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May 29 leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 216 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
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.1167 - Battle of Monte Porzio - A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel 1176 - Battle of Legnano , in which the Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I .1414 - Council of Constance .1453 - Byzantine-Ottoman Wars : Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege , ending the Byzantine Empire .1592 - At the Battle of Sacheon , the Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin, repels a Japanese army that outnumbers it nearly 3 to 1.1660 - English Restoration : Charles II (on his birthday - see below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.1677 - Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians .1727 - Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia .1733 - The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City .1765 - Patrick Henry in a speech (on his birthday, see below) denouncing the Stamp Act is believed to have said, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"1780 - Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford 's continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.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 .1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state .1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.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 .1868 - The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III , Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola , the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal 1903 - May coup d'etat : Alexander Obrenovich , King of Serbia , and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka ) organization.1913 - Igor Stravinsky 's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris .1914 - Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence ; 1,024 lives lost.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 founded1924 - AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.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 1945 .1942 - Bing Crosby , the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin 's "White Christmas" , the best-selling Christmas album in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles .1948 - Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation 1950 - St. Roch circumnavigate North America , arrives in Halifax , Nova Scotia .1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest , on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.1954 - First of the annual Bilderberg conferences .1964 - The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian situation in Israel , leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization .1968 - Manchester United win the European Cup , the first English Club to do so.1972 - 26 people are killed and dozens more injured when three Japanese gunmen open fire on crowds at Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv , Israel .1973 - Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles , California .1982 - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff ever to visit Canterbury Cathedral .
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.
1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev .1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian SFSR by the Russian parliament.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 .
2001 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.2001 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated.
2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. 2004 - The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22.
2005 - France resoundingly rejects the European Constitution .
Births
1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim , Bavarian general (d. 1632 )1627 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier , French writer and Princess(d. 1693 )1630 - Charles II of England (d. 1685 )1675 - Humphry Ditton , English mathematician (d. 1715 )1716 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton , French naturalist (d. 1800 )1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster , Irish politician (d. 1773 )1736 - Patrick Henry , American patriot, statesman, and orator (d. 1799 )1773 - Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844 )1794 - Johann Heinrich von Mädler , German astronomer (d. 1874 )1823 - John H. Balsley , American carpenter (d. 1895 )1860 - Isaac Albéniz , Spanish composer (d. 1909 )1863 - Arthur Mold , English cricketer (d. 1921 )1874 - G. K. Chesterton , English novelist (d. 1936 )1880 - Oswald Spengler , German philosopher (d. 1936 )1892 - Alfonsina Storni , Argentine writer (d. 1938 )1893 - Max Brand , American author and war correspondent (d. 1944 )1894 - Beatrice Lillie , Canadian actress (d. 1989 )1894 - Josef von Sternberg , Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969 )
1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold , Austrian composer (d. 1957 )1903 - Bob Hope , British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003 )1905 - Sebastian Shaw , English actor (d. 1994 )1906 - T.H. White , British author (d. 1964 )1907 - Hartland Molson , Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002 )1911 - Armida , Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989)1913 - Tony Zale , American boxer (d. 1997 )1914 - Stacy Keach, Sr. , American actor (d. 2003 )1915 - Karl Münchinger , German conductor (d. 1990 )1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy , 35th President of the United States (d. 1963 )1920 - John Harsanyi , Hungarian-born economist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000 )1922 - Iannis Xenakis , Greek composer and architect, major contributor to musical modernism (d. 2001 )1926 - Charles Denner , French actor (d. 1995 )1927 - Jean Coutu , Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group )1932 - Richie Guerin , former basketball player1932 - Paul R. Ehrlich , American biologist and author who founded the group Zero Population Growth
1933 - Helmuth Rilling , German conductor1937 - Charles W. Pickering , American judge1937 - Irmin Schmidt , German musician (Can )
1938 - Fay Vincent , baseball commissioner1939 - Al Unser, Sr. , American race car driver1940 - Farooq Leghari , President of Pakistan 1942 - Pierre Bourque , Former mayor of Montreal 1942 - Kevin Conway , American actor
1943 - Robert W. Edgar , Theologian1945 - Gary Brooker , musician (Procol Harum )1946 - Fernando Buesa , Basque politician (d. 2000 )1947 - Gene Robinson , American ecclesiastic1947 - Anthony Geary , American actor
1948 - Nick Mancuso , Italian-Canadian actor1949 - Brian Kidd , English footballer1950 - Rebbie Jackson , American musician1951 - Peter Chernin , President of News Corporation 1953 - Danny Elfman , American musician (Oingo Boingo )1953 - Aleksandr Abdulov , Russian actor (d. 2008 )
1955 - John Hinckley, Jr. , American attempted assassin1955 - Sut Jhally , Kenyan-born American educator
1955 - Ken Schrader , American race car driver
1956 - LaToya Jackson , American musician1957 - Jeb Hensarling , American politician1957 - Ted Levine , American actor
1958 - Annette Bening , American actress1958 - Willem Holleeder , Dutch criminal
1959 - Rupert Everett , English actor1959 - Adrian Paul , English actor
1961 - Melissa Etheridge , American musician1962 - Eric Davis , American baseball player1962 - John D. LeMay , American actor
1963 - Blaze Bayley , British singer (ex-Iron Maiden )1963 - Tracey E. Bregman , American actress
1963 - Ukyo Katayama , Japanese racing driver
1963 - Lisa Whelchel , American actress
1967 - Noel Gallagher , English musician (Oasis )1967 - Mike Keane , Canadian hockey player
1969 - Chan Kinchla , Canadian musician (Blues Traveler )1970 - Natarsha Belling , Australian news presenter1971 - Eric Lucas , Quebec professional boxer1972 - Közi , Japanese visual kei artist1973 - Anthony Azizi , American actor1973 - Mark Lee , American musician (guitarist for Third Day )
1973 - Alpay Özalan , Turkish footballer
1974 - Myf Warhurst , Australian radio presenter on Triple J and TV personality on Spicks and Specks 1974 - Marc Gené , Spanish Formula One driver
1975 - Melanie Brown , English musician and actress1975 - Anthony Wall , English golfer
1976 - David Buckner , American musician (Papa Roach )1976 - Caçapa , Brazilian footballer
1976 - Jerry Hairston Jr. , American baseball player
1976 - Yūsuke Iseya , Japanese model and actor
1977 - Antonio Lebo-Lebo , Angolan footballer1977 - Massimo Ambrosini , Italian footballer
1978 - Pelle Almqvist , Swedish musician (The Hives )1978 - Sébastien Grosjean , French tennis player
1978 - Adam Rickitt ,British/New Zealand actor
1979 - Brian Kendrick , American professional wrestler1979 - Arne Friedrich , German football player
1979 - John Rheinecker , Major League Baseball player
1979 - Casey Sheehan , American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004 )
1981 - Andrei Arshavin , Russian footballer1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros , Brazilian model1982 - Joanne Borgella , American plus-sized model and singer
1982 - Matt Macri , American baseball player1983 - Rama Claproth , Indonesian blues guitarist1984 - Carmelo Anthony , American basketball player1986 - Dylan Postl , American professional wrestler1986 - Jaslene Gonzalez , Puerto Rican/American fashion model1987 - Alessandra Toreson , American actress1989 - Danielle Riley Keough , American actress1990 - Dave Morton , American guitarist1991 - Kristen Alderson , American actress
Deaths
1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219 )1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334 )1405 - Philippe de Mézières , advisor to Charles V of France 1425 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378 )1453 - Constantine XI Palaeologus , last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404 )1500 - Bartolomeu Dias , Portuguese explorer1546 - David Beaton , Scottish Catholic cardinal1593 - John Penry , Welsh Protestant leader (b. 1559 )1660 - Frans van Schooten , Dutch mathematician (b. 1615 )1691 - Cornelis Tromp , Dutch admiral (b. 1629 )1790 - Israel Putnam , American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718 )1796 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin , Swedish politician (b. 1720 )1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais , Empress of France (b. 1763 )1829 - Humphry Davy , English chemist (b. 1778 )1847 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy , French marshal (b. 1766 )1866 - Winfield Scott , American general (b. 1786 )1868 - Michael Obrenovich III , Prince of Serbia (b. 1823 )1882 - Vasily Perov , Russian painter (b. 1833 )1892 - Bahá'u'lláh , Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817 )1896 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée , French geologist (b. 1814 )1903 - Draga Mašin , Queen of Serbia (b. 1864 )1903 - Bruce Price , American architect (b. 1845 )
1910 - Mily Balakirev , Russian composer (b. 1837 )1911 - William S. Gilbert , English dramatist (b. 1836 )1919 - Robert Bacon , American politician (b. 1860 )1935 - Josef Suk , Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874 )1939 - Ursula Julia Ledochowska , Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865 )1942 - John Barrymore , American actor (b. 1882 )1946 - Martin Gottfried Weiss , Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905 )1948 - Dame May Whitty , English actress (b. 1865 )1951 - Fanny Brice , American singer/comedian (b. 1891 )1953 - Man Mountain Dean , American professional wrestler (b. 1891 )1958 - Juan Ramón Jiménez , Spanish writer, Nobel laureate (b. 1881 )1970 - John Gunther , American writer (b. 1901 )1972 - Moe Berg , American baseball player and spy (b. 1902 )1972 - Stephen Timoshenko , Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878 )
1973 - P. Ramlee , Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929 )1977 - Ba Maw , Burmese politician (b. 1893 )1979 - Mary Pickford , Canadian -born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892 )1979 - John H. Wood, Jr. , American federal judge (b. 1916 )1982 - Romy Schneider , Austrian actress (b. 1938 )1983 - Arvīds Pelše , Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899 )1989 - John Cipollina , American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service ) (b. 1943 )1993 - Billy Conn , American boxer (b. 1917 )1994 - Erich Honecker , leader of East Germany (b. 1912 )1996 - Tamara Toumanova , Ballet star and actress (b. 1919 )1997 - Jeff Buckley , American musician (drowned) (b. 1966 )1997 - George Fenneman , American radio and television announcer (b. 1919 )
1998 - Barry M. Goldwater , U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909 )2002 - Mildred Benson , American writer (b. 1905 )2003 - David Jefferies , British motorcycle racer (b. 1972 )2004 - Archibald Cox , Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912 )2004 - Samuel Dash , American Congressional counsel (b. 1925 )
2005 - George Rochberg , American composer (b. 1918 )2006 - Steve Mizerak , American pool player (b. 1944 )2006 - Jacques Bouchard , Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930 )
2007 - Dave Balon , Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938 )2007 - Lois Browne-Evans , Bermudian Politician (stroke) (b. 1927 )
2007 - Posteal Laskey , American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (b. 1938 )2008 - Luc Bourdon , Canadian National Hockey League Defenceman who played with the Vancouver Canucks (Motorcycle Accident) (b. 1987 )2008 - Harvey Korman , American actor (b. 1927 )
2008 - Dianne Odell , American medical figure (b. 1947 )
Holidays and observances
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