Historical Events - May 29
1757 : Saint Paul-I began his tenure as Catholic Pope.
1727 : Peter II became Tsar of Russia.
1848 : Wisconsin became the 30th state of the United States.
1914 : Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank, killing 1992 people.
1919 : Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity was tested.
1953 : Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach Mount Everest.
1985 : 39 sports enthusiasts died in riots over the final of the European Football Cup.
Famous Birthdays - May 29
1630: Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
1906: T. H. White, an English author.
1906: Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra, an Indian journalist, writer, and freedom fighter.
1914: Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
1917: John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
1954: Pankaj Kapur, an Indian theatre, television, and film actor.
Death Anniversaries - May 29
1829: Sir Humphry Davy, a Cornish chemist, and inventor.
1892: Bahaullah, a Persian religious leader, and the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.
1971: Prithviraj Kapoor, an Indian theatre and film actor.
1977: Suniti Kumar Chatterji, an Indian linguist, educationist, and litterateur.
1987: Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th Prime Minister of India.
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