dramatist, poet and illustrator, known for english dramatist, poet and illustrator, died on 1911-05-29.
Ballets Russes premieres their ballet L'après-midi d'un faune (The Afternoon of a Faun) in Paris, choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky
Norwegian ship Storstad collides with Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence River; 1,024 die
NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game
John F. Kennedy is born
US Supreme Court rules that organized baseball is a sport and not a business, thus not subject to antitrust laws
AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks
Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
The Bonus Army of World War I veterans begins to assemble in Washington, D.C. to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945
French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage, arrived in NYC on June 3rd
Fay Vincent athlete, known for american baseball commissioner, was born on 1938-05-29. Francis Thomas "Fay" Vincent Jr.
Al Unser, American athlete, known for american racing driver, was born on 1939-05-29.
Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
"Yankee Doodle Dandy," based on the life of George M. Cohan, directed by Michael Curtiz and starring James Cagney and Joan Leslie, premieres in NYC (Academy Award for Best Actor 1943)
Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin's song "White Christmas" with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers in just 18 minutes; it becomes the world's best-selling single, with an estimated 100 million copies sold
British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy
The Battle of Okinawa, codenamed Operation Iceberg, was a major battle of the Pacific War fought on the island of Okinawa by the United States Army and United States Marine Corps forces against the...
KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands
Candid Camera is an American hidden camera and practical joke reality television series. The show was created, developed, and presented by Allen Funt.
Charles F. Blair, Jr. makes the first solo flight over the North Pole in a single-engine plane, a P-51 Mustang named Excalibur III
Country music legend Hank Williams and Audrey Sheppard granted divorce for the second and final time after seven years of marriage. Their first divorce was in 1948.
2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British expedition
th anniversary of the fall of Constantinople and the end of the Byzantine Empire (to Ottoman Sultan Mehmed II)
British runner Diane Leather becomes first woman to run the mile in under 5 minutes; 4:59.6 at Alexander Sports Ground in Birmingham, England
Danny Elfman, American composer, known for american composer, was born on 1954-05-29. Daniel Robert Elfman is an American film composer, singer, songwriter, and musician.
Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
British actress Joan Collins (23) divorces Northern Irish actor Maxwell Reed (37)
Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
Annette Bening, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1959-05-29. Annette Carol Bening is an American actress.
The 4th Annual Grammy Awards were held on May 29, 1962, at Chicago, Los Angeles and New York. They recognized accomplishments by musicians from the year 1961. Henry Mancini won 5 awards.
Melissa Etheridge, American musician, known for american singer-songwriter, was born on 1962-05-29. Melissa Lou Etheridge is an American singer, songwriter, musician, and guitarist.
Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19
Rhodesia, officially the Republic of Rhodesia from 1970, was an unrecognised country in Southern Africa that existed from 1965 to 1979.
Noel Gallagher, English musician, known for english musician, was born on 1968-05-29. Noel Thomas David Gallagher is an English musician, singer and songwriter.
Atlantic Records releases the eponymous debut album of "Crosby, Stills & Nash"; it contains hits 'Marrakesh Express' and 'Suite: Judy Blue Eyes'
Soviet dissident Zhores Medvedev is arrested and taken to a psychiatric hospital in Kaluga sparking protests
Clarence George Carter is an American singer, songwriter, musician and record producer.
The Official Irish Republican Army or Official IRA (OIRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann) was an Irish republican paramilitary group whose goal was to remove Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom and...
Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
Laverne Cox, South African actress and lgbtq advocate, known for american actress and lgbtq advocate, was born on 1973-05-29. Laverne Cox is an American actress and LGBTQ advocate.
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It has been variously described as a country, province or region.
John R. Cash was an American singer-songwriter. Most of his music contains themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption, especially songs from the later stages of his career.
Melanie Brown, English singer and tv personality, known for british singer and tv personality, was born on 1976-05-29.
Australian Sue Prell first female golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one; 13th and 14th holes at Chatswood Golf Club, Sydney
US first-class postage rises 3 cents to 15 cents after being held static for three years
CBS premiere of Melissa Anderson's modern "Survival of Dana", her first "bad girl" role, in which Anderson's title character leaves her North Dakota town for Los Angeles after her parents' divorce
The 53rd Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 28–29, 1980, sponsored by the E.W.
The Nevada National Security Sites (N2S2 or NNSS), popularized as the Nevada Test Site (NTS) until 2010, is a reservation of the United States Department of Energy located in the southeastern portion...
"I Know What Boys Like" is a song by the Waitresses, written by guitarist Chris Butler in 1978, while he was still a member of the rock band Tin Huey. It was recorded by Butler and released as a...
Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
Stephen Charles Fonyo Jr. (June 29, 1965 – February 18, 2022) was a Canadian runner with an artificial leg who was a nationally renowned fundraiser for cancer research and treatment, and a onetime...
The 59th Scripps National Spelling Bee was held in Washington, D.C. at the Capital Hilton on May 28–29, 1986, sponsored by the E.W.
Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
An earthquake hits Peru, killing over 200
The Solingen arson attack (German: Solinger Brandanschlag) was one of the most severe instances of racist violence in modern Germany.
Great iceball comet seen above North Sea
The Scripps National Spelling Bee (formerly the Scripps Howard National Spelling Bee and commonly called the National Spelling Bee) is an annual spelling bee held in the United States.
Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers is inaugurated
The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22
France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution
Five-time Grammy Award singer Shania Twain (42) divorces music producer Mutt Lange (59) after 14 years of marriage
In an all South African Super 14 Rugby final, the Bulls (Pretoria) retain title, 25-17 over the Stormers (Cape Town) at the Orlando Stadium, Soweto; Morné Steyn kicks 6 penalties and a conversion for the Bulls
5.9 magnitude earthquake kills 24 people near Bologna, Italy
16 people charged for setting fire to and murdering a teenager who reported sexual harassment at an Islamic school in Feni, Bangladesh
At least 79 people reported killed in heavy rains and landslides in the Brazilian northeastern province of Pernambuco, with 56 more missing [1]
Canadian hiker Delaney Irving (19) wins perilous Cooper's Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, Glocestershire, England, despite being knocked unconscious [1]
Extreme heatwave in northern and central India with unconfirmed record temperature reading of 52.3 C (126.14 F), later downgraded to 49 C (120.2 F) [1]
Canadian provinces of Manitoba and Saskatchewan declare states of emergency due to rapidly expanding wildfires; over 160 fires have burned at least 1.56 million acres and resulted in evacuation of more than 18,000 people