May 29 in History
What happened on May 29 in history?
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on may 29 in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened on may 29 in history.
?>1990
Boris Yeltsin is elected the president of Russia.
1974
President Richard Nixon agrees to turn over 1,200 pages of edited Watergate transcripts.
1953
Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
1951
C. F. Blair becomes the first man to fly over the North Pole in single-engine plane.
1942
The German Army completes its encirclement of the Kharkov region of the Soviet Union.
1922
Ecuador becomes independent.
1922
The U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport not subject to antitrust laws.
1916
U.S. forces invade the Dominican Republic.
1913
The premier of the ballet Le Sacre du Printemps (The Rite of Spring) in Paris causes rioting in the theater.
1911
The Indianapolis 500 is run for the first time.
1862
Confederate general P.G.T. Beauregard retreats to Tupelo, Mississippi.
1849
A patent for lifting vessels is granted to Abraham Lincoln.
1848
Wisconsin becomes the thirtieth state.
1790
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original thirteen colonies to ratify the Constitution.
1721
South Carolina is formally incorporated as a royal colony of England.
1660
Charles II is restored to the English throne, succeeding the short-lived Commonwealth.
1453
Constantinople falls to Muhammad II, ending the Byzantine Empire.