May 29th, 1835

Born on May 29th, 1835

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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

Same Day
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

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

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

74

Louise Michel

French author and anarchist (1830-1905)

*May 29th, 1830, Vroncourt-la-Côte †January 9th, 1905, Marseille

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

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

46

Alfonsina Storni

Argentine writer

*May 29th, 1892, Capriasca †October 25th, 1938, Mar del Plata

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

28

Natalia Rogova

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1995, Moscow

27

Chamika Karunaratne

Cricketer and badminton player

*May 29th, 1996, Colombo

34

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung

23

Xia Yuting

Chinese badminton player

*May 29th, 2000, Jiangsu

62

G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

*May 29th, 1874, Beaconsfield †June 14th, 1936, Beaconsfield

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

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Born in 1835

75

Adolf Michaelis

German classical archaeologist

*June 22nd, 1835, Kiel †August 12th, 1910, Strasbourg

74

Mark Twain

American author and humorist (1835–1910)

*November 30th, 1835, Florida †April 21st, 1910, Redding

85

Franz Defregger

Painter from Austria (1835-1921)

*April 30th, 1835, Iselsberg-Stronach †January 2nd, 1921, Munich

77

Martin Kähler

German theologian

*January 6th, 1835, Guryevsk †September 7th, 1912, Freudenstadt

71

Giosuè Carducci

Italian poet and teacher (1835-1907)

*July 27th, 1835, Valdicastello Carducci †February 8th, 1907, Bologna

74

Alexander Emanuel Agassiz

Swiss-American zoologist and engineer (1835-1910)

*December 17th, 1835, Neuchâtel †March 27th, 1910, RMS Adriatic

74

Leopold II of Belgium

King of the Belgians from 1865 to 1909

*April 9th, 1835, City of Brussels †December 17th, 1909, Laeken - Laken

83

Andrew Carnegie

American industrialist and philanthropist (1835–1919)

*November 25th, 1835, Dunfermline †August 11th, 1919, Lenox

58

Dámaso Zabalza

Spanish composer and pianist (1830-1894)

*December 11th, 1835, Irurita †February 27th, 1894, Madrid

86

Camille Saint-Saëns

French composer, organist, conductor and pianist

*October 9th, 1835, 11th arrondissement of Paris †December 16th, 1921, Algiers

69

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, enhypen

French sculptor and painter (1834–1904)

*August 2nd, 1835, Colmar †October 4th, 1904, 6th arrondissement of Paris

72

Empress Dowager Cixi

Chinese empress (1835-1908)

*November 29th, 1835, Beijing †November 15th, 1908, Imperial City

73

Dimitrios Vikelas

Greek businessman and writer; president of the International Olympic Committee (1835-1908)

*February 15th, 1835, Ermoupolis †July 20th, 1908, Athens

86

Lyman Abbott

American theologian, editor, author (1835-1922)

*December 18th, 1835, Roxbury †October 22nd, 1922, New York City

65

Elisha Gray

American electrical engineer

*August 2nd, 1835, Barnesville †January 21st, 1901, Newtonville

64

Julius Vogel

8th Premier of New Zealand (1835-1899)

*February 24th, 1835, London †March 12th, 1899, Surrey

79

Pius X

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1903 to 1914, saint

*June 2nd, 1835, Riese Pio X †August 20th, 1914, Apostolic Palace

66

Fukuzawa Yukichi

Modern Enlightenment thinker, educator, philosopher, scholar, author, writer, journalist, translator, entrepreneur, and founder of Keio University in Japan's Meiji era (1835-1901)

*January 10th, 1835, Dōjima †February 3rd, 1901, Shiba-ku

36

James Fisk

American businessman (1835–1872)

*April 1st, 1835, Bennington †January 6th, 1872, New York City

70

Magdalena Kade

Founder of the pilgrimage place Filipov

*June 5th, 1835, Filipov †December 10th, 1905, Filipov

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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 1835 is a normal year and no leap year.

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