Page 6: Historical Events In May - 29

1935  On May - 29 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 this day in history arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)   

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

1940  Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands on May - 29.   

1940  British forces begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France on this day in history.   

1940  HMS WAKEFUL, sunk off Nieuport, Belgium by 1 torpedo from German E-boat S-30 on May - 29.   

1940  On this day in history 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 May - 29.   

1942  On this day in history bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date   

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

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

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

1944  On May - 29 british troops occupy Aprilia Italy   

1945  On this day in history uS first Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa   

1945  US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa on May - 29.   

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

1948  On this day in history may Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82   

1949  Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 29 the first North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair   

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

1954  On May - 29 kirk & Anne Douglas married   

1955  Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns on this day in history.   

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

1956  On this day in history arnold Schinberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres   

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

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1594  On this day in history 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 May - 29.   

1675  On May - 29 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  On May - 29 death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)   

1379  On May - 29 death of king Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)   

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 May - 29.   

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

1544  On May - 29 jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68   

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