
May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). There are 216 days remaining. ==Events== *757 - Pope Paul I succeeds Pope Stephen III as pope *1167 - Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. *1414 - Council of Constance. *1453 - Ottoman Empire armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. *1660 - English Restoration: Charles II of England is restored to the throne of England. *1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Native American. *1727 - Peter II of Russia becomes Tsar of Russia. *1733 - Right of Canada to keep First Nations slavery upheld at Quebec City. *1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States 13 colonies to ratify the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state. *1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. *1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time. *1867 - Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary *1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first Advertising for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the ''Atlanta Journal''. *1886 - Putney Bridge opened in west London. *1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris. *1914 - Ocean liner RMS 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'', first ship to circumnavigation North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. *1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa (people) 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 (soccer) fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match. *1985 - amputation Steve Fonyo completes 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". *2005 - Dan Wheldon wins a history-making 89th Indianapolis 500, in that Danica Patrick finishes fourth (the highest position ever obtained by a female driver) and also becomes the first ever to lead a lap. *2005 - France, one of the founders of a united Europe, resoundingly rejects the European Constitution, throwing the idea of a European Union into question and leaving the continent in a state of anxiety and uncertainty (see French referendum on the European Constitution) ==Births== *1265 - Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet (d. 1321) *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 Albeniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909) *1863 - Arthur Mold, controversial Lancashire fast bowler (cricket) and alleged "chucker" (d. 1921) *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) *1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957) *1903 - Bob Hope, British-born American comedian and actor (d. 2003) *1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964) *1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer, world middleweight champion (d. 1997) *1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (d. 1986) *1914 - Eduard Pestel, scientist and engineer (d. 1988) *1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990) *1917 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963) *1922 - Iannis Xenakis, composer (d. 2001) *1933 - John Mayall, musician *1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor *1933 - Edward Whittemore, writer *1938 - Fay Vincent, former baseball commissioner *1939 - Al Unser, race car driver *1940 - Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan *1942 - Kevin Conway, actor *1944 - Helmut Berger, actor *1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000) *1948 - Anthony Geary, actor *1953 - Danny Elfman, composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo") *1955 - John Hinckley Jr., assassin (attempted) *1956 - LaToya Jackson, musician *1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician *1958 - Annette Bening, actress *1959 - Rupert Everett, actor *1959 - Adrian Paul, actor *1961 - Melissa Etheridge, musician *1963 - Lisa Whelchel, actress *1967 - Noel Gallagher, musician, Oasis *1975 - Melanie Brown, musician, actress *1984 - Carmelo Anthony, National Basketball Association basketball player *1991 - James Eastman ==Deaths== *1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) *1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) *1405 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France *1453 - Constantine XI of the Byzantine Empire, last Byzantine emperors (b. 1404) *1500 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer *1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763) *1866 - Winfield Scott, American general and presidential candidate (b. 1786) *1892 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817) *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 (composer), 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, and actress (b. 1891) *1953 - Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler (b. 1891) *1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet (b. 1881) *1979 - Mary Pickford, actress and studio founder (b. 1892) *1982 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (cardiac arrest) (b. 1938) *1989 - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943) *1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion. *1994 - Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912) *1997 - Jeff Buckley, musician (accidental drowning) (b. 1966) *1998 - Barry_Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona (b. 1909) *2004 - Sam Dash, chief counsel to Senate Watergate Committee (b. 1925) *2004 - Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor, (b. 1912) *2005 - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918) ==Holidays and observances== *Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'llah *United Kingdom: Oak Apple Day *Nigeria: Democracy Day Nigeria returns to democratical form of governance after 16 years of military dictatorship. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/29 Today in History: May 29] ---- May 28 - May 30 - April 29 - June 29 - historical anniversaries bs:Maj 29 li:29 mei simple:May 29 th:29 พฤษภาคม
--User:Maveric149 23:43, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 29 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 29 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_29_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Why does the page for May 29 say that it is the 152nd day of the year? And similarly May 30 and May 31 are three days too high. May 28 and earlier days are accurately reckoned. So are June 1 and later days. ---- I read an article about the Council of Contance, and it mentioned that it lasted from the autumn of 1414 till April 1418. So why is it on this page? The Wikipedia article about the council does not say anything about dates (only years). If no one objects, I will remove this entry, as it seems to be wrong. --User:Zenogantner 22:00, 6 Aug 2003 (UTC) ---- Removed ref to Stephanie Konemann/Brice Nelson - no notable google links that pop out - needs clarification. User:Dysprosia 07:33, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC) ---- It came to my attention that the date the Fall of Constantinople happened, was May 29 according to Julian and not Gregorian calendar. It was a Tuesday. Should the date change to June 7 or note the different calendar? --User:Geraki 20:26, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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May 29 is the 149th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (150th in leap years). There are 216 days remaining. ==Events== *757 - Pope Paul I succeeds Pope Stephen III as pope *1167 - Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. *1414 - Council of Constance. *1453 - Ottoman Empire armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. *1660 - English Restoration: Charles II of England is restored to the throne of England. *1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Native American. *1727 - Peter II of Russia becomes Tsar of Russia. *1733 - Right of Canada to keep First Nations slavery upheld at Quebec City. *1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States 13 colonies to ratify the United States Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state. *1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. *1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time. *1867 - Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary *1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first Advertising for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the ''Atlanta Journal''. *1886 - Putney Bridge opened in west London. *1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris. *1914 - Ocean liner RMS 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'', first ship to circumnavigation North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia. *1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa (people) 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 (soccer) fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match. *1985 - amputation Steve Fonyo completes 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". *2005 - Dan Wheldon wins a history-making 89th Indianapolis 500, in that Danica Patrick finishes fourth (the highest position ever obtained by a female driver) and also becomes the first ever to lead a lap. *2005 - France, one of the founders of a united Europe, resoundingly rejects the European Constitution, throwing the idea of a European Union into question and leaving the continent in a state of anxiety and uncertainty (see French referendum on the European Constitution) ==Births== *1265 - Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet (d. 1321) *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 Albeniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909) *1863 - Arthur Mold, controversial Lancashire fast bowler (cricket) and alleged "chucker" (d. 1921) *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) *1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957) *1903 - Bob Hope, British-born American comedian and actor (d. 2003) *1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964) *1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer, world middleweight champion (d. 1997) *1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (d. 1986) *1914 - Eduard Pestel, scientist and engineer (d. 1988) *1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990) *1917 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963) *1922 - Iannis Xenakis, composer (d. 2001) *1933 - John Mayall, musician *1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor *1933 - Edward Whittemore, writer *1938 - Fay Vincent, former baseball commissioner *1939 - Al Unser, race car driver *1940 - Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan *1942 - Kevin Conway, actor *1944 - Helmut Berger, actor *1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000) *1948 - Anthony Geary, actor *1953 - Danny Elfman, composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo") *1955 - John Hinckley Jr., assassin (attempted) *1956 - LaToya Jackson, musician *1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician *1958 - Annette Bening, actress *1959 - Rupert Everett, actor *1959 - Adrian Paul, actor *1961 - Melissa Etheridge, musician *1963 - Lisa Whelchel, actress *1967 - Noel Gallagher, musician, Oasis *1975 - Melanie Brown, musician, actress *1984 - Carmelo Anthony, National Basketball Association basketball player *1991 - James Eastman ==Deaths== *1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) *1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) *1405 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France *1453 - Constantine XI of the Byzantine Empire, last Byzantine emperors (b. 1404) *1500 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer *1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763) *1866 - Winfield Scott, American general and presidential candidate (b. 1786) *1892 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817) *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 (composer), 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, and actress (b. 1891) *1953 - Man Mountain Dean, professional wrestler (b. 1891) *1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet (b. 1881) *1979 - Mary Pickford, actress and studio founder (b. 1892) *1982 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (cardiac arrest) (b. 1938) *1989 - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943) *1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer, world light-heavyweight champion. *1994 - Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912) *1997 - Jeff Buckley, musician (accidental drowning) (b. 1966) *1998 - Barry_Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona (b. 1909) *2004 - Sam Dash, chief counsel to Senate Watergate Committee (b. 1925) *2004 - Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor, (b. 1912) *2005 - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918) ==Holidays and observances== *Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'llah *United Kingdom: Oak Apple Day *Nigeria: Democracy Day Nigeria returns to democratical form of governance after 16 years of military dictatorship. == External links == * [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29 BBC: On This Day] * [http://www.tnl.net/when/5/29 Today in History: May 29] ---- May 28 - May 30 - April 29 - June 29 - historical anniversaries bs:Maj 29 li:29 mei simple:May 29 th:29 พฤษภาคม
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--User:Maveric149 23:43, 29 Feb 2004 (UTC) Template:May 29 selected anniversaries - Template talk:May 29 selected anniversaries - [http://en.wikipedia.org/w/wiki.phtml?title=Template:May_29_selected_anniversaries&action=edit edit] ---- Why does the page for May 29 say that it is the 152nd day of the year? And similarly May 30 and May 31 are three days too high. May 28 and earlier days are accurately reckoned. So are June 1 and later days. ---- I read an article about the Council of Contance, and it mentioned that it lasted from the autumn of 1414 till April 1418. So why is it on this page? The Wikipedia article about the council does not say anything about dates (only years). If no one objects, I will remove this entry, as it seems to be wrong. --User:Zenogantner 22:00, 6 Aug 2003 (UTC) ---- Removed ref to Stephanie Konemann/Brice Nelson - no notable google links that pop out - needs clarification. User:Dysprosia 07:33, 24 Feb 2004 (UTC) ---- It came to my attention that the date the Fall of Constantinople happened, was May 29 according to Julian and not Gregorian calendar. It was a Tuesday. Should the date change to June 7 or note the different calendar? --User:Geraki 20:26, 7 Apr 2005 (UTC)
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