May 29th, 1949

Born on May 29th, 1949

Age in days, weeks and months
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Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 640 days, exactly on January 25th, 2026, people who were born on May 29th, 1949 will be 28,000 days old!

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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, 1949

74

Francis Rossi

British rock musician

*May 29th, 1949, London

74

Brian Kidd

English football player and manager

*May 29th, 1949, Manchester

70

Andrew Clements

American writer

*May 29th, 1949, Camden †November 29th, 2019, Baldwin

74

Wilhelm Kreuz

Austrian association football player

*May 29th, 1949, Vienna

74

Leonid Pavlovski

Field hockey player

*May 29th, 1949, Krasnoturyinsk

74

Jim Krieg

American football player

*May 29th, 1949, Buffalo

74

A. Thomas McLellan

American government official

*May 29th, 1949, Staten Island

74

Franco Ongarato

Cyclist

*May 29th, 1949, Padua

53

Bob Wallace

American philanthropist (1949-2002)

*May 29th, 1949, Arlington County †September 20th, 2002, San Rafael

70

Robert Axelrod

American actor

*May 29th, 1949, New York City †September 7th, 2019, Los Angeles

73

Bill Bradbury

American politician

*May 29th, 1949, Chicago †April 14th, 2023

74

Johann Krieger

German politician

*May 29th, 1949, Freiburg im Breisgau

74

Robert K. Sweeney

American politician

*May 29th, 1949, Babylon

74

Cotter Smith

American stage, film and television actor

*May 29th, 1949, Washington, D.C.

74

Manuel Castellanos López

Cuban artist

*May 29th, 1949, Sancti Spíritus

74

Kollam Thulasi

Indian actor

*May 29th, 1949, Kollam

74

Ann-Marie Nenzell

Swedish athletics competitor

*May 29th, 1949, Bromma city district

74

Frederique Darragon

French explorer

*May 29th, 1949, Paris

74

Loyd King

American basketball player

*May 29th, 1949, Asheville

74

Willie Brossart

Canadian ice hockey defenceman

*May 29th, 1949, Allan

74

Jaime Rivera

Mexican swimmer

*May 29th, 1949, Guadalajara

74

Ary L. Goldberger

American scientist

*May 29th, 1949, The Bronx

Same Day
Who's birthday is on May 29th?

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

46

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

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

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

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

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

69

Pankaj Kapur

Indian actor

*May 29th, 1954, Ludhiana

73

Lesley Hunt

Australian female tennis player

*May 29th, 1950, Perth

77

Renny Ramakers

Dutch art critic

*May 29th, 1946, The Hague

41

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

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

73

Rebbie Jackson

Singer from the United States

*May 29th, 1950, Gary

34

Andi Hartono

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1989, Bandung City

28

Natalia Rogova

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1995, Moscow

27

Chamika Karunaratne

Cricketer and badminton player

*May 29th, 1996, Colombo

Same year
Born in 1949

75

Joachim Witt

German rock musician

*February 22nd, 1949, Hamburg

74

Rudy Hartono

Indonesian badminton player

*August 18th, 1949, Surabaya

75

Åse Kleveland

Swedish-Norwegian singer and politician

*March 18th, 1949, Stockholm

70

Jahn Teigen

Norwegian singer, musician, and comedian (1949–2020)

*September 27th, 1949, Tønsberg Municipality †February 24th, 2020, Ystad

74

David Rubenstein

American businessman

*August 11th, 1949, Baltimore

74

Sherman Howard

American actor

*June 11th, 1949, Chicago

74

Egon Flaig

German university teacher, Historian of classical antiquity and writer

*May 16th, 1949, Oberstenfeld

74

Meryl Streep

American actress (born 1949)

*June 22nd, 1949, Summit

74

Odaline de la Martinez

American conductor and composer

*October 31st, 1949, Matanzas

74

Gertrúd Ladányi

Badminton player

*May 3rd, 1949, Esztergom

66

Papa Wemba

Congolese singer and musician

*June 14th, 1949, Lubefu †April 24th, 2016, Abidjan

67

Denis Johnson

American writer (novel, drama, poetry, essay) (1949-2017)

*July 1st, 1949, Munich †May 24th, 2017, Sea Ranch

40

Stiv Bators

American punk rock vocalist and guitarist

*October 22nd, 1949, Youngstown †June 3rd, 1990, 1st arrondissement of Paris

74

Sverre Årnes

Norwegian writer

*May 14th, 1949, Surnadal Municipality

74

Gloria Gaynor

American singer

*September 7th, 1949, Newark

75

Jessica Lange

American actress

*April 20th, 1949, Cloquet

67

Carlos Slepoy

Argentinian lawyer (1949-2017)

*October 2nd, 1949, Buenos Aires †April 17th, 2017, Madrid

68

Stanley Greene

American photographer (1949-2017)

*February 14th, 1949, Brooklyn †May 19th, 2017, Paris

74

Bruce Springsteen

American rock singer (born 1949)

*September 23rd, 1949, Long Branch

74

Benjamin Netanyahu

Prime Minister of Israel (1996–1999, 2009–2021, 2022–present)

*October 21st, 1949, Tel Aviv

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on May 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day, Oak Apple Day) which are celebrated on May 29th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Born on May 29th, 1949
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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1949 is a normal year and no leap year.

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