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 149th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 16, 2025 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,748,476,800 seconds 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 ‘hectatetracontaenneagon’ day.
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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 264 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 4,542 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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May 29 Historical Events
- 1167 –Battle of Monte Porzio – A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
- 1660 –English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
- 1861 –The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded, in Hong Kong.
- 1919 –The Republic of Prekmurje founded
- 1942 –Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra record Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas”, the best-selling Christmas single in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
- 1945 –First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
- 1954 –First of the annual Bilderberg conferences.
- 1964 –The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- 1973 –Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
- 1989 –Signing of an agreement Egypt - U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
Who were born on May 29?
- 1716 –Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
- 1937 –Charles W. Pickering, American jurist
- 1953 –Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
- 1955 –Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
- 1957 –Ted Levine, American actor
- 1958 –Annette Bening, American actress
- 1960 –Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter
- 1960 –Neil Crone, Canadian actor
- 1982 –Anita Briem, Icelandic actress
- 1983 –Jean Makoun, Cameroonian footballer
Who died on May 29?
- 1868 –Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
- 1910 –Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
- 1970 –John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
- 1977 –Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
- 1983 –Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899)
- 1989 –John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
- 1994 –Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)
- 1997 –Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)
- 2003 –David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
- 2005 –Hamilton Naki, South African medical assistant (b. 1926)
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