Page 9: 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 May - 29 bill Beyers, actor (Wally-Capitol), dies of AIDS at 37   

1993  Nazis kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany on May - 29.   

1993  Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), dies of pneumonia at 75 on May - 29.   

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

1994  On May - 29 great comet-iceball seen above North Sea   

1994  Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election on this day in history.   

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

1994  On this day in history al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)   

1995  On May - 29 margaret Chase Smith, 1st woman Rep & Sen (R-Me), dies at 97   

1996  Space Shuttle STS 77 (Endeavour 11), lands on this day in history.   

1996  James George "Jimmy" Rowles, jazz pianist, dies at 77 on May - 29.   

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

1997  Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7 on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1998  Former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89 on this day in history.   

2005  French referendum on the European Constitution votes resoundingly to reject on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history 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.   

2012  Thousands march in protest in Johannesburg against Brett Murray's controversial painting The Spear on May - 29.   

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

2017  Tiger Woods is arrested and charged with driving under the influence in Jupiter, Florida on this day in history.   

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 this day in history heatwave in Karachi, Pakistan, kills 65 as temperatures soar above 110 degrees Fahrenheit   

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

2018  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

2019  On May - 29 israel's Knesset calls a snap election after Benjamin Netanyahu fails to form a government   

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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  On May - 29 birth of charles II, King of England (1660-85)   

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

1673  Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, lawyer/president of High Council was born on May - 29.   

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

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

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

1259  On May - 29 death of king Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)   

1379  Death of King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334) on May - 29.   

1405  On May - 29 death of philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France   

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

1453  On this day in history constantine XI Dragases, last Byzantine Emperor, dies at 49   

1500  Death of Bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns on this day in history.   

1544  Jacobus Latomus [Jasques Masson], Belgian inquisitor, dies at about 68 on this day in history.   

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