Page 6: Historical Events In May - 29

1935  On this day in history andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season)   

1935  Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61 on May - 29.   

1936  On this day in history arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)   

1937  Alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper on May - 29.   

1940  Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 29 british forces begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France   

1940  HMS WAKEFUL, sunk off Nieuport, Belgium by 1 torpedo from German E-boat S-30 on this day in history.   

1940  On May - 29 in WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France   

1940  On this day in history adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)   

1942  On May - 29 actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60   

1942  On May - 29 bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date   

1942  HMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation on this day in history.   

1942  Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date on May - 29.   

1942  John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 on May - 29.   

1943  On this day in history confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)   

1943  Meat & cheese rationed in US on this day in history.   

1943  Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72 on May - 29.   

1944  British troops occupy Aprilia Italy on May - 29.   

1945  US first Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 29 uS 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa   

1946  KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands on this day in history.   

1948  May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82 on this day in history.   

1949  Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC on May - 29.   

1951  The first North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 29 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair   

1951  On May - 29 dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66   

1952  2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends on May - 29.   

1953  The first two individuals to reach the top of Everest were Tensing Norkay of Nepal and Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand reached the summit on 1953 on this day in history.   

1953  On May - 29 edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest   

1954  On this day in history kirk & Anne Douglas married   

1955  On this day in history jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns   

1955  On May - 29 daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78   

1956  Arnold Schinberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres on May - 29.   

1956  Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1594  On May - 29 birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)   

1627  On May - 29 birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)   

1630  On May - 29 birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)   

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

1673  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council   

1675  Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715) was born on May - 29.   

1716  On May - 29 birth of louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist   

1722  James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on May - 29.   

1259  On this day in history death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)   

1379  Death of King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) on May - 29.   

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

1425  Death of Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) on May - 29.   

1453  On this day in history constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49   

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

1544  Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on May - 29.   

1546  On May - 29 death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered