May 29th, 1339

Born on May 29th, 1339

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 821 days, exactly on August 15th, 2026, people who were born on May 29th, 1339 will be 251,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 29th?

May 29th, 1999

President Olusegun Obasanjo took office as Nigeria's first elected and civilian head of state after 16 years of military dictatorship.

May 29th, 1953

The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay (both pictured) became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

May 29th, 1942

Bing Crosby recorded his version of the song "White Christmas", which went on to become the best-selling single worldwide, with more than 50 million copies sold.

May 29th, 1918

World War I: Armenian forces defeated Ottoman troops at the Battle of Sardarabad, halting the Turkish advance and preventing further destruction of the Armenian nation.

May 29th, 1913

During the premiere of the ballet The Rite of Spring by Igor Stravinsky (pictured) at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris, the avant-garde nature of the music and choreography caused a near-riot in the audience.

May 29th, 1911

English dramatist W. S. Gilbert of the songwriting duo Gilbert and Sullivan died while saving a young woman from drowning in his lake.

May 29th, 1900

N'Djamena, now the capital of Chad, was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil.

May 29th, 1792

The Great Sejm of the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth was disbanded following the Russian invasion of Poland.

May 29th, 1453

With the fall of Constantinople, the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottomans.

May 29th, 1416

A squadron of the Venetian navy captured many Ottoman ships at the Battle of Gallipoli, confirming Venetian naval superiority in the Aegean Sea for the next few decades.

May 29th, 1233

Mongol–Jin War: The Mongols entered and began looting Kaifeng, the capital of the Jin dynasty of China, after a 13-month siege.

May 29th, 1176

Wars of the Guelphs and Ghibellines: Troops of the Lombard League defeated forces of the Holy Roman Empire near Legnano in present-day Italy.

May 29th, 2021

A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.

May 29th, 2015

One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.

May 29th, 2012

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on May 29th

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 29th?

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

46

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

*May 29th, 1917, Brookline †November 22nd, 1963, Parkland Memorial Hospital

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

*May 29th, 1921, Spokane †April 15th, 2017, Gladstone

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

41

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

40

Sandra Marinello

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1983, Duisburg

33

Sherida Spitse

Dutch footballer

*May 29th, 1990, Sneek

31

Anastasiya Chernyavskaya

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1992, Minsk

30

Millicent Wiranto

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1993, Medan

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

28

Natalia Rogova

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1995, Moscow

27

Chamika Karunaratne

Cricketer and badminton player

*May 29th, 1996, Colombo

23

Xia Yuting

Chinese badminton player

*May 29th, 2000, Jiangsu

34

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

38

Ngemba Evans Obi

Footballer

*May 29th, 1985, Owerri

63

Patrick Henry

American Founding Father, orator and politician (1736 – 1799)

*May 29th, 1736, Hanover County †June 6th, 1799, Brookneal

31

Johanna Acs

German model

*May 29th, 1992, Eschweiler

Same year
Born in 1339

25

Rudolf IV

Duke of Austria

*November 1st, 1339, Vienna †July 27th, 1365, Milan

52

Muhammad V

Sultan of Granada

*January 4th, 1339, Granada †January 16th, 1391, Granada

23

Anna von Schweidnitz

Czech queen

*January 1st, 1339, Świdnica †July 11th, 1362, Prague

45

Louis I

Duke of Anjou

*July 23rd, 1339, Vincennes †September 20th, 1384, Bisceglie

60

John V, Duke of Brittany

Duke of Brittany

*January 1st, 1339, Duchy of Brittany †November 1st, 1399, Nantes

23

Maud, Countess of Leicester

British noble

*April 4th, 1339, Bolingbroke Castle †April 10th, 1362

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Public holidays on May 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Oak Apple Day) which are celebrated on May 29th.

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1339 is a normal year and no leap year.

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