May 29th, 1945

Born on May 29th, 1945

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What happened on May 29th, 1945?

May 29th, 1945

First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.

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What else 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.

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

Born on May 29th, 1945

73

Jean-Pierre Van Rossem

Belgian politician, scholar, socialite and writer (1945-2018)

*May 29th, 1945, Bruges †December 13th, 2018, Jette

76

Gary Brooker

English singer, composer and pianist (1945–2022)

*May 29th, 1945, Homerton University Hospital †February 19th, 2022, Surrey

78

Jim Detwiler

American football player

*May 29th, 1945, Bluffton

78

Fray Tormenta

Mexican professional wrestler and Roman Catholic priest

*May 29th, 1945, San Agustín Metzquititlán

78

Joyce Tenneson

American photographer

*May 29th, 1945, Boston

78

Catherine Lara

French musician

*May 29th, 1945, Poissy

78

Shay Knuth

American model

*May 29th, 1945, Milwaukee

77

David Lance Goines

American artist (1945–2023)

*May 29th, 1945, Grants Pass †February 19th, 2023, Berkeley

78

Blue Moon Odom

American baseball player

*May 29th, 1945, Macon

78

Giorgio Giudici

Swiss politician

*May 29th, 1945, Lugano

78

Bruno Troublé

Olympic sailor

*May 29th, 1945, Versailles

77

Manuel Duarte

Portuguese footballer

*May 29th, 1945, Celorico da Beira †September 2nd, 2022, Fafe

70

Alby Schultz

Australian politician

*May 29th, 1945, Melbourne †July 14th, 2015, Cootamundra

76

Leroy Sherrier Lewis

Costa Rican association football player

*May 29th, 1945, Limón †September 13th, 2021

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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

77

Renny Ramakers

Dutch art critic

*May 29th, 1946, The Hague

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

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

69

Pankaj Kapur

Indian actor

*May 29th, 1954, Ludhiana

41

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

79

Pascale Crozon

Member of the National Assembly of France

*May 29th, 1944, Morillon

40

Sandra Marinello

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1983, Duisburg

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

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

48

Melanie Brown

British singer, actress and television personality

*May 29th, 1975, Harehills

78

Helmut Berger

Austrian actor (1944–2023)

*May 29th, 1944, Bad Ischl †May 18th, 2023, Salzburg

34

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung City

94

Peter Higgs

British physicist

*May 29th, 1929, Newcastle upon Tyne

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78

Vernon Wells

Australian actor

*December 31st, 1945, Rushworth

79

Manuel Neuer

German association football player

*March 27th, 1945, Gelsenkirchen

78

Franz Beckenbauer

German footballer (1945–2024)

*September 11th, 1945, Richard-Wagner-Straße 19 (München) †January 7th, 2024, Salzburg

75

Gerd Müller

German footballer (1945–2021)

*November 3rd, 1945, Nördlingen †August 15th, 2021, Wolfratshausen

79

Thilo Sarrazin

German economist and politician

*February 12th, 1945, Gera

72

Christine Kaufmann

German actress and businesswoman (1945-2017)

*January 11th, 1945, Lengdorf †March 28th, 2017, Munich

78

Victoria Bond

American composer

*May 6th, 1945, Los Angeles

78

Andreas Schmidt-Schaller

German actor

*October 30th, 1945, Arnstadt

78

Lasse Berghagen

Swedish singer, musician, songwriter, writer and television presenter

*May 13th, 1945, Enskede-Årsta-Vantör city district †October 19th, 2023, Stockholms Sankt Johannes

79

Rodrigo Duterte

President of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022

*March 28th, 1945, Maasin

78

Helen Mirren

English actor (born 1945)

*July 26th, 1945, Hammersmith

36

Bob Marley

Jamaican reggae musician (1945–1981)

*February 6th, 1945, Nine Mile †May 11th, 1981, Jackson Memorial Hospital

78

Manfred Clauss

German historian of classical antiquity

*August 16th, 1945, Cologne

78

Aung San Suu Kyi

Former State Counsellor of Myanmar and Leader of the National League for Democracy

*June 19th, 1945, Yangon

78

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva

President of Brazil (2003–2010, 2023–present)

*October 27th, 1945, Caetés

78

Radovan Karadžić

Bosnian Serb politician, psychiatrist and poet convicted of genocide

*June 19th, 1945, Petnjica

78

John Lithgow

American actor

*October 19th, 1945, Rochester

76

Peter Patzak

Austrian film director and Screenwriter (1945-2021)

*January 2nd, 1945, Vienna †March 11th, 2021, Krems

71

Claus Ryskjær

Danish actor (1945-2016)

*June 26th, 1945, Frederiksberg †December 12th, 2016

72

Barkley L. Hendricks

African American painter

*April 16th, 1945, Nicetown-Tioga †April 18th, 2017, New London

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No: With 365 days 1945 is a normal year and no leap year.

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