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May 29th


- Earliest date on which Feast of the Sacred Heart can fall, while July 2 is the latest; celebrated 19 days after Pentecost. (Roman Catholic Church)
- Ascension of Bahá'u'lláh (Bahá'í Faith)
- Christian Feast Day
- Democracy Day (Nigeria)
- International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers (International)
- Oak Apple Day (England)
- Statehood Day (Rhode Island and Wisconsin)

May 29th


- 2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
- 2001 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
- 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
- 1999 - Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
- 1990 - The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of the Russian SFSR.
- 1989 - Signing of an agreement Egypt - U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
- 1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
- 1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster: At the European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses after Liverpool F.C. fans breach a fence separating them from Juventus F.C. fans.
- 1985 - Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
- 1982 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
- 1973 - Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
- 1969 - General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
- 1964 - The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- 1954 - First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
- 1953 - Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
- 1950 - The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia .
- 1948 - Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation
- 1945 - First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
- 1942 - Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
- 1940 - The first flight of the F4U Corsair.
- 1939 - Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
- 1932 - World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in .
- 1924 - AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
- 1919 - Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington's observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
- 1919 - The Republic of Prekmurje founded
- 1918 - Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
- 1914 - Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
- 1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.
- 1903 - May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
- 1900 - N'Djamena was founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil
- 1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
- 1868 - The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
- 1867 - The Austro-Hungarian agreement known as Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Franz Joseph is crowned King of Hungary.
- 1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
- 1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
- 1790 - Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
- 1780 - American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
- 1733 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
- 1727 - Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
- 1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.
- 1660 - English Restoration: Charles II (on his birthday – see below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
- 1453 - Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. Although the date of May 29, 1453 is that of the Julian Calendar, the event is commemorated in Istanbul on this day of the present Gregorian calendar.
- 1414 - Council of Constance.
- 1176 - Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
- 1167 - Battle of Monte Porzio – A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
- 363 - Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.

May 29th


- 1991 - Kristen Alderson, American actress
- 1989 - Riley Keough, American model
- 1987 - Lina Andrijauskait?, Lithuanian athlete
- 1987 - Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer
- 1987 - Timur Özgöz, German footballer
- 1987 - Noah Reid, Canadian actor
- 1987 - Alessandra Torresani, American actress
- 1986 - Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican fashion model
- 1986 - Hornswoggle, American professional wrestler
- 1984 - Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
- 1983 - Joanna Higson, English actress
- 1982 - Ailyn, Spanish singer (Sirenia)
- 1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
- 1982 - Joanne Borgella, American model and singer
- 1982 - Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
- 1982 - Matt Macri, American baseball player
- 1981 - Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
- 1981 - Justin Chon, American actor
- 1980 - Ernesto Farías, Argentine footballer
- 1979 - Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
- 1979 - Arne Friedrich, German football player
- 1979 - John Rheinecker, American baseball player
- 1979 - Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
- 1979 - Ahmad Latiff Khamaruddin, Singapore footballer
- 1979 - Shweta Gulati, Indian television actress
- 1978 - Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
- 1978 - Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
- 1978 - Lorenzo Odone, American patient (d. 2008)
- 1978 - Adam Rickitt, British actor
- 1977 - Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
- 1977 - Scott Allen, American figure skater
- 1977 - Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
- 1977 - Danny Gerard, American actor
- 1976 - David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
- 1976 - Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
- 1976 - Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
- 1976 - Y?suke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
- 1976 - Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
- 1976 - Egor Titov, Russian footballer
- 1975 - Melanie Brown, English musician and actress (Spice Girls)
- 1975 - Daniel Tosh, American comedian
- 1975 - Anthony Wall, English golfer
- 1974 - Myf Warhurst, Australian radio presenter TV personality
- 1974 - Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player
- 1974 - Aaron McGruder, American cartoonist
- 1973 - Anthony Azizi, American actor
- 1973 - Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
- 1973 - Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
- 1972 - Bill Curley, American basketball player
- 1972 - Simon Jones, British musician (The Verve)
- 1972 - Közi, Japanese visual kei artist
- 1972 - Stanislas Renoult, French singer
- 1971 - Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
- 1971 - Bernd Mayländer, Formula One Safety Car driver
- 1970 - Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
- 1969 - Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
- 1968 - Tate George, American basketball player
- 1967 - Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
- 1967 - Mike Keane, Canadian hockey player
- 1967 - Ińaki Ochoa de Olza, Spanish mountaineer (d. 2008)
- 1964 - Howard Mills III, American politician
- 1963 - Blaze Bayley, British singer (Iron Maiden)
- 1963 - Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
- 1963 - Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
- 1963 - Lisa Whelchel, American actress
- 1962 - Eric Davis, American baseball player
- 1962 - John D. LeMay, American actor
- 1962 - Fandi Ahmad, Singapore footballer
- 1961 - Melissa Etheridge, American musician
- 1960 - Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter
- 1960 - Neil Crone, Canadian actor
- 1959 - Rupert Everett, English actor
- 1959 - Adrian Paul, English actor
- 1958 - Annette Bening, American actress
- 1958 - Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
- 1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician
- 1957 - Ted Levine, American actor
- 1956 - LaToya Jackson, American singer
- 1955 - David Kirschner, American film producers
- 1955 - John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin
- 1955 - Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
- 1955 - Ken Schrader, American race car driver
- 1953 - Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
- 1953 - Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008)
- 1951 - Peter Chernin, American television executive
- 1950 - Rebbie Jackson, American musician
- 1949 - Robert Axelrod, American actor
- 1949 - Andrew Clements, American author
- 1949 - Brian Kidd, English footballer
- 1949 - Francis Rossi, British musician
- 1948 - Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
- 1947 - Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
- 1947 - Anthony Geary, American actor
- 1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
- 1945 - Gary Brooker, English musician (Procol Harum)
- 1945 - Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
- 1943 - Robert W. Edgar, American theologian
- 1942 - Pierre Bourque, French-Canadian politician
- 1942 - Kevin Conway, American actor
- 1941 - Doug Scott, British mountaineer
- 1940 - Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician
- 1940 - Taih? K?ki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna
- 1939 - Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver
- 1938 - Fay Vincent, American baseball commissioner
- 1937 - Charles W. Pickering, American jurist
- 1937 - Irmin Schmidt, German musician (Can)
- 1937 - Hibari Misora, Japanese singer (d. 1989)
- 1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
- 1932 - Richie Guerin, American basketball player
- 1932 - Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
- 1929 - Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher
- 1927 - Jean Coutu, Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group)
- 1926 - Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
- 1924 - Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer (d. 1999)
- 1923 - Bernard Clavel, French novelist (d. 2010)
- 1922 - Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect (d. 2001)
- 1920 - John Harsanyi, Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
- 1917 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
- 1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
- 1914 - Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
- 1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
- 1911 - Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
- 1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
- 1905 - Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
- 1903 - Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
- 1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
- 1894 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
- 1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
- 1893 - Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (d. 1944)
- 1892 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
- 1880 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1874 - G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
- 1863 - Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
- 1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
- 1823 - John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
- 1794 - Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
- 1773 - Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
- 1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot, 1st & 6th Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
- 1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
- 1716 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
- 1675 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
- 1630 - Charles II of England (d. 1685)
- 1627 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and Princess (d. 1693)
- 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)