What are the important events that happened on May 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

May 29: Facts & Myths About This Day

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

Under the Julian calendar, this day is May 16, 2024 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,615,680 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectapentacontagon’ day.

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.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 245 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,177 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

May 29 Historical Events

• 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.
• 1733 –
  The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
• 1867 –
  The Austro-Hungarian agreement known as Ausgleich (“the Compromise”) is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire; on June 8 Emperor Franz Joseph is crowned King of Hungary.
• 1918 –
  Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarapat.
• 1932 –
  World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C. in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
• 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.
• 1973 –
  Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
• 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.
• 1990 –
  The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of the Russian SFSR.

Who were born on May 29?

• 1627 –
  Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and Princess (d. 1693)
• 1892 –
  Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
• 1932 –
  Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
• 1933 –
  Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
• 1943 –
  Robert W. Edgar, American theologian
• 1956 –
  LaToya Jackson, American singer
• 1961 –
  Melissa Etheridge, American musician
• 1963 –
  Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
• 1976 –
  David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
• 1979 –
  John Rheinecker, American baseball player

Who died on May 29?

• 1379 –
  King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
• 1500 –
  Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
• 1873 –
  Prince Friedrich of Hesse and by Rhine (b. 1870)
• 1903 –
  Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)
• 1953 –
  Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
• 1970 –
  John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
• 1973 –
  P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
• 1979 –
  Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
• 2007 –
  Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
• 2007 –
  Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian politician (b. 1927)