May 29rd All Events |
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| May 29th, 2008 (May 29 2008) | Death | Luc Bourdon, Canadian National Hockey League Defenceman who played with the Vancouver Canucks (Motorcycle Accident) (born in 1987) | |
| May 29th, 2008 (May 29 2008) | Death | Harvey Korman, American actor (born in 1927) | |
| May 29th, 2008 (May 29 2008) | Death | Dianne Odell, American medical figure (born in 1947) | |
| May 29th, 2007 (May 29 2007) | Death | Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (born in 1938) | |
| May 29th, 2007 (May 29 2007) | Death | Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian Politician (stroke) (born in 1927) | Evans Quotes |
| May 29th, 2007 (May 29 2007) | Death | Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (born in 1938) | |
| May 29th, 2006 (May 29 2006) | Death | Steve Mizerak, American pool player (born in 1944) | |
| May 29th, 2006 (May 29 2006) | Death | Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (born in 1930) | |
| May 29th, 2005 (May 29 2005) | Event | France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution. | |
| May 29th, 2005 (May 29 2005) | Death | George Rochberg, American composer (born in 1918) | |
| May 29th, 2004 (May 29 2004) | Event | The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. | |
| May 29th, 2004 (May 29 2004) | Event | The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22. | |
| May 29th, 2004 (May 29 2004) | Death | Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (born in 1912) | |
| May 29th, 2004 (May 29 2004) | Death | Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (born in 1925) | |
| May 29th, 2003 (May 29 2003) | Death | David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (born in 1972) | |
| May 29th, 2002 (May 29 2002) | Death | Mildred Benson, American writer (born in 1905) | |
| May 29th, 2001 (May 29 2001) | Event | U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. | |
| May 29th, 2001 (May 29 2001) | Event | International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated. | |
| May 29th, 1999 (May 29 1999) | Event | Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. | |
| May 29th, 1999 (May 29 1999) | Event | Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. | |
| May 29th, 1998 (May 29 1998) | Death | Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (born in 1909) | Barry Goldwater Quotes |
| May 29th, 1997 (May 29 1997) | Death | Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (born in 1966) | |
| May 29th, 1997 (May 29 1997) | Death | George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (born in 1919) | |
| May 29th, 1996 (May 29 1996) | Death | Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (born in 1919) | |
| May 29th, 1994 (May 29 1994) | Death | Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (born in 1912) | |
| May 29th, 1993 (May 29 1993) | Death | Billy Conn, American boxer (born in 1917) | |
| May 29th, 1991 (May 29 1991) | Birth | Kristen Alderson, American actress | |
| May 29th, 1990 (May 29 1990) | Event | Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian SFSR by the Russian parliament. | Boris Yeltsin Quotes |
| May 29th, 1990 (May 29 1990) | Birth | Dave Morton, American guitarist | |
| May 29th, 1989 (May 29 1989) | Birth | Danielle Riley Keough, American actress | |
| May 29th, 1989 (May 29 1989) | Death | John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (born in 1943) | |
| May 29th, 1988 (May 29 1988) | Event | U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. | Ronald Reagan Quotes |
| May 29th, 1987 (May 29 1987) | Birth | Alessandra Toreson, American actress | |
| May 29th, 1986 (May 29 1986) | Birth | Dylan Postl, American professional wrestler | |
| May 29th, 1986 (May 29 1986) | Birth | Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican/American fashion model | |
| May 29th, 1985 (May 29 1985) | Event | Heysel Stadium disaster: At the European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses after Liverpool F.C. fans breach a fence separating them from Juventus F.C. fans. | |
| May 29th, 1985 (May 29 1985) | Event | Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. | |
| May 29th, 1984 (May 29 1984) | Birth | Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player | |
| May 29th, 1983 (May 29 1983) | Birth | Rama Claproth, Indonesian blues guitarist | |
| May 29th, 1983 (May 29 1983) | Death | Arvids Pelse, Soviet Latvian statesman (born in 1899) | |
| May 29th, 1982 (May 29 1982) | Event | Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff ever to visit Canterbury Cathedral. | |
| May 29th, 1982 (May 29 1982) | Birth | Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model | |
| May 29th, 1982 (May 29 1982) | Birth | Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer | |
| May 29th, 1982 (May 29 1982) | Birth | Matt Macri, American baseball player | |
| May 29th, 1982 (May 29 1982) | Death | Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (born in 1938) | |
| May 29th, 1981 (May 29 1981) | Birth | Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer | |
| May 29th, 1979 (May 29 1979) | Birth | Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler | |
| May 29th, 1979 (May 29 1979) | Birth | Arne Friedrich, German football player | |
| May 29th, 1979 (May 29 1979) | Birth | John Rheinecker, Major League Baseball player | John Major Quotes |
| May 29th, 1979 (May 29 1979) | Birth | Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (died in 2004) | |
| May 29th, 1979 (May 29 1979) | Death | Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (born in 1892) | |
| May 29th, 1979 (May 29 1979) | Death | John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (born in 1916) | |
| May 29th, 1978 (May 29 1978) | Birth | Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives) | |
| May 29th, 1978 (May 29 1978) | Birth | Sebastien Grosjean, French tennis player | |
| May 29th, 1978 (May 29 1978) | Birth | Adam Rickitt,British/New Zealand actor | |
| May 29th, 1977 (May 29 1977) | Birth | Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer | |
| May 29th, 1977 (May 29 1977) | Birth | Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer | |
| May 29th, 1977 (May 29 1977) | Death | Ba Maw, Burmese politician (born in 1893) | |
| May 29th, 1976 (May 29 1976) | Birth | David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach) | |
| May 29th, 1976 (May 29 1976) | Birth | Cacapa, Brazilian footballer | |
| May 29th, 1976 (May 29 1976) | Birth | Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player | |
| May 29th, 1976 (May 29 1976) | Birth | Yusuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor | |
| May 29th, 1975 (May 29 1975) | Birth | Melanie Brown, English musician and actress | |
| May 29th, 1975 (May 29 1975) | Birth | Anthony Wall, English golfer | |
| May 29th, 1974 (May 29 1974) | Birth | Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks | |
| May 29th, 1974 (May 29 1974) | Birth | Marc Gene, Spanish Formula One driver | |
| May 29th, 1973 (May 29 1973) | Event | Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California. | |
| May 29th, 1973 (May 29 1973) | Birth | Anthony Azizi, American actor | |
| May 29th, 1973 (May 29 1973) | Birth | Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day) | |
| May 29th, 1973 (May 29 1973) | Birth | Alpay Ozalan, Turkish footballer | |
| May 29th, 1973 (May 29 1973) | Death | P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (born in 1929) | |
| May 29th, 1972 (May 29 1972) | Event | 26 people are killed and dozens more injured when three Japanese gunmen open fire on crowds at Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel. | |
| May 29th, 1972 (May 29 1972) | Birth | Kozi, Japanese visual kei artist | |
| May 29th, 1972 (May 29 1972) | Death | Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (born in 1902) | |
| May 29th, 1972 (May 29 1972) | Death | Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (born in 1878) | |
| May 29th, 1971 (May 29 1971) | Birth | Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer | |
| May 29th, 1970 (May 29 1970) | Birth | Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter | |
| May 29th, 1970 (May 29 1970) | Death | John Gunther, American writer (born in 1901) | |
| May 29th, 1969 (May 29 1969) | Birth | Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler) | |
| May 29th, 1968 (May 29 1968) | Event | Manchester United win the European Cup, the first English Club to do so. | |
| May 29th, 1967 (May 29 1967) | Birth | Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis) | Gallagher Quotes |
| May 29th, 1967 (May 29 1967) | Birth | Mike Keane, Canadian hockey player | |
| May 29th, 1964 (May 29 1964) | Event | The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian situation in Israel, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization. | |
| May 29th, 1963 (May 29 1963) | Birth | Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden) | |
| May 29th, 1963 (May 29 1963) | Birth | Tracey E. Bregman, American actress | |
| May 29th, 1963 (May 29 1963) | Birth | Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver | |
| May 29th, 1963 (May 29 1963) | Birth | Lisa Whelchel, American actress | |
| May 29th, 1962 (May 29 1962) | Birth | Eric Davis, American baseball player | |
| May 29th, 1962 (May 29 1962) | Birth | John D. LeMay, American actor | |
| May 29th, 1961 (May 29 1961) | Birth | Melissa Etheridge, American musician | |
| May 29th, 1959 (May 29 1959) | Birth | Rupert Everett, English actor | |
| May 29th, 1959 (May 29 1959) | Birth | Adrian Paul, English actor | |
| May 29th, 1958 (May 29 1958) | Birth | Annette Bening, American actress | |
| May 29th, 1958 (May 29 1958) | Birth | Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal | |
| May 29th, 1958 (May 29 1958) | Death | Juan Ramon Jimenez, Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (born in 1881) | |
| May 29th, 1957 (May 29 1957) | Birth | Jeb Hensarling, American politician | |
| May 29th, 1957 (May 29 1957) | Birth | Ted Levine, American actor | |
| May 29th, 1956 (May 29 1956) | Birth | LaToya Jackson, American musician | |
| May 29th, 1955 (May 29 1955) | Birth | John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin | |
| May 29th, 1955 (May 29 1955) | Birth | Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator | |
| May 29th, 1955 (May 29 1955) | Birth | Ken Schrader, American race car driver | |
| May 29th, 1954 (May 29 1954) | Event | First of the annual Bilderberg conferences. | |
| May 29th, 1953 (May 29 1953) | Event | Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay s (adopted) 39th birthday. | Edmund Hillary Quotes |
| May 29th, 1953 (May 29 1953) | Birth | Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo) | |
| May 29th, 1953 (May 29 1953) | Birth | Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (died in 2008) | |
| May 29th, 1953 (May 29 1953) | Death | Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (born in 1891) | |
| May 29th, 1951 (May 29 1951) | Birth | Peter Chernin, President of News Corporation | |
| May 29th, 1951 (May 29 1951) | Death | Fanny Brice, American singer/comedian (born in 1891) | |
| May 29th, 1950 (May 29 1950) | Event | St. Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia . | |
| May 29th, 1950 (May 29 1950) | Birth | Rebbie Jackson, American musician | |
| May 29th, 1949 (May 29 1949) | Birth | Brian Kidd, English footballer | |
| May 29th, 1948 (May 29 1948) | Event | Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation | |
| May 29th, 1948 (May 29 1948) | Birth | Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor | |
| May 29th, 1948 (May 29 1948) | Death | Dame May Whitty, English actress (born in 1865) | |
| May 29th, 1947 (May 29 1947) | Birth | Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic | |
| May 29th, 1947 (May 29 1947) | Birth | Anthony Geary, American actor | |
| May 29th, 1946 (May 29 1946) | Birth | Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (died in 2000) | |
| May 29th, 1946 (May 29 1946) | Death | Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (born in 1905) | |
| May 29th, 1945 (May 29 1945) | Birth | Gary Brooker, musician (Procol Harum) | |
| May 29th, 1943 (May 29 1943) | Birth | Robert W. Edgar, Theologian | |
| May 29th, 1942 (May 29 1942) | Event | Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin s "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas album in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles. | John Scott Quotes |
| May 29th, 1942 (May 29 1942) | Birth | Pierre Bourque, Former mayor of Montreal | |
| May 29th, 1942 (May 29 1942) | Birth | Kevin Conway, American actor | |
| May 29th, 1942 (May 29 1942) | Death | John Barrymore, American actor (born in 1882) | |
| May 29th, 1940 (May 29 1940) | Birth | Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan | |
| May 29th, 1939 (May 29 1939) | Birth | Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver | |
| May 29th, 1939 (May 29 1939) | Death | Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (born in 1865) | |
| May 29th, 1938 (May 29 1938) | Birth | Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner | |
| May 29th, 1937 (May 29 1937) | Birth | Charles W. Pickering, American judge | |
| May 29th, 1937 (May 29 1937) | Birth | Irmin Schmidt, German musician (Can) | |
| May 29th, 1935 (May 29 1935) | Death | Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (born in 1874) | |
| May 29th, 1933 (May 29 1933) | Birth | Helmuth Rilling, German conductor | |
| May 29th, 1932 (May 29 1932) | Event | World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945. | |
| May 29th, 1932 (May 29 1932) | Birth | Richie Guerin, former basketball player | |
| May 29th, 1932 (May 29 1932) | Birth | Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author who founded the group Zero Population Growth | Paul R. Ehrlich Quotes |
| May 29th, 1927 (May 29 1927) | Birth | Jean Coutu, Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group) | |
| May 29th, 1926 (May 29 1926) | Birth | Charles Denner, French actor (died in 1995) | |
| May 29th, 1924 (May 29 1924) | Event | AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks. | |
| May 29th, 1922 (May 29 1922) | Birth | Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect, major contributor to musical modernism (died in 2001) | |
| May 29th, 1920 (May 29 1920) | Birth | John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (died in 2000) | |
| May 29th, 1919 (May 29 1919) | Event | Einstein s theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington s observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceara, Brazil. | |
| May 29th, 1919 (May 29 1919) | Event | The Republic of Prekmurje founded | |
| May 29th, 1919 (May 29 1919) | Death | Robert Bacon, American politician (born in 1860) | |
| May 29th, 1917 (May 29 1917) | Birth | John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (died in 1963) | |
| May 29th, 1915 (May 29 1915) | Birth | Karl Munchinger, German conductor (died in 1990) | |
| May 29th, 1914 (May 29 1914) | Event | Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost. | |
| May 29th, 1914 (May 29 1914) | Birth | Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (died in 2003) | |
| May 29th, 1913 (May 29 1913) | Event | Igor Stravinsky s ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot. | Igor Stravinsky Quotes |
| May 29th, 1913 (May 29 1913) | Birth | Tony Zale, American boxer (died in 1997) | |
| May 29th, 1911 (May 29 1911) | Birth | Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (died in 1989) | |
| May 29th, 1911 (May 29 1911) | Death | William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (born in 1836) | |
| May 29th, 1910 (May 29 1910) | Death | Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (born in 1837) | |
| May 29th, 1907 (May 29 1907) | Birth | Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (died in 2002) | |
| May 29th, 1906 (May 29 1906) | Birth | T.H. White, British author (died in 1964) | |
| May 29th, 1905 (May 29 1905) | Birth | Sebastian Shaw, English actor (died in 1994) | |
| May 29th, 1903 (May 29 1903) | Event | May coup d etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization. | |
| May 29th, 1903 (May 29 1903) | Birth | Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (died in 2003) | Bob Hope Quotes |
| May 29th, 1903 (May 29 1903) | Death | Draga Masin, Queen of Serbia (born in 1864) | |
| May 29th, 1903 (May 29 1903) | Death | Bruce Price, American architect (born in 1845) | |
| May 29th, 1897 (May 29 1897) | Birth | Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (died in 1957) | |
| May 29th, 1896 (May 29 1896) | Death | Gabriel Auguste Daubree, French geologist (born in 1814) | |
| May 29th, 1894 (May 29 1894) | Birth | Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (died in 1989) | |
| May 29th, 1894 (May 29 1894) | Birth | Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (died in 1969) | |
| May 29th, 1893 (May 29 1893) | Birth | Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (died in 1944) | Max Brand Quotes |
| May 29th, 1892 (May 29 1892) | Birth | Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (died in 1938) | |
| May 29th, 1892 (May 29 1892) | Death | Baha u llah, Persian founder of the Baha i Faith (born in 1817) | |
| May 29th, 1886 (May 29 1886) | Event | Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal. | |
| May 29th, 1882 (May 29 1882) | Death | Vasily Perov, Russian painter (born in 1833) | |
| May 29th, 1880 (May 29 1880) | Birth | Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (died in 1936) | Philo Quotes |
| May 29th, 1874 (May 29 1874) | Birth | G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (died in 1936) | |
| May 29th, 1868 (May 29 1868) | Event | The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade. | |
| May 29th, 1868 (May 29 1868) | Death | Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (born in 1823) | |
| May 29th, 1867 (May 29 1867) | Event | The Austro-Hungarian agreement known as Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Franz Joseph is crowned King of Hungary. | |
| May 29th, 1866 (May 29 1866) | Death | Winfield Scott, American general (born in 1786) | |
| May 29th, 1864 (May 29 1864) | Event | Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time. | |
| May 29th, 1863 (May 29 1863) | Birth | Arthur Mold, English cricketer (died in 1921) | |
| May 29th, 1860 (May 29 1860) | Birth | Isaac Albeniz, Spanish composer (died in 1909) | |
| May 29th, 1848 (May 29 1848) | Event | Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state. | |
| May 29th, 1847 (May 29 1847) | Death | Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (born in 1766) | |
| May 29th, 1829 (May 29 1829) | Death | Humphry Davy, English chemist (born in 1778) | |
| May 29th, 1823 (May 29 1823) | Birth | John H. Balsley, American carpenter (died in 1895) | |
| May 29th, 1814 (May 29 1814) | Death | Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (born in 1763) | |
| May 29th, 1796 (May 29 1796) | Death | Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (born in 1720) | |
| May 29th, 1794 (May 29 1794) | Birth | Johann Heinrich von Madler, German astronomer (died in 1874) | |
| May 29th, 1790 (May 29 1790) | Event | Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state. | |
| May 29th, 1790 (May 29 1790) | Death | Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (born in 1718) | |
| May 29th, 1780 (May 29 1780) | Event | Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford s continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed. | Abraham Quotes |
| May 29th, 1773 (May 29 1773) | Birth | Princess Sophia of Gloucester (died in 1844) | |
| May 29th, 1765 (May 29 1765) | Event | Patrick Henry in a speech (on his birthday, see below) denouncing the Stamp Act is believed to have said, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" | Patrick Henry Quotes |
| May 29th, 1736 (May 29 1736) | Birth | Patrick Henry, American patriot, statesman, and orator (died in 1799) | Patrick Henry Quotes |
| May 29th, 1733 (May 29 1733) | Event | The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City. | |
| May 29th, 1727 (May 29 1727) | Event | Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia. | |
| May 29th, 1722 (May 29 1722) | Birth | James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (died in 1773) | |
| May 29th, 1716 (May 29 1716) | Birth | Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (died in 1800) | |
| May 29th, 1691 (May 29 1691) | Death | Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (born in 1629) | |
| May 29th, 1677 (May 29 1677) | Event | Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians. | |
| May 29th, 1675 (May 29 1675) | Birth | Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (died in 1715) | |
| May 29th, 1660 (May 29 1660) | Event | English Restoration: Charles II (on his birthdaysee below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain. | |
| May 29th, 1660 (May 29 1660) | Death | Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (born in 1615) | |
| May 29th, 1630 (May 29 1630) | Birth | Charles II of England (died in 1685) | |
| May 29th, 1627 (May 29 1627) | Birth | Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and Princess(died in 1693) | |
| May 29th, 1594 (May 29 1594) | Birth | Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (died in 1632) | |
| May 29th, 1593 (May 29 1593) | Death | John Penry, Welsh Protestant leader (born in 1559) | |
| May 29th, 1592 (May 29 1592) | Event | At the Battle of Sacheon, the Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin, repels a Japanese army that outnumbers it nearly 3 to 1. | |
| May 29th, 1546 (May 29 1546) | Death | David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal | |
| May 29th, 1500 (May 29 1500) | Death | Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer | |
| May 29th, 1453 (May 29 1453) | Event | Byzantine-Ottoman Wars: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. | |
| May 29th, 1453 (May 29 1453) | Death | Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (born in 1404) | |
| May 29th, 1425 (May 29 1425) | Death | Hongxi Emperor of China (born in 1378) | |
| May 29th, 1414 (May 29 1414) | Event | Council of Constance. | |
| May 29th, 1405 (May 29 1405) | Death | Philippe de Mezieres, advisor to Charles V of France | |
| May 29th, 1379 (May 29 1379) | Death | King Henry II of Castile (born in 1334) | |
| May 29th, 1259 (May 29 1259) | Death | King Christopher I of Denmark (born in 1219) | |
| May 29th, 1176 (May 29 1176) | Event | Battle of Legnano, in which the Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I. | |
| May 29th, 1167 (May 29 1167) | Event | Battle of Monte PorzioA Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel | Alexander Pope Quotes |
| May 29th, 0363 (May 29 0363) | Event | 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. | Julian Quotes |
