What are the important events that happened on May 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
May 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
May 29 is the 150th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 16, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 476,928 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontagon’ day.
Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 245 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,177 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 29 Historical Events
- 363 –Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
- 1677 –Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Natives.
- 1780 –American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford’s continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
- 1861 –The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded, in Hong Kong.
- 1914 –Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence with the loss of 1,024 lives.
- 1918 –Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
- 1931 –Born October 19, 1899 in Sardinia, Michele “Mike” Schirru, Anarchist against Fascism, U.S. Citizen is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini. The U.S. Government did nothing to help Schirru.
- 1940 –The first flight of the F4U Corsair.
- 1985 –Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
- 1999 –Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.
Who were born on May 29?
- 1880 –Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1924 –Lars Bo, Danish artist and writer (d. 1999)
- 1940 –Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician
- 1963 –Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
- 1971 –Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
- 1973 –Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
- 1977 –Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
- 1979 –Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
- 1991 –Kristen Alderson, American actress
- 1992 –Gregg Sulkin, British Actor
Who died on May 29?
- 1453 –Constantine XI Palaiologos, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404)
- 1593 –John Penry, Welsh Protestant leader (b. 1559)
- 1790 –Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
- 1972 –Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (b. 1902)
- 1972 –Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
- 1979 –John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
- 2005 –George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
- 2007 –Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian politician (b. 1927)
- 2008 –Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
- 2011 –Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian politician, President of Hungary (b. 1931)
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