Notable Historical Events on May 29th
May 29th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
363 |
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. |
757 |
St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope |
1138 |
Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) submitted himsself to Pope Innocentius II |
1167 |
Battle of Monte Porzio - A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel |
1176 |
Battle at Legnano: Lombard League beats Frederick Barbarossa and the Holy Roman Empire |
1414 |
Council of Constance deposes Pope John XXIII |
1453 |
Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire |
1453 |
French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated |
1576 |
Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea |
1592 |
Battle of Sacheon: Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet - first use of Korean Turtle ship |
1630 |
Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England" |
1652 |
Battle of Goodwin Sands, off Folkestone, Kent: English 'General at Sea' Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant Admiral Maarten Tromp |
1660 |
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 |
1677 |
Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians. |
1692 |
Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France |
1692 |
Royal Hospital Chelsea Founder's Day first celebrated |
1721 |
South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony |
1727 |
Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia aged 11 |
1733 |
The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City. |
1753 |
Joseph Haydn's "Krumme Teufel" premieres |
1765 |
Patrick Henry's historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" |
1780 |
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 |
1787 |
"Virginia Plan" proposed |
1790 |
Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying US Constitution |
1848 |
Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte |
1848 |
Wisconsin becomes 30th state |
1849 |
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." |
1851 |
Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention (Akron) |
1861 |
Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army |
1864 |
Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz |
1868 |
The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade. |
1874 |
Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect |
1884 |
1st steam cable trams start in highgate |
1889 |
August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna" premieres in Copenhagen |
1897 |
31st Belmont: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23.25 |
1900 |
25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4 |
1900 |
Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co |
1902 |
Dutch State Mine law forms |
1903 |
May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization. |
1905 |
Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania |
1909 |
Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run |
1910 |
Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers |
1912 |
15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break |
1913 |
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot. |
1914 |
Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence River; 1,024 die |
1916 |
NY Giants win 17th consecutive road game |
1916 |
Official flag of president of US adopted |
1916 |
US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 |
1919 |
Charles Strite files patent for the pop-up toaster |
1919 |
Albert Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington |
1919 |
The Republic of Prekmurje founded - a short-lived, unrecognised state, which on June 6, 1919 was incorporated into the newly established Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes (renamed "Yugoslavia" in 1929). |
1922 |
Ecuador becomes independent |
1922 |
US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport & not a business & thus not subject to antitrust laws |
1924 |
AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks. |
1928 |
Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car |
1932 |
The Bonus Army of World War I veterans begins to assemble in Washington, DC in to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945. |
1935 |
French liner Normandie begins its maiden voyage, arrived in NYC on June 3rd |
1935 |
Hague local museum opens |
1940 |
Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) |
1940 |
Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of The Hague, Netherlands |
1940 |
In WW II, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France |
1942 |
Bing Crosby records "White Christmas", greatest selling record to date |
1943 |
Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower) |
1943 |
Meat & cheese rationed in US |
1944 |
British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy |
1945 |
US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri Castle, Okinawa |
1946 |
KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands |
1949 |
Candid Camera, TV comedy show, moves to NBC |
1951 |
1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair |
1952 |
2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends |
1953 |
Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition |
1954 |
Pope Pius X issues holy declaration |
1954 |
First of the annual Bilderberg conferences. |
1955 |
Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns |
1956 |
Arnold Schoenberg's "Modern Psalm" premieres |
1956 |
WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast |
1957 |
Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators |
1957 |
Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns |
1957 |
NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants & Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast |
1959 |
Charles de Gaulle forms French government |
1960 |
Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1 |
1962 |
Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show" |
1962 |
4th Grammy Awards: Moon River, Peter Nero wins |
1965 |
Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium |
1966 |
Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational |
1967 |
Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19 |
1967 |
Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II |
1968 |
Manchester United wins 13rd Europe Cup 1 in London |
1968 |
US Truth in Lending Act signed into law |
1968 |
UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia |
1969 |
Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice |
1969 |
General strike in Cordoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest. |
1970 |
USSR performs underground nuclear test |
1971 |
Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61 |
1971 |
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser wins in 3:10:11.545 (253.850 km/h) |
1972 |
Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship |
1972 |
The Official IRA announce a ceasefire |
1973 |
Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles, California |
1973 |
Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records |
1974 |
Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster |
1976 |
"One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29 |
1976 |
Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil |
1977 |
Indianapolis 500: A J Foyt wins for a record 4th time |
1977 |
NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio |
1977 |
Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open |
1977 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1977 |
Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500 |
1977 |
Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one |
1978 |
US 1st class postage rises to 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years) |
1978 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship |
1978 |
USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR |
1979 |
Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM |
1979 |
Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres |
1980 |
"Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 perfs |
1980 |
53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate |
1980 |
Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League pres |
1980 |
JMW Turner's "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC |
1980 |
Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year |
1981 |
US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site |
1982 |
"I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses hits #62 |
1982 |
1st papal visit to Britain since 1531 |
1982 |
Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war |
1983 |
Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
1983 |
Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m |
1983 |
Indianapolis 500: Tom Sneva wins in 3:05:03.092 (260.902 km/h) |
1984 |
Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin) |
1985 |
Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot |
1985 |
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. |
1986 |
59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia |
1987 |
"Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor |
1987 |
Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains |
1987 |
Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games |
1988 |
Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season |
1988 |
Pakistan President Zia ul-Haq dismisses government and disbands parliament |
1988 |
Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
1989 |
Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires |
1989 |
Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty |
1990 |
An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56 |
1990 |
Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic |
1990 |
Dow Jones average hits a record 2,870.49 |
1990 |
NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson |
1990 |
Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record |
1991 |
"Les Miserables" opens at Aotea Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand |
1991 |
Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I |
1992 |
NY Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games |
1992 |
White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base |
1993 |
Neo-Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen, Germany |
1993 |
Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm |
1994 |
"Joseph & the Amazing Dreamcoat" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 223 performances |
1994 |
"Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances |
1994 |
Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr.wins in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph) |
1994 |
Beth Daniel wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic |
1994 |
Great iceball comet seen above North Sea |
1994 |
Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election |
1994 |
Patty Sheehan wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game |
1996 |
Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands |
1997 |
70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym |
1997 |
Jesse Timmedequas found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7 |
1997 |
Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil |
1999 |
Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. |
1999 |
Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. |
2001 |
U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. |
2001 |
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated. |
2001 |
Natural gas futures plunge 6% to a 10-month low on speculation that growing US inventories will help power plants meet summer demand for air-conditioning |
2004 |
The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. |
2004 |
The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22. |
2005 |
France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution. |
2005 |
Indianapolis 500: Dan Wheldon wins in 3:10:21.0769 (253.637 km/h) |
2011 |
Indianapolis 500: Dan Wheldon wins in 2:56:11.7267 (274.015 km/h) |
2012 |
Thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear |
2012 |
Facebook's problematic public listing could cost those involved $115 million from technical glitches |
2012 |
A 5.9 magnitude earthquake kills 24 people near Bologna, northern Italy |
2012 |
Indonesian police make the biggest drug bust in ten years after seizing over a million ecstasy pills valued at $45 million |
2016 |
Judge orders release of documents in Trump University suit |
2016 |
Cincinnati zoo gorilla shot dead as boy falls into enclosure |
2016 |
Gorilla drags boy through moat in Cincinnati zoo |
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