May 29th, 1340

Born on May 29th, 1340

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 249,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on May 29th?

May 29th, 2011

Residents of Portland, Oregon, held a rally called Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an attack against a gay couple holding hands while crossing the Hawthorne Bridge (pictured).

May 29th, 1999

Charlotte Perrelli, representing Sweden, won the Eurovision Song Contest, the first edition not to feature an orchestra or live accompaniment.

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 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.

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

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

33

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

48

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

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

62

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

42

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

41

Sandra Marinello

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1983, Duisburg

34

Sherida Spitse

Dutch footballer

*May 29th, 1990, Sneek

32

Anastasiya Chernyavskaya

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1992, Minsk

31

Millicent Wiranto

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1993, Medan

62

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

29

Natalia Rogova

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1995, Moscow

28

Chamika Karunaratne

Cricketer and badminton player

*May 29th, 1996, Colombo

24

Xia Yuting

Chinese badminton player

*May 29th, 2000, Jiangsu

35

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung

66

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

52

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

39

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

32

Johanna Acs

German model

*May 29th, 1992, Eschweiler

Same year
Born in 1340

58

John of Gaunt

English magnate of the House of Plantagenet (1340-1399)

*June 24th, 1340, Ghent †February 3rd, 1399, Leicester Castle

27

John de Mowbray, 4th Baron Mowbray

English Baron

*June 24th, 1340, Epworth †January 1st, 1368, Turkey

75

John, Duke of Berry

French duke

*November 30th, 1340, Vincennes †June 15th, 1416, Paris

35

Cansignorio della Scala

Lord of Verona

*March 5th, 1340, Verona †October 19th, 1375, Verona

70

Theophanes the Greek

Byzantine-Russian artist (c.1340-c.1410)

*January 1st, 1340, Constantinople †January 1st, 1410, Moscow

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 29th

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

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1340 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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