Year 757
Saint Paul-I began his tenure as Catholic Pope.
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29 May: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 29 May.
Observances & Special Days
International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
Public holidays in Nigeria
World Digestive Health Day
Year 1727
Peter II became Tsar of Russia.
Year 1848
Wisconsin became the 30th state of the United States.
Year 1914
Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank, killing 1992 people.
Year 1919
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity was tested.
Year 1953
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach Mount Everest.
Year 1985
39 sports enthusiasts died in riots over the final of the European Football Cup.
Born 1630
Charles II, King of England, Scotland, and Ireland.
Born 1906
T. H. White, an English author.
Born 1906
Kanhiyalal Prabhakar Mishra, an Indian journalist, writer, and freedom fighter.
Born 1914
Tenzing Norgay, a Nepali-Indian Sherpa mountaineer.
Born 1917
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States.
Born 1954
Pankaj Kapur, an Indian theatre, television, and film actor.
Died 1829
Sir Humphry Davy, a Cornish chemist, and inventor.
Died 1892
Bahaullah, a Persian religious leader, and the founder of the Baháʼí Faith.
Died 1971
Prithviraj Kapoor, an Indian theatre and film actor.
Died 1977
Suniti Kumar Chatterji, an Indian linguist, educationist, and litterateur.
Died 1987
Chaudhary Charan Singh, the 5th Prime Minister of India.