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May 29

A look at May 29 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including John F. Kennedy and Marco Cassetti, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 2020

    Norilsk oil spill

    An oil spill in Norilsk releases 17,500 tons of diesel oil into nearby rivers.

    2020 industrial disaster in
  2. 2005

    France

    France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum.

    Country primarily in Western
  3. 1999

    Olusegun Obasanjo

    Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.

    Nigerian head of state
  4. 1989

    Egypt

    Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States that allows for the manufacture of F-16 Falcon parts in Egypt.

    Country in Northeast Africa
  5. 1953

    Edmund Hillary

    Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.

    New Zealand mountaineer (1919–2008)
  6. 1932

    World War I

    World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  7. 1900

    N'Djamena

    N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.

    Capital and largest city
  8. 1851

    Sojourner Truth

    Sojourner Truth delivers her famous Ain't I a Woman? speech at the Woman's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio.

    African-American activist (1797–1883)
  9. 1453

    Fall of Constantinople

    Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Roman Empire after over 2,000 years.

    1453 Ottoman conquest of
  10. 1233

    Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty

    Mongol–Jin war: The Mongols enter Kaifeng after a successful siege and begin looting in the fallen capital of the Jin dynasty.

    1211–1234 campaign in northern
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Famous birthday twins

Born on May 29

John F. Kennedy

b. 1917

35th President of the United States

Marco Cassetti

b. 1977

Italian footballer

Sébastien Grosjean

b. 1978

French tennis player

Andrey Arshavin

b. 1981

Russian footballer

Mohsen Makhmalbaf

b. 1957

Iranian film director

Oswald Spengler

b. 1880

German historian and philosopher

Johann Heinrich von Mädler

b. 1794

German astronomer and selenographer

Helmuth Rilling

b. 1933

German conductor and educator

Deaths

  • 2015Doris Hart, American tennis player
  • 1994Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician, leader of the German Democratic Republic (East Germany)
  • 1946Martin Gottfried Weiss, German SS officer, commandant of the Dachau concentration camp, executed war criminal
  • 1911W. S. Gilbert, English playwright and poet
  • 1453Constantine XI Palaiologos, Byzantine emperor
  • 1425Hongxi Emperor, of China

Holidays & observances

  • —Army Day (Argentina)
  • —Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Baháʼí Faith) (Only if Baháʼí Naw-Rúz falls on March 21 of the Gregorian calendar)
  • —Christian feast day: Bona of Pisa
  • —Christian feast day: Hypomone (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Joseph Gérard
  • —Christian feast day: Maximin of Trier
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Alexander of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Pope Paul VI

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