Historical Events In May - 29

1990  Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record on this day in history.  

1991  Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I on May - 29.  

1991  Coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77 on this day in history.  

1992  On May - 29 bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37  

1993  Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany on May - 29.  

1993  Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75 on this day in history.  

1994  Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3 06 29.006 (255.89 kph) on May - 29.  

1994  Great comet-iceball seen above North Sea on this day in history.  

1994  Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election on this day in history.  

1994  Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81 on this day in history.  

1994  Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph) on May - 29.  

1995  Margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97 on May - 29.  

1996  Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands on this day in history.  

1996  On this day in history james George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77  

1997  On this day in history 70th National Spelling Bee Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym  

1997  On May - 29 jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7  

1997  On May - 29 scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil  

1997  On this day in history george Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77  

1997  On May - 29 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym  

1998  On this day in history former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89  

2005  French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject on this day in history.  

2007  On this day in history 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.  

2012  On May - 29 thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear  

2014  President Obama approves US military training of 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups on this day in history.  

2017  Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida on this day in history.  

2017  Violent storm and high winds in Moscow, Russia leaves 13 dead on this day in history.  

2018  On this day in history missouri Governor Eric Greitens resigns over an extramarital affair and illegal use of a donor list  

2018  ABC TV network cancels TV comedy "Roseanne" after its star Roseanne Barr posts a racist tweet on this day in history.  

2018  Heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, kills 65 as temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit on May - 29.  

2018  On May - 29 starbucks closes more than 8,000 US stores early for racial bias training after two black men wrongly arrested in a store in April  

2018  On May - 29 russian journalist Arkady Babchenko fakes his own death with Ukrainian security services to foil an assassination plot  

2018  Death toll on Puerto Rico 70 times higher than official figure, likely 4,600 died from Hurricane Maria according to Harvard University study on this day in history.  

2019  On May - 29 british politician Boris Johnson ordered to appear in court over claims he lied to the public during Britain's Brexit campaign  

2019  Israel's Knesset calls a snap election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government on May - 29.  

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1594  Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.  

1627  On this day in history birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)  

1630  On this day in history birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)  

1630  Charles II of England (d. 1685) was born on May - 29.  

1673  On May - 29 birth of cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council  

1675  On this day in history birth of humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)  

1716  On this day in history birth of louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist  

1722  On this day in history birth of james FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)  

1259  Death of King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) on May - 29.  

1379  Death of King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) on this day in history.  

1405  On May - 29 death of philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France  

1425  On this day in history death of hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)  

1453  Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on May - 29.  

1500  Death of Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns on May - 29.  

1544  On this day in history jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68  

1546  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on this day in history.