On this day: May 29th

On this day: May 29th

There are many and several events on this day in history. Read and discover what happened on this day: On this day: May 29th

On this day: May 29th

Events  On this day: May 29th

• 1453: Ottoman armies capture Constantinople, ending the Byzantine Empire.
• 1660: The English monarchy was restored with Charles II on the throne after several years of a Commonwealth under Lord Protector Oliver Cromwell.
• 1787: At the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia the Virginia Plan was proposed, calling for a new government consisting of a legislature with two houses, an executive chosen by the legislature, and a judicial branch.
• 1848: Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
• 1865: Following the American Civil War, President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation granting general amnesty to Confederates. The amnesty excluded high-ranking Confederates and large property owners, who had to apply individually to the President for a pardon. Following an oath of allegiance, all former property rights, except slaves, were returned to the former owners.
• 1913: Igor Stravinsky’s ballet Le Sacre du printemps is premiered. The performance sparked a riot in the audience as many felt its irregular beat and the percussive character were a sacrilege against music. Today, it is considered one of the key works of 20th-century art music.
• 1935: Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
• 1942: Bing Crosby records “White Christmas.”. Crosby’s rendition of Irving Berlin’s song became the most successful of his career and the best-selling Christmas single in history.
• 1953: Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 1977: Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.
• 1996: Benjamin Netanyahu becomes Israel’s prime minister. The conservative politician is criticized for hampering the peace process that former prime minister Yitzhak Rabin had promoted.
• 1999: Olusegun Obasanjo wins Nigeria’s first free election in 16 years. The former Nigerian Army general and military ruler oversaw a democratization process that defines the country’s political system to the present day.

Birthdays On this day: May 29th

• 1736: Patrick Henry (Patriot who said, ‘Give me liberty or give me death’)
• 1880: German historian Oswald Spengler (1880-1936) was born in Blankenburg-am-Harz, Germany
• 1903: Bob Hope (Entertainer and actor)
• 1914: Tenzing Norgay (Nepalese mountaineer)
• 1917: John F. Kennedy (35th US President)
• 1922: Iannis Xenakis (Greek/French composer, engineer, theorist)
• 1939: Al Unser (Race car driver)
• 1958: Annette Bening (Actress)
• 1961: Melissa Etheridge (Singer)
• 1963: Lisa Whelchel (Actress)
• 1967: Noel Gallagher (English singer-songwriter, guitarist)
• 1984: Carmelo Anthony (Basketball Player)

Deaths On this day: May 29th

• 1829: Humphry Davy (English chemist, physicist)
• 1892: Bahá’u’lláh (Persian spiritual leader, founded the Bahá’í Faith)
• 1997: Jeff Buckley (American singer-songwriter, guitarist)
• 2010: Dennis Hopper (American actor, director)
• 2013: Henry Morgentaler (Polish/Canadian physician)

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