Page 6: Historical Events In May - 29

1935  Andre P Brink, South African writer (Dry White Season) on this day in history.   

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

1936  On this day in history arlene McQuade, NYC, actress (Rosalie-Goldbergs)   

1937  On May - 29 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  On this day in history hMS WAKEFUL, sunk off Nieuport, Belgium by 1 torpedo from German E-boat S-30.   

1940  On May - 29 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 this day in history.   

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

1942  HMAS Perth damaged during Crete evacuation on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1944  On this day in history british troops occupy Aprilia Italy   

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

1945  On May - 29 uS 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa   

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

1948  On this day in history may Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at 82   

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

1951  The first North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair on May - 29.   

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

1951  Dimitrios Levidis, composer, dies at 66 on this day in history.   

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

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 May - 29.   

1954  On May - 29 kirk & Anne Douglas married   

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

1955  Daniel G van Beuningen, art collector, dies at 78 on May - 29.   

1956  Arnold Schinberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres on this day in history.   

1956  On May - 29 albert H Edelkoort, theologist (Christusverwachting), dies at 65   

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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 May - 29.   

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  Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715) was born on May - 29.   

1716  On May - 29 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1425  On this day in history death of hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)   

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

1500  On this day in history death of bartholomeu Diaz de Narvaez (Novaez), Portuguese sea explorer, drowns   

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

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