Wednesday May 29, 2024
A date scroll with Latin text from “The Extremes of Good and Evil” by Cicero, written in 45 BC.

May 29: Day of the Week

May 29, 2024 is the 150th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Wednesday.

If you are trying to learn Japanese then this day of the week in Japanese is Suiyōbi.

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Here’s the May calendar. You can also browse the full year monthly calendar.

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Zodiac & Birthstone

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.

May 29 Historical Event(s)

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.
1798
United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
1868
The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
1903
May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1919
Albert Einstein’s theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington’s observation of a total solar eclipse in Principe and by Andrew Crommelin in Sobral, Ceará, Brazil.
1948
Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization
1950
The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
1953
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay’s (adopted) 39th birthday.
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?

1894
Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
1923
Bernard Clavel, French novelist (d. 2010)
1934
Nanette Newman, English actress and author
1939
Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver
1960
Carol Kirkwood, Scottish weather presenter
1963
Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
1963
Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
1979
Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
1979
John Rheinecker, American baseball player
1986
Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican fashion model

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