May 29th, 1976

Born on May 29th, 1976

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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, 1976

47

Gülşen

Turkish singer

*May 29th, 1976, Çapa, Fatih

47

Beatriz Manchón

Spanish canoeist

*May 29th, 1976, Seville

47

Jerry Hairston Jr.

Baseball player

*May 29th, 1976, Des Moines

47

Mihran Poghosyan

Asylum seeker

*May 29th, 1976, Yerevan

47

Raef LaFrentz

American basketball player

*May 29th, 1976, Hampton

47

Meshel Laurie

Australian comedian and broadcaster

*May 29th, 1976, Toowoomba

47

Yūsuke Iseya

Japanese actor

*May 29th, 1976, Tokyo

47

Siarhei Liakhovich

Belarusian boxer

*May 29th, 1976, Vitebsk

47

Francis Kimanzi

Kenyan footballer

*May 29th, 1976, Kitui

47

Ebenezer Ekuban

Player of American football

*May 29th, 1976, Accra

47

Dawn Buth

American tennis player, coach

*May 29th, 1976, Wichita

47

David Bauzá

Spanish footballer

*May 29th, 1976, Alicante

47

Yegor Titov

Russian footballer

*May 29th, 1976, Moscow

47

Nomonde Mbusi

Actor

*May 29th, 1976, Durban

47

Maceo Baston

American basketball player

*May 29th, 1976, Corsicana

47

Eva Giganti

Italian weightlifter

*May 29th, 1976, San Cataldo

47

Caçapa

Brazilian footballer (born 1976)

*May 29th, 1976, Lavras

47

Shinji Makino

Japanese association football player

*May 29th, 1976, Fukuoka Prefecture

47

Marco Vinicio Juárez Fierro

Mexican politician

*May 29th, 1976, Mexico City

47

Jacob Noel-Storr

British scientist

*May 29th, 1976, Telford

47

Michal Šilhavý

Czech soccer player

*May 29th, 1976, Czechoslovakia

47

Javier Oliva González

Spanish footballer

*May 29th, 1976, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat

47

Moussa Ouwo

Nigerien footballer

*May 29th, 1976, Niger

47

Nigel Henry

Trinidadian footballer

*May 29th, 1976, Carenage

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48

Melanie Brown

British singer, actress and television personality

*May 29th, 1975, Harehills

32

Nanna Vainio

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1991, Ekenäs

51

Laverne Cox

American actress and LGBT advocate (born 1972)

*May 29th, 1972, Mobile

45

Sébastien Grosjean

French tennis player

*May 29th, 1978, Marseille

41

Karen Foo Kune

Mauritian badminton player

*May 29th, 1982, Mauritius

40

Sandra Marinello

Badminton player

*May 29th, 1983, Duisburg

46

John F. Kennedy

President of the United States from 1961 to 1963

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

48

Anthony Wall

Professional golfer

*May 29th, 1975, Camberley

61

Fandi Ahmad

Singaporean footballer

*May 29th, 1962, Singapore

48

Natarsha Belling

Australian news anchor

*May 29th, 1975, Mudgee

65

Annette Bening

American actress

*May 29th, 1958, Topeka

48

Daniel Tosh

American stand-up comedian and television host

*May 29th, 1975, Boppard

61

Razif Sidek

Malaysian badminton player

*May 29th, 1962, Banting

38

Ngemba Evans Obi

Footballer

*May 29th, 1985, Owerri

33

Sherida Spitse

Dutch footballer

*May 29th, 1990, Sneek

48

Matt Bryant

American football player (born 1975)

*May 29th, 1975, Orange

46

Corey Chamblin

Former professional gridiron football defensive back

*May 29th, 1977, Birmingham

46

Scott Zwizanski

American cyclist

*May 29th, 1977, West Chester

46

Sayaka Osakabe

Japanese women's rights activist

*May 29th, 1977, Kawasaki

48

Dyogo Henrique de Oliveira

Brazilian politician

*May 29th, 1975, Araguaína

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Born in 1976

47

Abiy Ahmed Ali

Prime Minister of Ethiopia since 2018

*August 15th, 1976, Beshasha

47

Anna Friel

English actress

*July 12th, 1976, Rochdale

47

Robert Mateusiak

Badminton player

*January 13th, 1976, Wołomin

47

Carrie Henn

American actress

*May 7th, 1976, Panama City

41

Chester Bennington

American singer (1976–2017)

*March 20th, 1976, Phoenix †July 20th, 2017, Palos Verdes Estates

47

Yuval Noah Harari

Israeli historian and author of popular science bestsellers

*February 24th, 1976, Kiryat Ata

47

Andrew Erickson

American biathlete

*May 5th, 1976, Minnetonka

47

Jessica Capshaw

American actress (born 1976)

*August 9th, 1976, Columbia

47

Audrey Tautou

French actress

*August 9th, 1976, Beaumont

47

Dan Fogler

American actor, musician and filmmaker

*October 20th, 1976, Brooklyn

47

Hines Ward

American football player, wide receiver for the Pittsburgh Steelers

*March 8th, 1976, Seoul

46

Brendan Hines

American actor and singer

*December 28th, 1976, Baltimore

47

Elliot Cowan

British actor

*July 9th, 1976, London

46

Alicia Machado

Actress, TV show host, singer, Miss Universe 1996 and Miss Venezuela 1995

*December 6th, 1976, Maracay

47

Kevin Alejandro

American actor and film director

*April 7th, 1976, San Antonio

47

Reese Witherspoon

American actress (born 1976)

*March 22nd, 1976, New Orleans

47

Frank Streffing

German actor

*December 1st, 1976, North Rhine-Westphalia

40

Ueli Steck

Swiss mountaineer and rock climber (1976-2017)

*October 4th, 1976, Langnau im Emmental †April 30th, 2017, Nuptse

47

Regina Halmich

German boxer

*November 22nd, 1976, Karlsruhe

47

Matt Evers

American pair skater

*March 16th, 1976, Saint Paul

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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Born on May 29th, 1976
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Leap year

Yes: 1976 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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