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Events on the 29th of May in history

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29 May 0363 The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.
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29 May 0526 Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
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29 May 0757 St Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope
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29 May 1108 Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.
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29 May 1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II
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29 May 1167 Battle of Monte Porzio – A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
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29 May 1167 Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano
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29 May 1176 Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
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29 May 1176 Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa
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29 May 1328 Philip VI is crowned King of France.
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29 May 1414 Council of Constance.
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29 May 1453 Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
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29 May 1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
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29 May 1453 French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
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29 May 1506 Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
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29 May 1576 Spanish army under Mondrag
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29 May 1630 Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
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29 May 1630 Governor John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
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29 May 1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under Lieutenant-Admiral Tromp
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29 May 1660 English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
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29 May 1660 Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
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29 May 1677 Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.
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29 May 1692 Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France
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29 May 1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
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29 May 1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
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29 May 1727 Peter II becomes Czar of Russia.
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29 May 1727 Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia
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29 May 1733 The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
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29 May 1753 Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel, " premieres
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29 May 1753 Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel" premieres
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29 May 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
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29 May 1780 American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
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29 May 1787 "Virginia Plan" proposed
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29 May 1787 "Virginia Plan" proposed
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29 May 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.
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29 May 1790 Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
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29 May 1798 United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
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29 May 1807 Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
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29 May 1848 Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
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29 May 1848 Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
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29 May 1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state
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29 May 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"
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29 May 1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
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29 May 1852 Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
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29 May 1861 The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
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29 May 1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
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29 May 1864 Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
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29 May 1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
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29 May 1867 The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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29 May 1868 The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
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29 May 1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
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29 May 1884 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
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29 May 1886 The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
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29 May 1889 August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna" premieres in Copenhagen
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29 May 1897 31st Belmont Stakes: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23
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29 May 1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Company
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29 May 1900 N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
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29 May 1900 25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4
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29 May 1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
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29 May 1902 Dutch State Mine law forms
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29 May 1903 In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
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29 May 1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania
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29 May 1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career homerun
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29 May 1910 Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
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29 May 1911 1st running of Indianapolis 500
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29 May 1911 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 mph (120 kph)
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29 May 1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
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29 May 1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
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29 May 1914 The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
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29 May 1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die
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29 May 1916 New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game
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29 May 1916 Official flag of President of US adopted
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29 May 1916 US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
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29 May 1918 Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
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29 May 1919 Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
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29 May 1919 The Republic of Prekmurje is founded.
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29 May 1919 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
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29 May 1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
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29 May 1922 Ecuador becomes independent
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29 May 1922 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
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29 May 1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
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29 May 1931 Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
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29 May 1932 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.
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29 May 1935 First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
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29 May 1935 Hague local museum opens
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29 May 1939 The Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
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29 May 1940 The first flight of the Vought F4U Corsair.
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29 May 1940 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 seconds)
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29 May 1940 Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands
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29 May 1940 In WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France
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29 May 1942 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas, " greatest selling record to date
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29 May 1942 Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling single in history.
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29 May 1943 Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)
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29 May 1943 Meat & cheese rationed in US
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29 May 1944 British troops occupy Aprilia Italy
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29 May 1945 First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
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29 May 1945 US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
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29 May 1946 KVP wins Provincial National election in the Netherlands
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29 May 1948 Creation of the United Nations peacekeeping force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.
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29 May 1949 Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
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29 May 1950 The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
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29 May 1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
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29 May 1952 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
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29 May 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.
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29 May 1953 Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Mount Everest
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29 May 1954 First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
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29 May 1954 Kirk & Anne Douglas married
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29 May 1954 Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
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29 May 1955 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
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29 May 1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast
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29 May 1956 Arnold Sch
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29 May 1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast
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29 May 1957 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
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29 May 1957 Laos Government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
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29 May 1958 Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels
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29 May 1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French Government
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29 May 1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1
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29 May 1962 Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"
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29 May 1962 Barbra Streisand appears on "The Garry Moore Show"
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29 May 1964 The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
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29 May 1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' homerun out of Connie Mack Stadium
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29 May 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational
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29 May 1967 Australian Paul McManus waterskis barefoot for 1:30:19
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29 May 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
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29 May 1968 Manchester United wins 13rd Europe Cup 1 in London
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29 May 1968 Manchester United become the first English team to win European Championship soccer tournament beating Benfica of Portugal 4-1 at Wembley after an added 30 minutes
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29 May 1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law
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29 May 1968 UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
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29 May 1969 General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
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29 May 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
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29 May 1970 USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
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29 May 1971 "Court Room" by Clarence Carter hits #61
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29 May 1972 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship
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29 May 1973 Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
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29 May 1973 Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
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29 May 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
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29 May 1976 "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29
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29 May 1976 Only homerun of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
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29 May 1977 A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
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29 May 1977 A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 (average speed of 161.331 mph) for a record 4th time
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29 May 1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in the Indianapolis 500
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29 May 1977 NBC News & Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio
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29 May 1977 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open
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29 May 1977 Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one
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29 May 1978 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)
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29 May 1978 1st class postage now 15
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29 May 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship
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29 May 1978 USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakhstan/Semipalitinsk USSR
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29 May 1979 Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM
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29 May 1979 Radio's 1st rock network "The Source" premieres
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29 May 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 performances
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29 May 1980 J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City
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29 May 1980 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate
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29 May 1980 Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan Jr, National Urban League president
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29 May 1980 J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
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29 May 1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
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29 May 1981 US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
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29 May 1982 "I Know What Boys Like, " by The Waitresses hits #62
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29 May 1982 Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
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29 May 1982 Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
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29 May 1982 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
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29 May 1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war
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29 May 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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29 May 1983 Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 meters
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29 May 1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) & #4 (Joe Cronin)
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29 May 1985 Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot
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29 May 1985 Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
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29 May 1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
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29 May 1985 Heysel Stadium Disaster - 39 die and 500 injured in rioting between British & Italians at European Cup soccer; English clubs banned from playing in European competition for five years
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29 May 1986 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia
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29 May 1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor
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29 May 1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor Vic Morrow
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29 May 1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
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29 May 1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games
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29 May 1988 The U.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.
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29 May 1988 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season
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29 May 1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
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29 May 1988 Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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29 May 1989 Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
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29 May 1989 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires
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29 May 1989 Student protesters in Tiananmen Square China construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty
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29 May 1990 Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson
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29 May 1990 The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
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29 May 1990 An earthquake hits Peru, killing 56
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29 May 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic
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29 May 1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,870.49
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29 May 1990 New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
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29 May 1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
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29 May 1991 "Les Miserables, " opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland New Zealand
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29 May 1991 Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I
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29 May 1992 New York Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games
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29 May 1992 White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base
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29 May 1993 The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
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29 May 1993 Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
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29 May 1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits & 3 walks, he damages his arm
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29 May 1994 "Joseph & the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 223 performances
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29 May 1994 "Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
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29 May 1994 "Joseph & the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 223 performances
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29 May 1994 Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)
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29 May 1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic
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29 May 1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North Sea
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29 May 1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election
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29 May 1994 Patty Sheehan wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game
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29 May 1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands
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29 May 1997 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym
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29 May 1997 Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
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29 May 1997 Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil
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29 May 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.
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29 May 1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
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29 May 1999 Charlotte Perrelli representing Sweden wins Eurovision Song Contest 1999 in Jerusalem with the song Take Me to Your Heaven.
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29 May 2001 The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
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29 May 2004 The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
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29 May 2008 A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
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29 May 2012 A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
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