Page 6: Historical Events In May - 29

1935  On this day in history andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season)   

1935  Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1936  Arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs) on May - 29.   

1937  On May - 29 alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper   

1940  Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands on this day in history.   

1940  British forces begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France on May - 29.   

1940  On May - 29 hMS WAKEFUL, sunk off Nieuport, Belgium by 1 torpedo from German E-boat S-30.   

1940  On this day in history in WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France   

1940  On May - 29 adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)   

1942  Actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60 on May - 29.   

1942  Bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date on May - 29.   

1942  On May - 29 hMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation   

1942  On this day in history bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date   

1942  On this day in history john Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60   

1943  On this day in history confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)   

1943  Meat & cheese rationed in US on May - 29.   

1943  Hermann Hans Wetzler, composer, dies at 72 on May - 29.   

1944  On this day in history british troops occupy Aprilia Italy   

1945  On this day in history uS first Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa   

1945  US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa on this day in history.   

1946  On May - 29 kVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands   

1948  On May - 29 may Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82   

1949  On May - 29 candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC   

1951  On May - 29 the first North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair   

1951  1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair on this day in history.   

1951  On May - 29 dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66   

1952  On May - 29 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends   

1953  On May - 29 the first two individuals to reach the top of Everest were Tensing Norkay of Nepal and Sir Edmund Hillary of New Zealand reached the summit on 1953   

1953  Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest on this day in history.   

1954  Kirk & Anne Douglas married on this day in history.   

1955  On May - 29 jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns   

1955  On this day in history daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78   

1956  On this day in history arnold Schinberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres   

1956  Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65 on May - 29.   

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1594  On this day in history birth of gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)   

1627  Anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle) was born on May - 29.   

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

1630  On May - 29 birth of charles II of England (d. 1685)   

1673  Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council was born on this day in history.   

1675  On May - 29 birth of humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)   

1716  Louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist was born on May - 29.   

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  Death of King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) on this day in history.   

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 May - 29.   

1453  Constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49 on this day in history.   

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

1544  Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on May - 29.   

1546  Death of Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered on May - 29.