==Gebeurtenissen==
*
**1953 - De Nieuw-Zeelander Edmund Hillary en de Nepalese Sherpa Tenzing Norgay bereiken als eerste mensen ooit de top van de Mount Everest.
**Slochteren boort de NAM aardgas aan.
**NTS en de NOS.
**1988 - De treindienst van Kerkrade naar Schin op Geul wordt opgeheven.
**1993 - Een aanslag met een brandbom in de Duitse stad Solingen kost aan 5 Turkse bewoners het leven, met als reacties grote demonstraties en in Nederland de kaartenactie ''Ik ben woedend''.
**1999 - Een verwoestende brand in de Tauerntunnel kost aan 12 mensen het leven.
**modderstroom van extreme omvang in Sidoarjo op Oost-Java na boring.  
*
**2007 - Het 300.000e artikel is aan de Nederlandstalige Wikipedia toegevoegd. Katushpada_Pitham luidt de titel.
**1912 - De première van het ballet ''L'après-midi d'un faune'' van Claude Debussy door het Ballet Russes eindigt in een schandaal.
**1913 - In Parijs gaat het ballet ''Le sacre du printemps'' van Igor Strawinsky in première.
*
**Byzantijnse Rijk.
**Rhode Island sluit zich als laatste aan bij de groep van Amerikaanse kolonies die de Britse overheersing bestrijden.
**1940 - Seyss-Inquart aanvaardt het ambt van rijkscommissaris in Nederland.
*
**1848 - Wisconsin wordt de 30e staat van de Verenigde Staten.
**SALT-verdrag.
**1982 - Beëdiging van het Kabinet-Van Agt III in Nederland.
**1990 - De Akkoorden tot oprichting van de Europese Bank voor Wederopbouw en Ontwikkeling worden ondertekend.
**1990 - Boris Jeltsin wordt verkozen tot de nieuwe president van de republiek Rusland.
**1999 - De Nederlandse Antillen geven een postzegel van 75 cent uit met het portret van Wilson Godett.
**2002 - De Binnenlandse Veiligheidsdienst (BVD) wordt omgedoopt in Algemene Inlichtingen- en Veiligheidsdienst (AIVD).
**2005 - Het ''Verdrag tot vaststelling van een Grondwet voor Europa'', de officiële naam voor de ''Europese Grondwet'', werd door de Fransen bij een bijzonder hoge opkomst (> 70 %) verworpen (56 % tegen, 44 % voor).
*
**Rome.
**kardinalen.
**1724 - Kardinaal Pietro Francesco Orsini wordt gekozen tot Paus Benedictus XIII.
**1775 - Paus Pius VI creëert één nieuwe kardinaal. 
**Giovanni Battista Montini door bisschop Brescia (Italië).
**Rome door Paus Pius XII
*
**1974 - Feyenoord wint als eerste Nederlandse club de UEFA Cup
**Brussel komen 39 voetbalfans om en raken honderden gewond tijdens de Europa Cup I-finale tussen Liverpool F.C. en Juventus.
**Amsterdam wint op hockeyhoofdklasse door Oranje Zwart met 3-2 te verslaan in de tweede wedstrijd uit de finale van de play-offs.
*
**1884 - De Nationale Maatschappij van Buurtspoorwegen wordt opgericht.
**1886 - John Pemberton begint Coca-Cola te adverteren.
**1898 - Instelling van de Nobelprijs.
**1919 - De waarneming van verschoven sterrenposities tijdens een zonsverduistering bevestigen Albert Einstein's relativiteitstheorie.
**1959 - Oprichting van CODASYL (Informatica).

==Geboren==
150px|thumb|right|Annette Bening<br>geboren in 1958

* 1439 - Paus Pius III, Italiaans paus (overleden 1503)
* 1617 - Federico Borromeo junior, Italiaans kardinaal-staatssecretaris (overleden 1673)
* Karel II, Engels koning (overleden 1685)
* Sarah Churchill, Engels hertogin van Marlborough (overleden 1744)
* 1680 - Ferdinand Albrecht II van Brunswijk-Bevern, Duits vorst (overleden 1735)
* Milaan (overleden 1810)
* Salzburg (overleden 1914)
* 1837 - Alexander de Savornin Lohman, Nederlands politicus (overleden 1924)
* 1846 - Albert Apponyi, Hongaars politicus (overleden 1933)
* 1851 - Maria Anna Sophia Elisabeth van Saksen-Weimar-Eisenach (overleden 1859)
* 1860 - Isaac Albeniz, Spaans componist (overleden 1909)
* 1868 - Abdülmecit II, Ottomaans kalief (overleden 1944)
* 1874 - Gilbert Keith Chesterton, Brits auteur, letterkundige en journalist (overleden 1936)
* 1880 - Oswald Spengler, Duits cultuurhistoricus (overleden 1936)
* 1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Oostenrijks/Amerikaans filmregisseur (overleden 1969)
* 1897 - Erich Korngold, Oostenrijks/Amerikaans componist (overleden 1957)
* 1903 - Bob Hope, Amerikaans komiek (overleden 2003)
* 1904 - Gregg Toland, Amerikaans cameraman (overleden 1948)
* 1905 - Jan Teulings, Nederlands acteur en regisseur (overleden 1989)
* 1911 - Leah Goldberg, Israëlisch dichteres en schrijfster (overleden 1970)
* 1916 - Lou van Rees, Nederlands impresario (overleden 1993)
* 1917 - John F. Kennedy, 35<sup>ste</sup> president van de Verenigde Staten (overleden 1963)
* 1919 - Gerrit Jan van den Berg, Nederlands verzetsstrijder (overleden 1944)
* 1926 - Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalees president
* Ernakulam-Angamaly
* 1929 - Peter Higgs, Brits natuurkundige
* 1933 - Tarquinio Provini, Italiaans motorcoureur (overleden 2005)
* 1935 - André Brink, Zuid-Afrikaans schrijver
* 1937 - Alwin Schockemöhle, Duits springruiter
* 1941 - Yvonne Raveles-Resida, Surinaams politicus
* 1944 - Helmut Berger, Oostenrijks acteur
* 1944 - Maurice Bishop, president van Grenada (overleden 1983)
* 1945 - Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Vlaams econoom, zakenman, schrijver en politicus
* 1945 - Daniel Van Ryckeghem, Belgisch wielrenner (overleden 2008)
* 1946 - Sietze Dolstra, Nederlands cabaretier
* 1949 - Gary Brooker, Brits muzikant, voorman van de band ''Procol Harum''
* 1949 - Elt Drenth, Nederlands zwemmer
* 1949 - Status Quo''
* 1953 - Danny Elfman, Amerikaans componist
*   1953   - Aleksandr Abdulov, Russisch acteur (overleden 2008)
* 1954 - John Hencken, Amerikaans zwemmer en olympisch kampioen (1972 en 1976)
* 1955 - John Hinckley Jr., Amerikaans crimineel
* 1956 - LaToya Jackson, Amerikaans zangeres
* 1957 - Bobby Hamilton, Amerikaans autocoureur (overleden 2007)
*   1957   - Ted Levine, Amerikaans acteur
* 1958 - Annette Bening, Amerikaans actrice
*   1958   - Willem Holleeder, Nederlands crimineel
* 1958 - Ben Rottiers, Belgisch acteur
* 1959 - Rupert Everett, Brits acteur
* 1961 - Melissa Etheridge, Amerikaans zangeres
* 1963 - Frank Timmer, Nederlands regisseur, vriend van Annette Barlo, 
* 1965 - Frank Waaldijk, Nederlands kunstenaar
* 1967 - Noel Gallagher, Brits gitarist van de groep Oasis
* 1968 - Marc Dik, Nederlands programmamaker
* 1970 - Koen T'Sijen, Vlaams politicus
* 1975 - Melanie Brown, Brits zangeres van onder meer ''Spice Girls'', artiestennaam ''Mel B.''
* 1977 - Rachael Stirling, Brits actrice
* 1978 - Pelle Almqvist, Zweeds zanger (''The Hives'')
*   1978   - Sebastien Grosjean, Frans tennisser
* 1979 - Arne Friedrich, Duits voetballer
* 1979 - Salou Ibrahim, Belgisch-Ghanese voetballer
* 1986 - Michael Schär, Zwitsers wielrenner
* 1987 - Tim Visser, Nederlands rugbyspeler
* 1990 - Sherida Spitse, Nederlands voetbalster

==Overleden==
200px|thumb|right|Josephine de Beauharnais overleden 1814

*1500 - Bartolomeus Diaz (50), Portugees zeevaarder en ontdekkingsreiziger
*1555 - Hendrik II van Navarra (52), Koning van Navarra, Graaf van Armagnac en Périgord
*1814 - Josephine de Beauharnais (50), echtgenote van Napoleon Bonaparte
*Brits scheikundige
*1847 - Emmanuel de Grouchy (80), Frans maarschalk onder Napoleon Bonaparte
*1883 - Marianne der Nederlanden (73), prinses van Oranje-Nassau 
*Mírzá Husayn-'Alí (74), als ''Bahá'u'lláh'' stichter van het Bahá'í-geloof
*Russisch componist 
*1959 - Boris Kowadlo (47), Nederlands verzetsstrijder
*Amerikaans actrice
*1982 - Romy Schneider (43), Oostenrijks actrice
*Oost-Duitsland
*Amerikaans zanger en gitarist
*Amerikaans politicus
*2004 - Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan (114), op het moment van overlijden oudste mens ter wereld
*2005 - Gé van Dijk (81), Nederlands voetballer
*2006 - Frits Müller (73), Nederlands cartoonist
*2008 - Harvey Korman (81), Amerikaans (stem)acteur en komiek

==Viering/herdenking==
*Internationale dag van de VN-blauwhelmen
*rooms-Katholieke kalender:
**Heilige Maximinus van Trier († c. 346)
**Heilige Theodosia van Constantinopel († c. 730)
**Heilige Bona van Pisa († c. 1207)
**Zalige Geraldina van Pisa († c. 1260)

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==Events==
* Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
*Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel
*1176 - Battle of Legnano, in which the Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
*1414 - Council of Constance.
*Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
*1592 - At the Battle of Sacheon, the Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin, repels a Japanese army that outnumbers it nearly 3 to 1.
*Charles II (on his birthday - see below) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
*Indians.
*Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
*Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
*1765 - Patrick Henry in a speech (on his birthday, see below) denouncing the Stamp Act is believed to have said, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
*1780 - Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford's continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender.  113 Americans are killed.
*colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state. 
*1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
*1864 - Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
*Hungarian agreement known as Austro-Hungarian Empire; on Franz Joseph is crowned King of Hungary.
*1868 - The assassination of Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia, in Belgrade.
*advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the ''Atlanta Journal''.
*assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (''Crna Ruka'') organization.
*1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot. 
*RMS ''Empress of Ireland'' sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost. 
*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.
*1919 - The Republic of Prekmurje founded
*1924 - AEK Athens FC is established on the anniversary of the siege of Constantinople by the Turks.
*1932 - World War I Veterans begin to assemble in Washington, DC in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
*"White Christmas", the best-selling Christmas album in history, for Decca Records in Los Angeles.
*1948 - Creation of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation
*circumnavigate Halifax,  Nova Scotia .
*Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
*Bilderberg conferences.
*1964 - The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian situation in Israel, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
*European Cup, the first English Club to do so.
*Lod International Airport in Tel Aviv, Israel.  
*Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
*  1982   - Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff ever to visit Canterbury Cathedral. 
*European Cup final in 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.  
*  1985   - Amputee cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
*1988 - U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
*1990 - Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian SFSR by the Russian parliament.
*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.
*2001 - U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
* 2001 - International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers inaugurated.
*2004 - The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
*  2004   - The Al-Khobar massacres in Saudi Arabia kill 22.
*resoundingly rejects the European Constitution.

==Births==
*1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
*1627 - Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French writer and Princess(d. 1693)
*1630 - Charles II of England (d. 1685)
*1675 - Humphry Ditton, English mathematician (d. 1715)
*1716 - Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French naturalist (d. 1800)
*1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish politician (d. 1773)
*1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot, statesman, and orator (d. 1799)
*1773 - Princess Sophia of Gloucester (d. 1844)
*1794 - Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer (d. 1874)
*1823 - John H. Balsley, American carpenter (d. 1895)
*1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
*1863 - Arthur Mold, English cricketer (d. 1921)
*1874 - G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
*1880 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
*1892 - Alfonsina Storni, Argentine writer (d. 1938)
*1893 - Max Brand, American author and war correspondent (d. 1944)
*1894 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
*  1894   - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
*1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
*1903 - Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
*Sebastian Shaw, English actor (d. 1994)
*1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
*1907 - Hartland Molson, Canadian businessman and senator (d. 2002)
*Armida, Mexican-American stage, vaudeville and film star (d. 1989)
*1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
*1914 - Stacy Keach, Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
*1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
*John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
*Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
*1922 - Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect, major contributor to musical modernism (d. 2001)
*1926 - Charles Denner, French actor (d. 1995)
*Jean Coutu, Quebec businessman (Jean Coutu Group)
*1932 - Richie Guerin, former basketball player
*  1932   - Zero Population Growth
*1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
*1937 - Charles W. Pickering, American judge
*  1937   - Can)
*1938 - Fay Vincent, baseball commissioner
*1939 - Al Unser, Sr., American race car driver
*1940 - Farooq Leghari, President of Pakistan
*Pierre Bourque, Former mayor of Montreal
*  1942   - Kevin Conway, American actor
*Robert W. Edgar, Theologian
*1945 - Gary Brooker, musician (Procol Harum)
*1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
*1947 - Gene Robinson, American ecclesiastic
*  1947   - Anthony Geary, American actor
*1948 - Nick Mancuso,  Italian-Canadian actor
*1949 - Brian Kidd, English footballer
*1950 - Rebbie Jackson, American musician
*1951 - Peter Chernin, President of News Corporation
*1953 - Danny Elfman, American musician (Oingo Boingo)
*  1953   - Aleksandr Abdulov, Russian actor (d. 2008)
*1955 - John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin
*  1955   - Sut Jhally, Kenyan-born American educator
*  1955   - Ken Schrader, American race car driver
*1956 - LaToya Jackson, American musician
*1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician
*  1957   - Ted Levine, American actor
*1958 - Annette Bening, American actress
*  1958   - Willem Holleeder, Dutch criminal
*1959 - Rupert Everett, English actor
*  1959   - Adrian Paul, English actor
*1961 - Melissa Etheridge, American musician
*Eric Davis, American baseball player
*  1962   - John D. LeMay, American actor
*1963 - Blaze Bayley, British singer (ex-Iron Maiden)
*  1963   - Tracey E. Bregman, American actress
*  1963   - Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racing driver
*  1963   - Lisa Whelchel, American actress
*Oasis)
*  1967   - Mike Keane, Canadian hockey player
*1969 - Chan Kinchla, Canadian musician (Blues Traveler)
*1970 - Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
*1971 - Eric Lucas, Quebec professional boxer
*1972 - Közi, Japanese visual kei artist
*1973 - Anthony Azizi, American actor
*  1973   - Mark Lee, American musician (guitarist for Third Day)
*  1973   - Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
*Spicks and Specks
*  1974   - Marc Gené, Spanish Formula One driver
*1975 - Melanie Brown, English musician and actress
*  1975   - Anthony Wall, English golfer
*1976 - David Buckner, American musician (Papa Roach)
*  1976   - Caçapa, Brazilian footballer
*  1976   - Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player
*  1976   - Yūsuke Iseya, Japanese model and actor
*1977 - Antonio Lebo-Lebo, Angolan footballer
*  1977   - Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
*1978 - Pelle Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives)
*  1978   - Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
*  1978   - Adam Rickitt,British/New Zealand actor
*1979 - Brian Kendrick, American professional wrestler
*  1979   - Arne Friedrich, German football player
*  1979   - John Rheinecker, Major League Baseball player
*  1979   - Casey Sheehan, American soldier; son of Cindy Sheehan (d. 2004)
*1981 - Andrei Arshavin, Russian footballer
*1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
*  1982   - Joanne Borgella, American plus-sized model and singer
*1982 - Matt Macri, American baseball player
*1983 - Rama Claproth, Indonesian blues guitarist
*1984 - Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
*1986 - Dylan Postl, American professional wrestler
*1986 - Jaslene Gonzalez, Puerto Rican/American fashion model
*1987 - Alessandra Toreson, American actress
*1989 - Danielle Riley Keough, American actress
*1990 - Dave Morton, American guitarist
*1991 - Kristen Alderson, American actress
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==Deaths==
*1259 - King Christopher I of Denmark (b. 1219)
*1379 - King Henry II of Castile (b. 1334)
*1405 - Philippe de Mézières, advisor to Charles V of France
*1425 - Hongxi Emperor of China (b. 1378)
*Constantine XI Palaeologus, last Byzantine Emperor (b. 1404)
*1500 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
*1546 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
*1593 - John Penry, Welsh Protestant leader (b. 1559)
*1660 - Frans van Schooten, Dutch mathematician (b. 1615)
*1691 - Cornelis Tromp, Dutch admiral (b. 1629)
*1790 - Israel Putnam, American Revolutionary War general (b. 1718)
*1796 - Carl Fredrik Pechlin, Swedish politician (b. 1720)
*1814 - Joséphine de Beauharnais, Empress of France (b. 1763)
*1829 - Humphry Davy, English chemist (b. 1778)
*1847 - Emmanuel, marquis de Grouchy, French marshal (b. 1766)
*1866 - Winfield Scott, American general (b. 1786)
*1868 - Michael Obrenovich III, Prince of Serbia (b. 1823)
*1882 - Vasily Perov, Russian painter (b. 1833) 
*1892 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
*1896 - Gabriel Auguste Daubrée, French geologist (b. 1814)
*1903 - Draga Mašin, Queen of Serbia (b. 1864)
*  1903   - Bruce Price, American architect (b. 1845)
*1910 - Mily Balakirev, Russian composer (b. 1837)
*William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)
*1919 - Robert Bacon, American politician (b. 1860)
*Josef Suk, Czech composer and violinist (b. 1874)
*1939 - Ursula Julia Ledochowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint (b. 1865)
*1942 - John Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
*1946 - Martin Gottfried Weiss, Commandant of Dachau concentration camp (b. 1905)
*1948 - Dame May Whitty, English actress (b. 1865)
*1951 - Fanny Brice, American singer/comedian (b. 1891)
*1953 - Man Mountain Dean, American professional wrestler (b. 1891)
*Nobel laureate (b. 1881)
*1970 - John Gunther, American writer (b. 1901)
*1972 - Moe Berg, American baseball player and spy (b. 1902)
*  1972   - Stephen Timoshenko, Ukrainian-born mechanical engineer (b. 1878)
*1973 - P. Ramlee, Malaysian film actor, director, singer and songwriter. (b. 1929)
*1977 - Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
*Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
*1979   - John H. Wood, Jr., American federal judge (b. 1916)
*1982 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
*1983 - Arvīds Pelše, Soviet Latvian statesman (b. 1899) 
*1989 - John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (b. 1943)
*1993 - Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
*1994 - Erich Honecker, leader of East Germany (b. 1912)
*1996 - Tamara Toumanova, Ballet star and actress (b. 1919)
*1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)
*  1997   - George Fenneman, American radio and television announcer (b. 1919)
*Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)
*2002 - Mildred Benson, American writer (b. 1905)
*2003 - David Jefferies, British motorcycle racer (b. 1972)
*2004 - Archibald Cox, Watergate special prosecutor (b. 1912)
*  2004   - Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (b. 1925)
*2005 - George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)
*2006 - Steve Mizerak, American pool player (b. 1944)
*  2006   - Jacques Bouchard, Quebec advertising executive (b. 1930)
*2007 - Dave Balon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1938)
*  2007   - Lois Browne-Evans, Bermudian Politician (stroke) (b. 1927)
*2007 - Posteal Laskey, American convicted murderer widely believed to be the Cincinnati Strangler of natural causes (b. 1938)
*2008 - Luc Bourdon, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1987)
*  2008   - Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)
*  2008   - Dianne Odell, American medical figure (b. 1947)
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==Holidays and observances== 
*Bahá'í Faith: Ascension of Bahá'u'llah
*Democracy Day
*United Kingdom: Oak Apple Day.
*Blessed Adhemar
*Saint Erwin
*Saint Maximinus of Trier
*Saint Theodosia
*Saint Alexander of Alexandria
*Saint Madeleine Sophie Barat

==External links==
* [http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/may/29 BBC: On This Day]
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* [http://www1.sympatico.ca/cgi-bin/on_this_day?mth=May&day=29 On This Day in Canada]
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