May 29

May 29 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years). There are 213 days remaining.

Births:

• 1630 - [King Charles II]? of England
• 1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer
• 1914 - [Sherpa Tenzing Norgay]? (see also 1953 below)
• 1917 - [John Fitzgerald Kennedy]?, 35th President of the United States.
• 1953 - Danny Elfman (composer)

Events:

• 1660? - Restoration of the monarchy in England
• 1919 - Observation of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse confirm Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (see Arthur Eddington)
• 1953 - [Sir Edmund Hillary]? and [Sherpa Tenzing Norgay]? are the first people to reach the summit of [Mount Everest]?

Deaths:

• 1892 - Mírzá Husayn-'Alí (Bahaullah, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith)
• 1995 - [Erich Honecker]?, former leader of East Germany while in exile in Chile
• 1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, Arizona Senator

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See Also: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December

May 28 - May 30 - April 29 - June 29 - more historical anniversaries