May 29 is the 152nd day of the year in the
Gregorian calendar (153rd in
leap years). There are 213 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim[?], general (+ 1632)
- 1630 - King Charles II of England (+ 1685)
- 1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot (+ 1799)
- 1860 - Isaac Alb�niz, Spanish composer (+ 1909)
- 1874 - G. K. Chesterton, novelist (+ 1936)
- 1880 - Oswald Spengler, philosopher, Decline of the West (+ 1936)
- 1893 - Max Brand[?], author, war correspondent (+ 1944)
- 1894 - Beatrice Lillie[?], actress (+ 1989)
- 1894 - Josef von Sternberg[?], writer, director (+ 1969)
- 1903 - Bob Hope, comedian, actor
- 1906 - T.H. White, author (+ 1964)
- 1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (see also 1953 above) (+ 1986)
- 1914 - Eduard Pestel[?], scientist and engineer (+ 1988)
- 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (+ 1963)
- 1922 - Iannis Xenakis, composer (+ 2001)
- 1933 - John Mayall, musician
- 1944 - Helmut Berger[?], actor
- 1948 - Anthony Geary[?], actor
- 1953 - Danny Elfman, composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo")
- 1958 - Annette Bening[?], actress
- 1959 - Rupert Everett[?], actor
- 1961 - Melissa Etheridge, musician
Deaths
- 1453 - Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine emperor.
- 1814 - Josephine de Beauharnais, Empress of France
- 1892 - Mírzá Husayn-'Alí (Bahaullah, the founder of the Bah�'� Faith and the Orthodox Bahai Faith)
- 1903 - Alexander Obrenovic[?], king of Serbia
- 1910 - Mily Balakirev, composer
- 1911 - William S. Gilbert, dramatist
- 1942 - John Barrymore, actor
- 1948 - Dame May Whitty[?], actress
- 1951 - Fanny Brice[?], singer, comedienne, actress
- 1979 - Mary Pickford, actress, studio founder
- 1982 - Romy Schneider, actress (cardiac arrest)
- 1995 - Erich Honecker, former leader of East Germany, while in exile in Chile
- 1997 - Jeff Buckley, musician (accidental drowning)
- 1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, Arizona Senator
Holidays and Observances
See Also:
May 28 - May 30 - April 29 - June 29 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July,
August, September, October, November, December
All Wikipedia text
is available under the
terms of the GNU Free Documentation License