History Events on May 29

A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.

#2008_Iceland_earthquake

Philip VI is crowned King of France.

#Philip_VI_of_France

Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.

#Fall_of_Constantinople

Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.

#Igor_Stravinsky

The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.

#Ocean_liner

Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.

#Battle_of_Monte_Porzio

Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.

#Amputation

Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.

#Egypt

Mihailo Obrenovi? III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.

#Mihailo_Obrenovi?

Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.

#STS-96

Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.

#Emperor_of_Mexico

Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.

#Edmund_Hillary

The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

#Austro-Hungarian_Compromise_of_1867

Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.

#Wisconsin

Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.

#Olusegun_Obasanjo

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

#2012_Northern_Italy_earthquakes

The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

#President_of_the_United_States

The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.

#Pharmacist

Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.

#Battle_of_Legnano

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.

#Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States

The Roman emperor Julian defeats the Sasanian army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sasanian capital, but is unable to take the city.

#Roman_emperor

American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.

#American_Revolutionary_War

Battle of Samugarh: decisive battle in the struggle for the throne during the Mughal war of succession (1658-1659).

#Battle_of_Samugarh

Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin

#Albert_Einstein

N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.

#N'Djamena

One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.

#One_World_Trade_Center

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

#Pope_John_Paul_II

In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.

#May_Coup_(Serbia)

Rhode Island becomes the last of North America's original Thirteen Colonies to ratify the Constitution and become one of the United States.

#Rhode_Island

Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.

#Armenia

Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.

#Mustafa_IV

United Nations Truce Supervision Organization is founded.

#United_Nations_Truce_Supervision_Organization

Battle of Uclés: Almoravid troops under the command of Tamim ibn Yusuf defeat a Castile and León alliance under the command of Prince Sancho Alfónsez.

#Battle_of_Uclés_(1108)

Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.

#Jenny_Lind

United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.

#Irish_Rebellion_of_1798

First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.

#Combat

The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

#Arab_League

Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.

#Falklands_War

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.

#World_War_I

The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.

#St._Roch_(ship)

Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.

#Tom_Bradley_(American_politician)

First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.

#Messerschmitt_Bf_109

The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

#Congress_of_People's_Deputies_of_Russia

The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.

Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.

Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.

The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.

The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.

English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.

Battle of Gallipoli: The Venetians under Pietro Loredan defeat a much larger Ottoman fleet off Gallipoli.