May 29th, 1962

Born on May 29th, 1962

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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, 1962

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

61

Ong Beng Teong

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Kuala Lumpur

61

Fandi Ahmad

Singaporean footballer

*May 29th, 1962, Singapore

61

Semino Rossi

Argentine singer

*May 29th, 1962, Rosario

61

Chloé Sainte-Marie

Canadian actor and singer

*May 29th, 1962, Saint-Eugène

61

Carol Kirkwood

British weather forecaster

*May 29th, 1962, Morar

61

Eric Davis

American baseball player (born 1962)

*May 29th, 1962, Los Angeles

61

Andreas Zachhuber

German football manager

*May 29th, 1962, Wismar

61

Bernard Mariette

British businessman

*May 29th, 1962, Valence

61

Gerry Norquist

Professional golfer

*May 29th, 1962, Portland

61

Judd H. Lyons

U.S. government official

*May 29th, 1962, Saint Paul

61

John J. Young, Jr.

US Department of Defense official

*May 29th, 1962, Newnan

61

Ramiro Bravo

Fencer

*May 29th, 1962, A Coruña

61

Misako Miyahara

Japanese long-distance runner

*May 29th, 1962, Saitama Prefecture

61

Debra Sandlund

American actress

*May 29th, 1962, Evanston

61

Eva Murková

Czechoslovak long jumper

*May 29th, 1962, Bojnice

61

Marek Koniarek

Polish association football player

*May 29th, 1962, Katowice

61

Nizar Nayyouf

Syrian journalist

*May 29th, 1962, Latakia

61

Todd Boonstra

American cross-country skier and marathon runner

*May 29th, 1962, Minneapolis

61

John D. LeMay

American actor

*May 29th, 1962, Saint Paul

46

Roya Megnot

American actor and television actor (1962-2009)

*May 29th, 1962, Southfield †May 10th, 2009, Beverly Hills

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

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

46

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

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

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

41

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

40

Sandra Marinello

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1983, Duisburg

48

Melanie Brown

British singer, actress and television personality

*May 29th, 1975, Harehills

95

Clifton James

American actor (1920-2017)

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

60

Blaze Bayley

British heavy metal singer

*May 29th, 1963, Birmingham

33

Sherida Spitse

Dutch footballer

*May 29th, 1990, Sneek

31

Anastasiya Chernyavskaya

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1992, Minsk

69

Pankaj Kapur

Indian actor

*May 29th, 1954, Ludhiana

30

Millicent Wiranto

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1993, Medan

64

Rupert Everett

British actor

*May 29th, 1959, Burnham Deepdale

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

38

Ngemba Evans Obi

Footballer

*May 29th, 1985, Owerri

23

Xia Yuting

Badminton player

*May 29th, 2000, Jiangsu

Same year
Born in 1962

62

Markus Merk

German football referee

*March 15th, 1962, Kaiserslautern

62

Sarah Wollaston

British Liberal Democrat politician

*February 17th, 1962, Woking

61

Hannes Holm

Swedish film director

*November 26th, 1962, Lidingö

61

Chairul Tanjung

Indonesian businessman and bureaucrat

*June 16th, 1962, Jakarta

62

Michele Greene

American actress

*February 3rd, 1962, Las Vegas

61

Marina Kaljurand

Estonian diplomat, politician and badminton player

*September 6th, 1962, Tallinn

62

Jim Carrey

Canadian comedian and actor

*January 17th, 1962, Newmarket

61

Marit Arnstad

Norwegian lawyer and politician

*May 4th, 1962, Skatval

62

Olga Tokarczuk

Polish writer and activist

*January 29th, 1962, Sulechów

61

Tom Cruise

American actor and producer (born 1962)

*July 3rd, 1962, Syracuse

53

Turid Birkeland

Norwegian politician and arts executive (1962–2015)

*November 5th, 1962, Haugesund Municipality †December 24th, 2015, Oslo

61

Demi Moore

American actress

*November 11th, 1962, Roswell

61

Ginger Lynn

American pornographic actress

*December 14th, 1962, Rockford

61

Herry Iman Pierngadi

Badminton coach from Indonesia

*August 21st, 1962, Pangkal Pinang City

61

Michelle Yeoh

Malaysian actress (born 1962)

*August 6th, 1962, Ipoh

62

Eddie Izzard

British comedian and actor (born 1962)

*February 7th, 1962, Aden

61

Baz Luhrmann

Australian writer, director, and producer

*September 17th, 1962, Sydney

61

Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

German politician, former federal minister of defence

*August 9th, 1962, Völklingen

61

Ralph Fiennes

English actor (born 1962)

*December 22nd, 1962, Ipswich

61

Carles Puigdemont

Catalan politician

*December 29th, 1962, Amer

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1962 is a normal year and no leap year.

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