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.