May 29 Famous Birthdays, Events

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Events

1453 - Mohammed II, founder of the Ottoman empire, captured Constantinople; the
Byzantine emperor Constantine XI was killed, and the Byzantine Empire was ended.
Constantinople became the Ottoman capital.

1790 - Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the Constitution of the
United States of America.

1848 - Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.

1849 - A patent for lifting vessels was granted to Abraham Lincoln.

1911 - The first running of the Indianapolis 500 took place.

1914 - In one of the worst ship disasters in history, the British liner Empress of
Ireland collided with the Norwegian freighter Storstad on the St. Lawrence River.
The Storstad penetrated 15 feet into the Empress of Ireland's side and the vessel
sank within 14 minutes, drowning 1,012 of its passengers and crew.

1932 - During the Great Depression, World War I veterans began arriving in
Washington to demand cash bonuses they weren't scheduled to receive for another
13 years.

1953 - Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the
first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

1973 - Tom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles.

1990 - Boris Yeltsin was elected the president of Russia.

1999 - Space shuttle Discovery completed the first-ever docking with the
International Space Station.

2001 - Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted of a conspiracy to murder
Americans, including the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed
224 people.

2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

2005 - French voters rejected the European Union's proposed constitution.

Births

1630 - King Charles II, British monarch (1660-1685).

1736 - Patrick Henry, American Revolution patriot, orator.

1874 - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, British author.

1903 - Bob Hope (Leslie Townes Hope), British-born American entertainer, actor,
comedian.

1906 - T.H. White, English historian, novelist.

1917 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States of America (1961-1963).

1939 - Al Unser, American race car driver.

1953 - Danny Elfman, American singer-songwriter.

1961 - Melissa Etheridge, American musician.

Deaths

1877 - John Lothrop Motley, American historian and diplomat.

1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian-born actress and studio founder.

1998 - Barry Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate.

2003 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer.