May 29 is the 152nd day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (153rd in leap years). There are 213 days remaining.
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.
- 1985 - The Heysel stadium disaster, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured.
Births:
- 1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, general (+ 1632)
- 1630 - King Charles II of England
- 1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot
- 1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer
- 1874 - G. K. Chesterton, novelist (+ 1936)
- 1880 - Oswald Spengler, philosopher, Decline of the West (+ 1936)
- 1903 - Bob Hope, comedian
- 1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (see also 1953 above)
- 1914 - Eduard Pestel, scientist and engineer (+ 1988)
- 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States. (+ 1963)
- 1953 - Danny Elfman (composer)
Deaths:
- 1892 - Mírzá Husayn-'Alí (Bahaullah, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith and the Orthodox Bahai Faith)
- 1911 - William S. Gilbert, Dramatist
- 1995 - Erich Honecker, former leader of East Germany, while in exile in Chile
- 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