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What happened in history on this day: May 29?
On May 29 in ...
- 1790 - Rhode Island becomes last of original 13 colonies ratifying Constitution.
- 1848 - Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
- 1849 - Abraham Lincoln says "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time".
- 1861 - Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for US Army.
- 1909 - In Shepard, Texas, USA a meteorite drops through a house.
- 1916 - Official flag of President of US is adopted.
- 1916 - US forces invade Dominican Republic.
- 1922 - US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws.
- 1941 - 293 Disney animators, members of the Screen Cartoonists Guild, stage a strike of the Disney Studios in the USA. More than 1000 picketers appear in the first hour.
- 1942 - Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin's "White Christmas," the best-selling Christmas album in history.
- 1943 - Meat and cheese rationed in US.
- 1945 - US 1st Marine Division conquors Shuri-castle Okinawa, Japan.
- 1961 - The US Department of Agriculture officially begins its Food Stamp program.
- 1968 - US Truth in Lending Act signed into law.
- 1973 - Columbia Records fires president Clive Davis for misappropriating $100,000 in funds.
- 1977 - NBC News and Information Service (24 hour news) ends on radio.
- 1978 - US Postal Service raises first class letter rate from 13 cents to 15.
- 1980 - Attempted assassination of Vernon Jordan Junior, National Urban League president.
- 1980 - 53rd US National Spelling Bee: Jacques Bailly wins spelling "elucubrate".
- 1981 - US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site.
- 1982 - US Pentagon plans first strategy to fight a nuclear war.
- 1986 - 59th National Spelling Bee: Jon Pennington wins spelling "odontalgia".
- 1997 - 70th National Spelling Bee: Rebecca Sealfon wins spelling "euonym".
- 1998 - US President Bill Clinton signs Public Law 105-176 authorizing the US Mint to move certain emblems from the reverse to the obverse of coins, to leave more room for State quarter dollar designs.
- 2004 - In Washington, D.C., the National World War II Memorial is formally dedicated by U.S. President George W. Bush.
- 2008 - In the USA, Bear Stearns shareholders vote 84 percent in favor of selling the 85-year-old investment banking company to JPMorgan Chase & Company for US$9.32 a share, a total of US$1.5 billion. Shares in the company had traded at a record high of US$173 in January 2007.
- 2009 - Jay Leno ends 17 years hosting NBC's The Tonight Show.
- 2009 - Heritage Auction Galleries conducts their Signature auction in Long Beach, California. A 1856-O Coronet double eagle, SP-63 PCGS, finest known sells for US$1,437,500.
- 2013 - Chinese meat company Shuanghui International announces deal to acquire American meat company Smithfield Foods, world's largest pork producer, for US$4.7 billion.
Births on May 29
- 1913 - Birth of Iris Adrian in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Blue Hawaii, Bluebeard).
- 1915 - Birth of Igor Buketoff in Hartford, Connecticut, USA; conductor (Iceland Symphony 1964-65).
- 1917 - Birth of John Fitzgerald Kennedy in Brookline, Massachusetts, USA; US Senator (Democrat-Massachusetts), 35th US President (1961-1963).
- 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).
- 1936 - Birth of Arlene McQuade in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Rosalie - Goldbergs).
- 1942 - Birth of Kevin Conway in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Flash Point, Cage of Angels).
- 1946 - Birth of Robin Johnson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Times Square).
- 1947 - Birth of Mark Nelson in Brooklyn, New York, USA; crew member (Biosphere 2).
- 1948 - Birth of Anthony Geary in Coalville, Utah, USA; actor (Luke/Bill - General Hospital).
- 1950 - Birth of Rebbie [Maureen] Jackson in Gary, Indiana, USA; singer (R U Tuff Enuff).
- 1953 - Birth of Danny Elfman in Los Angeles, California, USA; composer (The Simpsons show theme).
- 1953 - Birth of Rick Henderson in Beaumont, Texas, USA; singer (Mason Dixon - "Karen Comes Around").
- 1955 - Birth of Jerry Dengler in Colorado Springs, Colorado, USA; singer (Mason Dixon - "Karen Comes Around").
- 1956 - Birth of LaToya Yvette Jackson in Gary, Indiana, USA; singer ("If You Feel the Funk").
- 1958 - Birth of Annette Bening in Topeka, Kansas, USA; actress (American Beauty, Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont, The American President).
- 1961 - Birth of Todd Boonstra in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; cross country skier (Olympics-1994).
- 1962 - Birth of Eric Davis in Los Angeles, California, USA; outfielder (Cincinnati Reds).
- 1962 - Birth of Gerry Norquist in Portland, Oregon, USA; Nike golfer (1990 Boise Open-5th).
- 1963 - Birth of Lisa Whelchel in Fort Worth, Texas, USA; actress (Blair - Facts of Life, The Mickey Mouse Club).
- 1965 - Birth of Charlie Hayes in Hattisburg, Mississippi, USA; third baseman (Pittsburgh Pirates, New York Yankees).
- 1967 - Birth of Bill Risley in Chicago, Illinois, USA; pitcher (Toronto Blue Jays).
- 1969 - Birth of Toby Borland in Quitman, Louisiana, USA; pitcher (Philadelphia Phillies).
- 1974 - Birth of Robyn Petroskey in Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA; figure skater (1996 Midwest champion).
- 1977 - Birth of Brent Roberts in Leesville, Louisiana; diver (Olympics-1996).
- 1977 - Birth of Danny Gerard in Mount Vernon, New York; actor (Alan Silver - Brooklyn Bridge).
- 1979 - Birth of Luann Roberts; Miss Alabama Teen USA (1996).
- 1983 - Birth of Richard Jackson in Redlands, California; actor (Ryan Meyers - Saved by the Bell).
- 1984 - Birth of Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player.
- 1989 - Birth of Danielle Riley Keough, granddaughter of Elvis Presley; model.
Deaths on May 29
- 1866 - Death of US General Winfield Scott, at West Point.
- 1942 - John Barrymore, American actor (Beloved Rogue, Dinner at 8), dies at age 60.
- 1982 - Romy Schneider, American actress (Cardinal), dies of cardiac arrest at age 43 (born 1938).
- 1989 - Death of John Cipollina, American musician (Quicksilver Messenger Service) (born 1943).
- 1995 - Margaret Chase Smith, US Representative and Senator (Republican-Maine), dies at age 97.
- 1998 - Death of Barry M. Goldwater, American politician (born 1909).
- 2004 - Death of Archibald Cox, American Watergate special prosecutor (born 1912).
- 2004 - Death of Samuel Dash, American Congressional counsel (born 1925).
- 2010 - Death of Hollywood actor Dennis Hopper (Easy Rider, Apocalypse Now, and Blue Velvet) at age 74 in Venice, California, from prostate cancer.
- 2015 - Death of Henry Carr, American sprinter (born 1941).
- 2015 - Death of Doris Hart, American tennis player (born 1925).
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