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This day in history: 29 May

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405 historical events, births and deaths are listed for 29 May.
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2022: Tara Air Flight 197 crashes in Nepal's Mustang District, killing 22.

Holidays and 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: May 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

Christian feast day: Pope Alexander of Alexandria (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Pope Paul VI

Christian feast day: Richard Thirkeld

Christian feast day: Theodosia of Constantinople (Eastern Orthodox Church)

Christian feast day: Ursula Ledóchowska

Events

2022Tara Air Flight 197 crashes in Nepal's Mustang District, killing 22.

2021A 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.

2020An oil spill in Norilsk releases 17,500 tons of diesel oil into nearby rivers.

2015One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.

2012A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

2008A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.

2005France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum.

2004The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

2001The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.

1999Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.

1999Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.

1993The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.

1990The Congress of People's Deputies of Russia elects Boris Yeltsin as President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

1989Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States that allows for the manufacture of F-16 Falcon parts in Egypt.

1988U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

1985Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.

1985Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.

1982Falklands War: The British Army defeats the Argentine Army at the Battle of Goose Green.

1982Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

1974SETA, a Finnish LGBT rights organisation, is founded in Helsinki.

1973Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.

1964Having deposed them in a January coup South Vietnamese leader Nguyễn Khánh has rival Generals Trần Văn Đôn and Lê Văn Kim convicted of "lax morality".

1964The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

1962Chinese police open fire on protesters in Yining, Xinjiang, killing at least five people and wounding a dozen others.

1953Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.

1950The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

1948United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.

1947United Airlines Flight 521 crashes at LaGuardia Airport, killing 43.

1945First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.

1935First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.

1932World 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.

1931Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by a Royal Italian Army firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.

1920The Louth flood of 1920, a severe flash flood in the Lincolnshire market town of Louth, results in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th centu

1919Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

1918Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.

1914The ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.

1913Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a near-riot.

1903In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.

1900N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.

1886The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.

Born on this day

2006Gukesh Dommaraju, Indian chess player

2002Paul Skenes, American baseball player

2001Andrew Torgashev, American figure skater

2001Puka Nacua, American football player

2000Adam Zdrójkowski, Polish actor and television presenter

2000Gennaro Nigro, American soccer player

1999Park Ji-hoon, South Korean actor and singer

1998Austin Reaves, American basketball player

1998Markelle Fultz, American basketball player

1997Tyler Nevin, American baseball player

1995Konosuke Takeshita, Japanese professional wrestler

1993Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete

1993Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player

1993Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder

1992Gregg Sulkin, English actor

1992Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player

1991Tan Zhongyi, Women's World Chess Champion, 2017–2018

1991Yaime Perez, Cuban discus thrower

1990Erica Garner, American civil rights activist (died 2017)

1990Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher

1989Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer (died 2015)

1989Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player

1989Riley Keough, American model and actress

1988Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast

1988Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (died 2015)

1988Steve Mason, Canadian ice hockey player

1988Tobin Heath, American soccer player

1987Issac Luke, New Zealand rugby league player

1987Jon Holland, Australian cricketer

1987Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer (died 2019)

1987Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian long jumper

1987Noah Reid, Canadian actor, musician, producer, and screenwriter

1987Rui Sampaio, Portuguese footballer

1985Nathan Horton, Canadian ice hockey player

1984Andreas Schäffer, German footballer

1984Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player

1984Dhar Mann, American entrepreneur, film producer and YouTuber

1984Funmi Jimoh, American long jumper

1984Ina Wroldsen, Norwegian singer and songwriter

1984Nia Jax, Australian-American professional wrestler

Died on this day

2025Bernie Kerik, American police officer, 40th Police Commissioner of New York City and interior minister of the Iraqi Coalition Provisional Authority (born 1955)

2024Bob Rogers, Australian radio and television host (born 1926)

2022Ronnie Hawkins, American rockabilly singer-songwriter and guitarist. (born 1935)

2022Sidhu Moosewala, Indian singer, rapper, actor and politician. (born 1993)

2021B. J. Thomas, American singer (born 1942)

2021Cornelius Sim, Bruneian cardinal (born 1951)

2021Gavin MacLeod, American actor, Christian activist, and author (born 1931)

2021Mark Eaton, American basketball player and sportscaster (born 1957)

2020Maikanti Baru, Nigerian engineer, former chief of state oil firm. (born 1959)

2017Konstantinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician and prime minister (born 1918)

2017Manuel Noriega, Panamanian general and politician, Military Leader of Panama (born 1934)

2017Mordechai Tzipori, Israeli Lieutenant General and minister (born 1924)

2015Betsy Palmer, American actress (born 1926)

2015Doris Hart, American tennis player (born 1925)

2015Henry Carr, American football player and sprinter (born 1942)

2014Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1943)

2014Miljenko Prohaska, Croatian composer and conductor (born 1925)

2014Peter Glaser, Czech-American scientist and engineer (born 1923)

2014Walter Jakob Gehring, Swiss biologist and academic (born 1939)

2014William M. Roth, American businessman (born 1916)

2013Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (born 1928)

2013Franca Rame, Italian actress and playwright (born 1928)

2013Françoise Blanchard, French actress (born 1954)

2013Henry Morgentaler, Polish-Canadian physician and activist (born 1923)

2013Ludwig G. Strauss, German physician and academic (born 1949)

2013Mulgrew Miller, American pianist and composer (born 1955)

2013Richard Ballantine, American-English journalist and author (born 1940)

2013Wali-ur-Rehman, Pakistani commander (born 1970)

2012Doc Watson, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (born 1923)

2012Kaneto Shindo, Japanese director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1912)

Quote of the day

“When you arise in the morning, think of what a precious privilege it is to be alive, to breathe, to think, to enjoy, to love.”

Marcus Aurelius

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