May 29th, 1910

Born on May 29th, 1910

Age in days, weeks and months
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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, 1910

113

Jean Coutu

Canadian businessman

*May 29th, 1910, Montreal

49

Peter Platzer

Austrian footballer (1910-1959)

*May 29th, 1910, Austria-Hungary †December 13th, 1959

86

David Brodie

Field hockey player

*May 29th, 1910, Barrhead †June 1st, 1996, Glasgow

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

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

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

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

46

Alfonsina Storni

Argentine writer

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

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

57

T. H. White

English author (1906-1964)

*May 29th, 1906, Mumbai †January 17th, 1964, Piraeus

94

Peter Higgs

British physicist

*May 29th, 1929, Newcastle upon Tyne

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

41

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

40

Sandra Marinello

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1983, Duisburg

88

Diana Morgan

Welsh playwright and screenwriter (1908-1996)

*May 29th, 1908, Cathedral Road †December 9th, 1996, Northwood

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

34

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung

28

Natalia Rogova

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1995, Moscow

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

27

Chamika Karunaratne

Cricketer and badminton player

*May 29th, 1996, Colombo

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Born in 1910

87

Mother Teresa

Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary (1910–1997)

*August 26th, 1910, Skopje †September 5th, 1997, Kolkata

80

Lothar Collatz

German mathematician

*July 6th, 1910, Arnsberg †September 26th, 1990, Varna

87

Egill Jacobsen

Danish painter (1910-1998)

*December 16th, 1910, Copenhagen †April 21st, 1998, Copenhagen

94

Ejler Bille

Danish artist (1910-2004)

*March 6th, 1910, Odder †May 1st, 2004, Copenhagen

96

Kitty Carlisle

American stage and screen actress, singer, and spokesperson for the arts (1910–2007)

*September 3rd, 1910, New Orleans †April 17th, 2007, New York City

84

Dorothy Hodgkin

British chemist

*May 12th, 1910, Cairo †July 29th, 1994, Ilmington

84

Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar

Indian-American astrophysicist

*October 19th, 1910, Lahore †August 21st, 1995, Chicago

79

William Shockley

American physicist and inventor

*February 13th, 1910, London †August 12th, 1989, Stanford

92

Rachel Kempson

British actress (1910–2003)

*May 28th, 1910, Dartmouth †May 24th, 2003, Millbrook

69

Dick Foran

Actor (1910-1979)

*June 18th, 1910, Flemington †August 10th, 1979, Panorama City

82

Josephine McKim

American swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder (1910-1992)

*January 4th, 1910, Oil City, Cambria County, Pennsylvania †December 10th, 1992, Woodstock

87

Erich Mückenberger

German politician (1910-1998)

*June 8th, 1910, Chemnitz †February 10th, 1998, Berlin

87

Jacques Cousteau

French Naval Officer who co-invented open circuit demand scuba

*June 11th, 1910, Saint-André-de-Cubzac †June 25th, 1997, 17th arrondissement of Paris

83

Baltasar Lobo

Spanish artist

*February 22nd, 1910, Zamora †September 4th, 1993, Paris

90

Dora Alonso

Cuban journalist and writer

*December 22nd, 1910, Matanzas †March 21st, 2001, Havana

98

Irena Sendler

Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer (1910-2008)

*February 15th, 1910, Warsaw †May 12th, 2008, Warsaw

46

Sheila Terry

American actress (1910–1957)

*March 5th, 1910, Warroad †January 19th, 1957, New York City

88

Paul Bowles

American composer and writer (1910–1999)

*December 30th, 1910, Queens †November 18th, 1999, Tangier

77

Jean Anouilh

French playwright (1910–1987)

*June 23rd, 1910, Bordeaux †October 3rd, 1987, Lausanne

68

Giuseppe Meazza

Italian association football player and manager (1910-1979)

*August 23rd, 1910, Milan †August 21st, 1979, Rapallo

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 1910 is a normal year and no leap year.

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