Historical Events In May - 29

1990  Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record on this day in history.   

1991  On May - 29 crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I   

1991  On this day in history coral Browne, Australian actor (Ruling Class), dies of cancer at 77   

1992  On this day in history bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37   

1993  Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany on this day in history.   

1993  Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75 on this day in history.   

1994  Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3 06 29.006 (255.89 kph) on this day in history.   

1994  Great comet-iceball seen above North Sea on this day in history.   

1994  On this day in history hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election   

1994  Erich Honecker, president of German DR (1971-89), dies in Chile at 81 on this day in history.   

1994  On May - 29 al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)   

1995  On this day in history margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97   

1996  Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands on May - 29.   

1996  James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1997  On this day in history 70th National Spelling Bee Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym   

1997  On this day in history jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7   

1997  Scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil on May - 29.   

1997  George Fenneman, announcer (You Bet Your Life), dies at 77 on May - 29.   

1997  On this day in history 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym   

1998  On May - 29 former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89   

2005  French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject on May - 29.   

2007  Inauguration of newly elected President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria at the Abuja Eagle Square and first civilian to civilian transfer of power in Nigeria on May - 29.   

2012  On May - 29 thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear   

2014  President Obama approves US military training of 'moderate' Syrian rebels to fight the regime of Bashar Assad and al Qaeda-linked groups on May - 29.   

2017  On May - 29 tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida   

2017  On this day in history violent storm and high winds in Moscow, Russia leaves 13 dead   

2018  Missouri Governor Eric Greitens resigns over an extramarital affair and illegal use of a donor list on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history aBC TV network cancels TV comedy "Roseanne" after its star Roseanne Barr posts a racist tweet   

2018  On May - 29 heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, kills 65 as temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit   

2018  Starbucks closes more than 8,000 US stores early for racial bias training after two black men wrongly arrested in a store in April on May - 29.   

2018  On May - 29 russian journalist Arkady Babchenko fakes his own death with Ukrainian security services to foil an assassination plot   

2018  Death toll on Puerto Rico 70 times higher than official figure, likely 4,600 died from Hurricane Maria according to Harvard University study on May - 29.   

2019  British politician Boris Johnson ordered to appear in court over claims he lied to the public during Britain's Brexit campaign on this day in history.   

2019  Israel's Knesset calls a snap election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government on this day in history.   

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1594  Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632) was born on this day in history.   

1627  On May - 29 birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)   

1630  Charles II, King of England (1660-85) was born on this day in history.   

1630  Charles II of England (d. 1685) was born on May - 29.   

1673  On this day in history birth of cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council   

1675  On this day in history birth of humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)   

1716  Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist was born on this day in history.   

1722  On this day in history birth of james FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)   

1259  On this day in history death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)   

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

1405  Death of Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France on May - 29.   

1425  Death of Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378) on this day in history.   

1453  On May - 29 constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49   

1500  Death of Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns on May - 29.   

1544  On this day in history jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68   

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