Page 6: Historical Events In May - 29

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

1935  On this day in history josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61   

1936  On May - 29 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 May - 29.   

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

1942  On this day in history actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60   

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

1942  HMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation 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 john Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60   

1943  On May - 29 confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)   

1943  On this day in history meat & cheese rationed in US   

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

1944  On this day in history british troops occupy Aprilia Italy   

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 May - 29.   

1949  On this day in history candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC   

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

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

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 May - 29.   

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  Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns on this day in history.   

1955  On this day in history daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78   

1956  On May - 29 arnold Schinberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres   

1956  Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65 on May - 29.   

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

1627  Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle) was born on this day in history.   

1630  Charles II, King of England (1660-85) was born on May - 29.   

1630  Charles II of England (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

1673  Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1405  Death of Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France on this day in history.   

1425  Death of Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1546  On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered