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Events from History on May 29

1138 : Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II
1167 : Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano
1176 : Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa
1415 : Council of Konstanz
1453 : Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire
1453 : French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated
1506 : Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont
1576 : Spanish army under Mondrag¢n conquerors Zierik sea
1630 : Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England"
1652 : English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp
1660 : Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth
1692 : Battle at La Hogue: English & Dutch fleet beat France
1692 : Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
1721 : South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
1727 : Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia
1753 : Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres
1765 : Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry
1765 : of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1787 : "Virginia Plan" proposed
1790 : Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution
1848 : Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte
1848 : Wisconsin becomes 30th state
1849 : Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, & of
1849 : Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln
1849 : people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"
1861 : Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
1864 : M‚xican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz
1874 : Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
1884 : 1st steam cable trams start in highgate
1889 : August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen
1900 : Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1902 : Dutch State Mine law forms
1905 : Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania
1909 : Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run
1910 : Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers
1911 : 1st running of Indianapolis 500
1912 : 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot"
1912 : during their lunch break
1914 : Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St Lawrence R; 1024 die
1916 : Official flag of president of US adopted
1916 : US forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924
1919 : Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
1919 : Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
1922 : Ecuador becomes independent
1922 : US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport & not a
1922 : business & thus not subject to antitrust laws
1928 : Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car
1935 : Hague local museum opens
1940 : Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec)
1940 : Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague Neth
1940 : In WW II, Germans capture Ostend & Ypres in Belgium & Lille in France
1942 : Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date
1943 : Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower)
1943 : Meat & cheese rationed in US
1944 : British troops occupy Aprilia Italy
1945 : US 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa
1949 : Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC
1951 : 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair
1952 : 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles & Suriname ends
1953 : Edmund P Hillary & Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
1954 : Kirk & Anne Douglas married
1954 : Pope Pius X issues holy declaration
1955 : Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
1956 : Arnold Sch”nberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres
1956 : WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, FL (NBC) 1st broadcast
1957 : Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators
1957 : Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast
1957 : Laos govt of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns
1957 : NYC Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants &
1959 : Charles de Gaulle forms French govt
1962 : Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show"
1965 : Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium
1967 : Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19
1967 : Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla,
1967 : archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II
1968 : Truth in Lending Act signed into law
1968 : UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
1969 : Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice
1970 : USSR performs nuclear test (underground)
1973 : Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating
1973 : $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records
1973 : Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles Calif
1974 : Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster
1976 : Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil
1977 : Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
1977 : NBC News & Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio
1977 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1978 : 1st class postage now 15› (13› for 3 years)
1978 : USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USSR
1979 : Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM
1979 : Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres
1980 : "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater NYC for 12 perfs
1980 : Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan Jr National Urban League pres
1980 : J Turners "Juliet & Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in NYC
1980 : Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year
1981 : US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1982 : 1st papal visit to Britain since 1531
1982 : Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war
1983 : Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m
1987 : "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor
1987 : Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
1988 : President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
1989 : Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires
1989 : Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
1990 : An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56
1990 : Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
1990 : Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49
1990 : Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson
1990 : NY Mets fire manager Davey Johnson & hire Bud Harrelson
1990 : Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record
1991 : "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland NZ
1992 : White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base
1993 : Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany
1993 : Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox,
1994 : "Joseph & the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater NYC after 223 perfs
1994 : "Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 45 performances
1994 : Great comet-iceball seen above North sea
1996 : Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands
1997 : Jesse Timmedequas, found guilty of rape/murder of Megan Kanka, 7
1997 : Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil
2002 : The British Foreign Secretary, Jack Straw met Home Minister Mr. LK Advani today. They discussed on cross-border conflicts. He said that war is no solution for peace at the border.
2002 : Congress supports NDA Government's response on Musharraf's speech.

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