May 29th, 1894

Born on May 29th, 1894

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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, 1894

94

Beatrice Lillie

Canadian-born British actress

*May 29th, 1894, Toronto †January 20th, 1989, Henley-on-Thames

75

Josef von Sternberg

Austrian-American film director (1894-1969)

*May 29th, 1894, Vienna †December 22nd, 1969, Hollywood

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

46

Alfonsina Storni

Argentine writer

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

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

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

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

51

Frederick Schiller Faust

American novelist, and short story writer

*May 29th, 1892, Seattle †May 12th, 1944, Santa Maria Infante

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

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

33

Sherida Spitse

Dutch footballer

*May 29th, 1990, Sneek

31

Anastasiya Chernyavskaya

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1992, Minsk

62

G. K. Chesterton

English author and Christian apologist (1874–1936)

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

30

Millicent Wiranto

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1993, Medan

28

Natalia Rogova

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1995, Moscow

34

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung City

27

Chamika Karunaratne

Cricketer and badminton player

*May 29th, 1996, Colombo

23

Xia Yuting

Badminton player

*May 29th, 2000, Jiangsu

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

Same year
Born in 1894

70

Otto Grotewohl

German politician (1894–1964)

*March 11th, 1894, Brunswick †September 21st, 1964, East Berlin

91

Emil Forrer

Swiss linguist (1894-1986)

*February 19th, 1894, Strasbourg †January 10th, 1986, San Salvador

49

Nels Nelsen

Canadian ski jumper

*June 3rd, 1894, Salangen †June 3rd, 1943, Field

77

Nikita Khrushchev

First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union from 1953 to 1964

*April 3rd, 1894, Kalinovka †September 11th, 1971, Moscow

69

Aldous Huxley

English writer and philosopher (1894–1963)

*July 26th, 1894, Godalming †November 22nd, 1963, Los Angeles

66

Fritz Taeger

German historian of classical antiquity

*January 1st, 1894, Osten †August 15th, 1960, Marburg

84

Norman Rockwell

American painter and illustrator (1894–1978)

*February 3rd, 1894, New York City †November 8th, 1978, Stockbridge

43

Bessie Smith

American blues singer (1894–1937)

*April 15th, 1894, Chattanooga †September 26th, 1937, Clarksdale

63

Norma Talmadge

American actress and film producer (1894–1957)

*May 2nd, 1894, Jersey City †December 24th, 1957, Las Vegas

89

Pyotr Kapitsa

Soviet physicist

*June 26th, 1894, Kronstadt †April 8th, 1984, Moscow

27

Lothar von Richthofen

German flying ace (1894–1922)

*September 27th, 1894, Wrocław †July 4th, 1922, Fuhlsbüttel

91

Paul Costello

American rower

*December 27th, 1894, Philadelphia †April 17th, 1986, Philadelphia

72

Samuel Eichelbaum

Argentine writer (1894-1967)

*November 14th, 1894, Villa Domínguez †May 4th, 1967, Buenos Aires

36

Umberto Maddalena

Italian officer and aviator (1894-1931)

*December 14th, 1894, Bottrighe †March 19th, 1931, Tirrenia

79

John Ford

American film director (1894–1973)

*February 1st, 1894, Cape Elizabeth †August 31st, 1973, Palm Desert

69

Norbert Wiener

American mathematician, scientist in cybernetics and artificial intelligence (1894–1964)

*November 26th, 1894, Columbia †March 18th, 1964, Stockholm

68

Georg Ulrich Handke

German politician and diplomat (1894-1962)

*April 22nd, 1894, Hanau †September 7th, 1962, East Berlin

93

Rudolf Heß

German Nazi leader and Reich Minister without Portfolio (1894–1987)

*April 26th, 1894, Alexandria †August 17th, 1987, Spandau Prison

92

Harold Macmillan

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963

*February 10th, 1894, Chelsea †December 29th, 1986, Sussex

73

Basil Sydney

English actor (1894-1968)

*April 23rd, 1894, Essex †January 10th, 1968, London

Birthdays of famous people

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 1894 is a normal year and no leap year.

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