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May 29, 2005 French reject a referendum on the E.U. constitution May 29, 1997 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling euonym May 29, 1997 Span scientists announce new human species in 780,000 year old fossil May 29, 1996 Space Shuttle STS 77 Endeavour 11), lands May 29, 1994 "Joseph and the Amazing" closes at Minskoff Theater New York City after 223 performances May 29, 1994 "Picnic" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 45 performances May 29, 1994 Al Unser, Jr. wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph) May 29, 1994 Beth Daniel wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 29, 1994 Great comet-iceball seen above North sea May 29, 1994 Hungary's Socialist Party wins parliamentary election May 29, 1994 Patty Sheehan wins J C Penney/LPGA Skins Golf Game May 29, 1993 Nazi's kill 5 Turkish women in Solingen Germany May 29, 1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm May 29, 1992 New York Mets score in 9th to end home shut-out streak at 3 games May 29, 1992 White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base May 29, 1991 "Les Miserables," opens at ACTEA Theatre, Auckland NZ May 29, 1991 Crevena Zvezda wins 36th Europe Cup I May 29, 1990 An earthquake hit Peru, killing 56 May 29, 1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic May 29, 1990 Dow Jones avg hits a record 2,870.49 May 29, 1990 Mets replace manager Davey Johnson with Buddy Harrelson May 29, 1990 New York Mets fire manager Davey Johnson and hire Bud Harrelson May 29, 1990 Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record May 29, 1989 Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires May 29, 1989 Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty May 29, 1988 Graeme Hick scores his 1,000th run of 1st-class cricket season May 29, 1988 President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan May 29, 1988 Sherri Turner wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 29, 1987 "Twilight Zone" director John Landis found innocent in death of actor May 29, 1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains May 29, 1987 Robin Ventura set a college baseball record with hits in 57 games May 29, 1986 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling odontalgia May 29, 1985 Juventus wins 30th Europe Cup 1 in Brussels, 39 die in riot May 29, 1984 Boston Red Sox retires #9 (Ted Williams) and #4 (Joe Cronin) May 29, 1983 Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic May 29, 1983 Yuri Dumchev of U.S.S.R. throws discus a record 71.86 m May 29, 1982 "I Know What Boys Like," by The Waitresses hits #62 May 29, 1982 Pentagon plans 1st strategy to fight a nuclear war May 29, 1981 U.S. performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site May 29, 1980 "Billy Bishop Goes to War" opens at Morosco Theater New York City for 12 performances May 29, 1980 53rd National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling elucubrate May 29, 1980 Attempted assassination on Vernon Jordan, Jr. National Urban League pres May 29, 1980 J Turners "Juliet and Her Nurse" sold for $6,400,000 in New York City May 29, 1980 Larry Bird beats out Magic Johnson for NBA rookie of year May 29, 1979 Bishop Abel Muzorewa is sworn in as Zimbabwe's 1st black PM May 29, 1979 Radio's 1st rock network "Source" premieres May 29, 1978 1st class postage now 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years) May 29, 1978 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Golden Lights Golf Championship May 29, 1978 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 29, 1977 A. J. Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time May 29, 1977 NBC News and Information Service (24 hr news) ends on radio May 29, 1977 Sandra Spuzich wins LPGA Lady Keystone Golf Open May 29, 1977 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. May 29, 1977 Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500 May 29, 1977 Sue Press is 1st woman golfer to hit consecutive holes-in one May 29, 1976 "One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29 May 29, 1976 Only HR of Joe Niekro's 22-year career, comes off brother Phil May 29, 1974 Northern Ireland is brought under direct rule from Westminster May 29, 1973 Thomas Bradley elected 1st black mayor of Los Angeles, California May 29, 1973 Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds, Davis will start Arista records May 29, 1972 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Titleholders Golf Championship May 29, 1971 Court Room by Clarence Carter hits #61 May 29, 1970 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear test (underground) May 29, 1969 Britain's Trans-Arctic expedition makes 1st crossing of Arctic Sea ice May 29, 1968 Manchester United wins 13rd Europe Cup 1 in London May 29, 1968 Truth in Lending Act signed into law May 29, 1968 U.N. resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia May 29, 1967 Australian Paul McManus water skis barefoot for 1:30:19 May 29, 1967 Pope Paul VI names 27 new cardinals, including Karol Wojtyla, archbishop of Krakow, who later became Pope John Paul II May 29, 1966 Carol Mann wins LPGA Baton Rouge Ladies Golf Invitational May 29, 1965 Phillies Dick Allen hits 529' HR out of Connie Mack Stadium May 29, 1962 Barbra Streisand appears on "Garry Moore Show" May 29, 1960 Everly Brothers "Cathy's Clown" hits #1 May 29, 1959 Charles de Gaulle forms French government May 29, 1958 Real Madrid wins 3rd Europe Cup 1 in Brussels May 29, 1957 Algerian rebels kill 336 collaborators May 29, 1957 Laos government of prince Suvanna Phuma resigns May 29, 1957 New York City Mayor Robert Wagner says he plans to confer with the Giants and Dodgers about the proposed move to the west coast May 29, 1956 Arnold Schonberg's "Modern Psalm," premieres May 29, 1956 WESH TV channel 2 in Daytona Beach-Orlando, Florida (NBC) 1st broadcast May 29, 1955 Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns May 29, 1954 Kirk and Anne Douglas married May 29, 1954 Pope Pius X issues holy declaration May 29, 1953 Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest May 29, 1952 2nd Round Conference between Dutch Antilles and Suriname ends May 29, 1951 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane-CF Blair May 29, 1949 Candid Camera, TV comedy Variety, moves to NBC May 29, 1946 KVP wins Provincial National election in Netherlands May 29, 1945 U.S. 1st Marine division conquerors Shuri-castle Okinawa May 29, 1944 British troops occupy Aprilia, Italy May 29, 1943 Confederacy of Algiers (Churchill-Marshall-Eisenhower) May 29, 1943 Meat and cheese rationed in U.S. May 29, 1942 Bing Crosby records "White Christmas," greatest selling record to date May 29, 1940 Adolf Kiefer swims world record 100 yards backstroke (58.8 sec) May 29, 1940 Arthur Seyss-Inquart installed as Reich commissar of Hague Neth May 29, 1940 In WW II, Germans capture Ostend and Ypres in Belgium and Lille in France May 29, 1935 Hague local museum opens May 29, 1928 Fritz von Opel reaches 200 kph in experimental rocket car May 29, 1922 Ecuador becomes independent May 29, 1922 U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws May 29, 1919 Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster May 29, 1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington May 29, 1916 New York Giants win 17th consecutive road game May 29, 1916 Official flag of president of U.S. adopted May 29, 1916 U.S. forces invade Dominican Republic, stay until 1924 May 29, 1914 Ship rams Canadian ship Empress of Ireland on St. Lawrence R; 1024 die May 29, 1912 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break May 29, 1911 1st running of Indianapolis 500 May 29, 1910 Pope's encyclical on Editae Saepe, against church reformers May 29, 1909 Frank "Home Run" Baker's 1st career home run May 29, 1905 Pogrom against Jewish community in Brisk Lithuania May 29, 1902 Dutch State Mine law forms May 29, 1900 25th Preakness: H Spencer aboard Hindus wins in 1:48.4 May 29, 1900 Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co May 29, 1897 31st Belmont: J Scherrer aboard Scottish Cheiftain wins in 2:23 May 29, 1889 August Strindberg's "Hemsoborna," premieres in Copenhagen May 29, 1884 1st steam cable trams start in highgate May 29, 1874 Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect May 29, 1864 Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz May 29, 1861 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army May 29, 1849 Patent for lifting vessels granted to Abraham Lincoln May 29, 1849 Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time" May 29, 1848 Battle at Curtazone: Austrians beat Sardinia-Piemonte May 29, 1848 Wisconsin becomes 30th state May 29, 1790 Rhode Is becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution May 29, 1787 "Virginia Plan" proposed May 29, 1765 Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of "Treason!" with, "If this be treason, make the most of it!" May 29, 1753 Joseph Haydns "Krumme Teufel," premieres May 29, 1727 Peter II Aleksei (11) becomes czar of Russia May 29, 1721 South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony May 29, 1692 Battle at La Hogue: English and Dutch fleet beat France May 29, 1692 Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated May 29, 1660 Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth May 29, 1652 English Admiral Robert Blake drives out Dutch fleet under lt-adm Tromp May 29, 1630 Gov John Winthrop begins "History of New England" May 29, 1576 Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea May 29, 1506 Earl Willem I van Nassau-Dillenburg weds countess Walburg van Egmont May 29, 1453 Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire May 29, 1453 French banker Jacques Coeurs possessions confiscated May 29, 1415 Council of Konstanz May 29, 1176 Battle at Legnano: Lombardi League beats Frederik Barbarossa May 29, 1167 Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano May 29, 1138 Anti-Pope Victor IV (Gregorio) overthrows self for Innocentius II May 29, 757 St. Paul I begins his reign as Catholic Pope May 29, 526 Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die |