May 29th, 1750

Born on May 29th, 1750

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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

Born on May 29th, 1750

62

Louis Thomas Villaret de Joyeuse

French admiral (1750-1812)

*May 29th, 1750, Auch †July 24th, 1812, Venice

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Who's birthday is on May 29th?

46

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

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

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

63

Patrick Henry

Attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the United States (1736-1799)

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

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

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

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

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

48

Melanie Brown

British singer, actress and television personality

*May 29th, 1975, Harehills

38

Ngemba Evans Obi

Footballer

*May 29th, 1985, Owerri

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Born in 1750

97

Caroline Herschel

German-British astronomer (*1750 – †1848)

*March 16th, 1750, Hanover †January 9th, 1848, Hanover

74

Antonio Salieri

Italian composer and teacher (1750–1825)

*August 18th, 1750, Legnago †May 7th, 1825, Vienna

66

Francisco de Miranda

Venezuelan military leader (1750–1816)

*March 28th, 1750, Caracas †July 14th, 1816, Cádiz

77

Nicolas Louis François de Neufchâteau

French statesman, poet, politician, agronomist and scientist (1750-1828)

*April 17th, 1750, Saffais †January 10th, 1828, Paris

68

Pedro Inocencio Bejarano

Spanish bishop

*July 28th, 1750, Granada †December 13th, 1818, Mandayona

48

Tipu Sultan

Ruler of the Kingdom of Mysore from 1782 to 1799

*November 20th, 1750, Devanahalli †May 4th, 1799, Srirangapatna

56

Henry Knox

American general and Secretary of War (1750–1806)

*July 25th, 1750, Boston †October 25th, 1806, Augusta

43

Fabre d'Églantine

French actor (1750-1794)

*July 28th, 1750, Carcassonne †April 5th, 1794, Paris

74

Frederik Gottschalk von Haxthausen

Norwegian politician and general (1750-1825)

*July 14th, 1750, Copenhagen †July 6th, 1825, Christiania

71

Heinrich Rathmann

German regional historian

*January 10th, 1750, Neuengamme †March 14th, 1821, Pechau

59

Ignacy Potocki

Writer (1750-1809)

*February 28th, 1750, Radzyń Podlaski †August 30th, 1809, Vienna

53

Ami Argand

Genevan chemist (1750-1803)

*July 5th, 1750, Geneva †October 14th, 1803, Geneva

63

Johann Martin Miller

German theologian and writer

*December 3rd, 1750, Jungingen †June 21st, 1814, Ulm

68

Pierre-Henri de Valenciennes

French painter (1750-1819)

*December 6th, 1750, Toulouse †February 16th, 1819, Paris

75

Isaac Shelby

American politician (1750-1826)

*December 11th, 1750, Frederick County †July 18th, 1826, Lincoln County

26

Cornelia Schlosser

German author of letters and sister of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1750-1777)

*December 7th, 1750, Frankfurt †June 8th, 1777, Emmendingen

78

André Joseph Abrial

French politician

*March 19th, 1750, Annonay †November 13th, 1828, Paris

24

Robert Fergusson

Scottish poet and writer (1750-1774)

*September 5th, 1750, Edinburgh †October 16th, 1774, Edinburgh

63

Johann Gottfried Vierling

German organist and composer (1750-1813)

*January 25th, 1750, Metzels †November 22nd, 1813, Schmalkalden

61

Louise of Brandenburg-Schwedt

Margravine of Brandenburg-Schwedt by birth and by marriage Duchess of Anhalt-Dessau

*September 24th, 1750, Różanki, Lubusz Voivodeship †December 21st, 1811, Dessau

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1750 is a normal year and no leap year.

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