Historical Events In May - 29

1991 Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I

1993 Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany

1994 Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3 06 29.006 (255.89 kph)

1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North Sea

1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election

1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands

1997 70th National Spelling Bee Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym

1997 Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7

1997 Scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil

1998 Former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89

1919 Einstein's theories given a practical test during an eclipse

1940 British forces begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France

1990 Brois Yeltsin elected leader of the Russian Federation

1630 The birth of King Charles II of Britain

1874 The birth of Gilbert Keith Chesterton, English novelist

1903 The birth of Bob Hope, US entertainer

1917 The birth of John F. Kennedy, Former (35th) American President

2005 French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject.

2007 Inauguration of newly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the Abuja Eagle Square and first civilian to civilian transfer of power in Nigeria.

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