Historical Events In May - 29

1935  Andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season) on May - 29.   

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

1936  Arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper   

1940  On this day in history arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands   

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

1942  Actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60 on this day in history.   

1942  Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history hMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation   

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

1942  On this day in history john Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60   

1943  Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower) on May - 29.   

1943  Meat & cheese rationed in US on May - 29.   

1943  On this day in history hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72   

1944  On May - 29 british troops occupy Aprilia Italy   

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

1945  US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa on this day in history.   

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  1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair on this day in history.   

1951  Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66 on May - 29.   

1952  On this day in history 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends   

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  Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest on May - 29.   

1954  On this day in history kirk & Anne Douglas married   

1955  Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns on May - 29.   

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

1956  Arnold Schinberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres on this day in history.   

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

1630  On May - 29 birth of charles II of England (d. 1685)   

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

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

1716  Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist was born on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history death of philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France   

1425  On May - 29 death of hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)   

1453  Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

1500  On this day in history death of bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns   

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