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What happened in history on this day: May 29?
On May 29 in ...
- 1949 - NBC TV begins airing Allen Funt's Candid Camera TV show.
- 1962 - The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences presents the 4th Annual Grammy Awards. Some winners:
Record of the Year: Henry Mancini for "Moon River";
Best Solo Vocal Performance, Female: Judy Garland for "Judy At Carnegie Hall";
Best Solo Vocal Performance, Male: Jack Jones for "Lollipops And Roses";
Best Rock and Roll Recording: Chubby Checker for "Let's Twist Again";
Best Rhythm and Blues Recording: Ray Charles for "Hit The Road Jack";
Best Country and Western Recording: Jimmy Dean for "Big Bad John".
- 1992 - Buena Vista releases the film Sister Act to theaters.
- 2009 - Jay Leno ends 17 years hosting NBC's The Tonight Show.
- 2009 - Buena Vista releases the film Up to theaters.
Births on May 29
- 1894 - Birth of Beatrice Lillie in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; comedian/actress (Around the World in 80 Days).
- 1894 - Birth of Josef von Sternberg; Austrian director (Der blaue Engel).
- 1897 - Birth of Erich Wolfgang Korngold in Brno, Austria; movie composer (Violanta).
- 1905 - Birth of Jan [Johannes] Teulings; Dutch actor/director (That Joyous Eve).
- 1905 - Birth of Sebastian Shaw in Holt, England; actor (Star Wars: Return of the Jedi, Chimera, High Season, Spy in Black).
- 1918 - Birth of Isabel Dean in England; actress (Five Days One Summer, Virgin Island, Ransom).
- 1921 - Birth of Clifton James in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Buster and Billie, David and Lisa).
- 1921 - Birth of James Clifton in Spokane, Washington, USA; actor (Live and Let Die).
- 1926 - Birth of Charles Denner in Tarnow, Poland; actor (And Now My Love).
- 1927 - Birth of Carl Toms; stage designer (One Million BC, Moon Zero Two).
- 1936 - Birth of Arlene McQuade in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Rosalie - Goldbergs).
- 1939 - Birth of Nanette Newman; writer/actress (Endless Game, Of Human Bondage).
- 1942 - Birth of Kevin Conway in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels).
- 1944 - Birth of Helmut Berger; actor (Ash Wednesday, Damned, Picture of Dorian Gray).
- 1946 - Birth of Robin Johnson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Times Square).
- 1948 - Birth of Anthony Geary in Coalville, Utah, USA; actor (Luke/Bill - General Hospital).
- 1953 - Birth of Danny Elfman in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer (The Simpsons show theme).
- 1958 - Birth of Annette Bening in Topeka, Kansas, USA; actress (American Beauty, Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont, The American President).
- 1959 - Birth of Rupert Everett in Norfolk, England; actor (My Best Friend's Wedding, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Next Best Thing).
- 1959 - Birth of Tamayo Otsuki; actress (Mrs Yamagami - Davis Rules).
- 1960 - Birth of Adrian Paul in London, England; actor (Dance to Win, Highlander).
- 1963 - Birth of Lisa Whelchel in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; actress (Blair - Facts of Life, The Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1963 - Birth of Tracey E Bregman Recht in Munich, Germany; actress (Days of Our Lives).
- 1977 - Birth of Danny Gerard in Mount Vernon, New York; actor (Alan Silver - Brooklyn Bridge).
- 1983 - Birth of Richard Jackson in Redlands, California; actor (Ryan Meyers - Saved by the Bell).
Deaths on May 29
- 1934 - Eugenie Besserer, actress (Anna Christie, Madame X), dies at age 65.
- 1942 - John Barrymore, American actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at age 60.
- 1948 - May Whitty, actress (Gaslight, Mrs Miniver, Suspicion), dies at age 82.
- 1951 - Death of Fanny Brice AKA Fannie Borach at age 59 of a cerebral hemorrhage; actress (Ziegfeld Follies, The Fleischmann Hour radio show, The Ziegfeld Follies of the Air radio show, Baby Snooks Show).
- 1967 - Death of Georg Wilhelm Pabst, in Vienna, Austria; German film director (Der Schatz, Geheimnisse einer Seele, Die Büchse der Pandora, Die Dreigroschenoper and Kameradschaft).
- 1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies at age 86 (born 1892).
- 1982 - Romy Schneider, American actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at age 43 (born 1938).
- 1985 - Madge West, actress (Grandma - McLean Stevenson Show), dies at age 93.
- 1991 - Coral Browne, Australian actress, (Dreamchild, Ruling Class), dies of cancer at age 77.
- 1992 - Bill Beyers, actor (Wally - Capitol), dies of AIDS at age 37.
- 1992 - Pippa Steele, actress (Vampire Lovers), dies of cancer at age 44.
- 1993 - Billy Conn, boxer (fought Joe Louis 1951), actor (Pittsburgh Kid), dies of pneumonia at age 75.
- 1994 - Jose Bohr, actor (El Traidor, Sueno de Amor), dies at age 92.
- 1996 - Jeremy Sinden, actor (Chariots of Fire, Ascendancy, Harem), dies at age 45.
- 2010 - Death of Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Blue Velvet) at age 74 in Venice, California, from prostate cancer.
- 2021 - Death of Gavin Macleod, actor (Captain Merrill Stubing - The Love Boat).
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