Page 6: Historical Events In May - 29

1935  Andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season) on May - 29.   

1935  Josef Suk, Czech violinist/composer, dies at 61 on May - 29.   

1936  Arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs) on this day in history.   

1937  On this day in history alwin Schockemohle, horse show jumper   

1940  On May - 29 arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich Commissioner of Hague Netherlands   

1940  On this day in history british forces begin their evacuation from Dunkirk, France   

1940  HMS WAKEFUL, sunk off Nieuport, Belgium by 1 torpedo from German E-boat S-30 on this day in history.   

1940  In WWII, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France on May - 29.   

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  On May - 29 bing Crosby records "White Christmas" greatest selling record to date   

1942  HMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation on May - 29.   

1942  Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date on this day in history.   

1942  John Barrymore, US actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at 60 on this day in history.   

1943  Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower) on this day in history.   

1943  On May - 29 meat & cheese rationed in US   

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

1944  British troops occupy Aprilia Italy on this day in history.   

1945  On May - 29 uS first Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa   

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

1946  On this day in history kVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands   

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

1949  Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC on this day in history.   

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

1951  1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair on May - 29.   

1951  Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66 on May - 29.   

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  On this day in history edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest   

1954  On May - 29 kirk & Anne Douglas married   

1955  Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns on May - 29.   

1955  Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78 on this day in history.   

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

1956  Albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65 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 this day in history birth of anne ML of Orleans, duchess of Montpensier (Grand Mademoiselle)   

1630  Charles II, King of England (1660-85) was born on May - 29.   

1630  Charles II of England (d. 1685) was born on this day in history.   

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

1675  Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715) was born on this day in history.   

1716  On this day in history birth of louis J M Daubenton, French zoologist   

1722  James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773) was born on May - 29.   

1259  Death of King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219) on May - 29.   

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  On May - 29 death of bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns   

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

1546  On this day in history death of cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered