May, 29th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Sunday 29, 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)

Saturday 29, 2004:
World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, DC

Saturday 29, 1999:
In Jerusalem, Israel, Charlotte Nilsson wins the forty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Take Me To Your Heaven".

Sunday 29, 1994:
Herbert Shughart refuses to shake hands with President Bill Clinton following a presentation of posthumous Congressional Medals of Honour to the widows of two soldiers for valour in soma. "You are not fit to be president of the United States," said Shughart Senior. "The blame for my son?s death rests with the White House and with you. You are not fit to command." President Clinton replied to Mrs. Shughart, "What?s he jumping on me for? I didn?t kill the kid!" http://www.sweetness-light.com/?p=38http://www.urbin.net/EWW/polyticks/pres-mil.html

Wednesday 29, 1985:
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia after 14 months.

Sunday 29, 1977:
Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.

Friday 29, 1953:
Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

Monday 29, 1950:
St. Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Thursday 29, 1919:
Observation of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse confirm Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (see Arthur Eddington).

Tuesday 29, 1917:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States (1961?1963), is born.

Friday 29, 1914:
Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.

Thursday 29, 1913:
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.

Saturday 29, 1886:
Putney Bridge opened in west London.

Wednesday 29, 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

Sunday 29, 1864:
Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.

Monday 29, 1848:
Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.

Saturday 29, 1790:
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.

Friday 29, 1733:
Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.

Thursday 29, 1727:
Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.

Saturday 29, 1677:
Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians.

Saturday 29, 1660:
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England.

Sunday 29, 1453:
Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.

Sunday 29, 1414:
Council of Constance.

Monday 29, 1167:
Battle of Legano, in which The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.

Wednesday 29, 757:
Paul I succeeds Stephen III as pope

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-may/on-this-day.html


People born on May 29

1984:
Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player (b: May 29, 1984) (Biography of Carmelo Anthony)

1975:
Melanie Brown, English musician and actress (b: May 29, 1975) (Biography of Melanie Brown)

1967:
Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis) (b: May 29, 1967) (Biography of Noel Gallagher)

1963:
Lisa Whelchel, American actress (b: May 29, 1963) (Biography of Lisa Whelchel)

1961:
Melissa Etheridge, American musician (b: May 29, 1961) (Biography of Melissa Etheridge)

1959:
Rupert Everett, English actor (b: May 29, 1959) (Biography of Rupert Everett)
Adrian Paul, English actor (b: May 29, 1959) (Biography of Adrian Paul)

1958:
Annette Bening, American actress (b: May 29, 1958) (Biography of Annette Bening)

1957:
Jeb Hensarling, American politician (b: May 29, 1957) (Biography of Jeb Hensarling)

1956:
LaToya Jackson, American musician (b: May 29, 1956) (Biography of LaToya Jackson)

1955:
John Hinckley Jr., American attempted assassin (b: May 29, 1955) (Biography of John Hinckley Jr.)

1953:
Danny Elfman, American composer and musician (Oingo Boingo) (b: May 29, 1953) (Biography of Danny Elfman)

1948:
Anthony Geary, American actor (b: May 29, 1948) (Biography of Anthony Geary)

1946:
Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (b: May 29, 1946 ; d: February 22, 2000) (Biography of Fernando Buesa)

1942:
Kevin Conway, American actor (b: May 29, 1942) (Biography of Kevin Conway)

1940:
Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan (b: May 29, 1940) (Biography of Farooq Leghari)

1939:
Al Unser, American race car driver (b: May 29, 1939) (Biography of Al Unser)

1938:
Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner (b: May 29, 1938) (Biography of Fay Vincent)

1933:
Helmuth Rilling, German conductor (b: May 29, 1933) (Biography of Helmuth Rilling)
Edward Whittemore, American writer (b: May 29, 1933 ; d: August 3, 1995) (Biography of Edward Whittemore)

1922:
Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (b: May 29, 1922 ; d: February 4, 2001) (Biography of Iannis Xenakis)

1917:
John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (b: May 29, 1917 ; d: November 22, 1963) (Biography of John F. Kennedy)

1915:
Karl Münchinger, German conductor (b: May 29, 1915 ; d: March 13, 1991) (Biography of Karl Münchinger)

1914:
Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese sherpa (b: May 29, 1914 ; d: May 9, 1986) (Biography of Tenzing Norgay)

1913:
Tony Zale, American boxer (b: May 29, 1913 ; d: March 20, 1997) (Biography of Tony Zale)

1906:
T.H. White, British author (b: May 29, 1906 ; d: January 17, 1964) (Biography of T.H. White)

1903:
Bob Hope, British-born American comedian and actor (b: May 29, 1903 ; d: July 27, 2003) (Biography of Bob Hope)

1897:
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (b: May 29, 1897 ; d: November 29, 1957) (Biography of Erich Wolfgang Korngold)

1894:
Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (b: May 29, 1894) (Biography of Beatrice Lillie)
Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American writer and director (b: May 29, 1894) (Biography of Josef von Sternberg)

1893:
Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (b: May 29, 1893 ; d: May 12, 1944) (Biography of Max Brand)

1880:
Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (b: May 29, 1880) (Biography of Oswald Spengler)

1874:
G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (b: May 29, 1874 ; d: June 14, 1936) (Biography of G. K. Chesterton)

1863:
Arthur Mold, English cricketer (b: May 29, 1863 ; d: April 27, 1921) (Biography of Arthur Mold)

1860:
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (b: May 29, 1860 ; d: May 19, 1909) (Biography of Isaac Albeniz)

1736:
Patrick Henry, American patriot (b: May 29, 1736 ; d: June 6, 1799) (Biography of Patrick Henry)

1675:
Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (b: May 29, 1675 ; d: October 15, 1715) (Biography of Humphry Ditton)

1660:
Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough, English friend of Queen Anne of England (b: May 29, 1660 ; d: October 18, 1744) (Biography of Sarah Churchill, Duchess of Marlborough)

1630:
King Charles II of England (b: May 29, 1630 ; d: February 6, 1685) (Biography of Charles II of England)

1627:
Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer (b: May 29, 1627 ; d: April 5, 1693) (Biography of Anne, Duchess of Montpensier)

1594:
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (b: May 29, 1594) (Biography of Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-may/births.html

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People who died on May 29

2005:
George Rochberg, American composer (b: July 5, 1918 ; d: May 29, 2005) (Biography of George Rochberg)

2004:
Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b: February 27, 1925 ; d: May 29, 2004) (Biography of Samuel Dash)
Archibald Cox, U.S. Solicitor General and Watergate special prosecutor (b: May 12, 1912 ; d: May 29, 2004) (Biography of Archibald Cox)

1998:
Barry_Goldwater (d: May 29, 1998) (Biography of Barry_Goldwater)

1997:
Jeff Buckley (d: May 29, 1997) (Biography of Jeff Buckley)

1994:
Erich Honecker, head of state of East Germany (b: August 25, 1912 ; d: May 29, 1994) (Biography of Erich Honecker)

1993:
Billy Conn, American boxer (b: October 8, 1917 ; d: May 29, 1993) (Biography of Billy Conn)

1989:
John Cipollina, American guitarist (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b: August 24, 1943 ; d: May 29, 1989) (Biography of John Cipollina)

1982:
Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b: September 23, 1938 ; d: May 29, 1982) (Biography of Romy Schneider)

1979:
Mary Pickford, Canadian actress and studio founder (b: April 8, 1892 ; d: May 29, 1979) (Biography of Mary Pickford)

1958:
Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: December 24, 1881 ; d: May 29, 1958) (Biography of Juan Ramón Jiménez)

1953:
Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b: June 30, 1891 ; d: May 29, 1953) (Biography of Man Mountain Dean)

1951:
Fanny Brice, American singer and comedienne (b: October 29, 1891 ; d: May 29, 1951) (Biography of Fanny Brice)

1948:
May Whitty (d: May 29, 1948) (Biography of May Whitty)

1942:
John Barrymore, American actor (b: February 15, 1882 ; d: May 29, 1942) (Biography of John Barrymore)

1935:
Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b: January 4, 1874 ; d: May 29, 1935) (Biography of Josef Suk (composer))

1911:
Sir William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b: November 18, 1836 ; d: May 29, 1911) (Biography of William S. Gilbert)

1910:
Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b: January 2, 1837 ; d: May 29, 1910) (Biography of Mily Balakirev)

1892:
Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b: November 12, 1817 ; d: May 29, 1892) (Biography of Baha'u'llah)

1866:
Winfield Scott, U.S. general (b: June 13, 1786 ; d: May 29, 1866) (Biography of Winfield Scott)

1847:
Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b: October 23, 1766 ; d: May 29, 1847) (Biography of Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy)

1814:
Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b: June 23, 1763 ; d: May 29, 1814) (Biography of Joséphine de Beauharnais)

1691:
Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b: September 9, 1629 ; d: May 29, 1691) (Biography of Cornelis Tromp)

1660:
Frans van Schooten (d: May 29, 1660) (Biography of Frans van Schooten)

1593:
John Penry (d: May 29, 1593) (Biography of John Penry)

1546:
David Beaton (d: May 29, 1546) (Biography of David Beaton)

1500:
Bartolomeu Dias (d: May 29, 1500) (Biography of Bartolomeu Dias)

1453:
Constantine XI of the Byzantine Empire (d: May 29, 1453) (Biography of Constantine XI of the Byzantine Empire)

1405:
Philippe de Mézières (d: May 29, 1405) (Biography of Philippe de Mézières)

1379:
King Henry II of Castile (b: January 13, 1334 ; d: May 29, 1379) (Biography of Henry II of Castile)

1259:
Christopher I of Denmark (d: May 29, 1259) (Biography of Christopher I of Denmark)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-may/deaths.html