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May 29: Day of the Week
May 29, 2024 was the 150th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There were 216 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week was Wednesday.
If you are trying to learn Spanish then this day of the week in Spanish is miércoles.
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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)
1176
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
1453
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire. Although the date of May 29, 1453, is that of the Julian Calendar, the event is commemorated in Istanbul on this day of the present Gregorian calendar.
1861
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce was founded, in Hong Kong.
1900
N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by French commander Émile Gentil
1918
Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
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.
1969
General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
1985
Heysel Stadium disaster: At the European Cup final in Brussels, Belgium, 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses after Liverpool F.C. fans breach a fence separating them from Juventus F.C. fans.
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.
1999
Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
Who were born on May 29?
1630
King Charles II of England (d. 1685)
1880
Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
1903
Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
1932
Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
1947
Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
1949
Andrew Clements, American author
1959
Rupert Everett, English actor
1972
Stanislas Renoult, French singer
1976
Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
1987
Noah Reid, Canadian actor
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