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Historical Events on May 29

363
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.
1108
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.
1167
Battle of Monte Porzio: A Roman army supporting Pope Alexander III is defeated by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel.
1176
Battle of Legnano: The Lombard League defeats Emperor Frederick I.
1328
Philip VI is crowned King of France.
1453
Fall of Constantinople: Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.
1660
English Restoration: Charles II is restored to the throne of England, Scotland and Ireland.
1727
Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.
1733
The right of settlers in New France to enslave natives is upheld at Quebec City.
1780
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.
1790
Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.
1798
United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are executed as rebels by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
1807
Mustafa IV became Sultan of the Ottoman Empire and Caliph of Islam.
1848
Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1852
Jenny Lind leaves New York after her two-year American tour.
1861
The Hong Kong General Chamber of Commerce is founded, in Hong Kong.
1864
Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
1867
The Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867 ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which establishes the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
1868
Mihailo Obrenović III, Prince of Serbia is assassinated.
1886
The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.
1900
N'Djamena is founded as Fort-Lamy by the French commander Émile Gentil.
1903
In the May Coup, Alexander I, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
1913
Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, France, provoking a riot.
1914
The Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence with the loss of 1,012 lives.
1918
Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.
1919
Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.
1931
Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.
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.
1935
First flight of the Messerschmitt Bf 109 fighter aeroplane.
1945
First combat mission of the Consolidated B-32 Dominator heavy bomber.
1950
The St. Roch, the first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
1953
Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay become the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.
1964
The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestine Liberation Organization.
1973
Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.
1982
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.
1982
Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green.
1985
Heysel Stadium disaster: Thirty-nine association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
1985
Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months.
1988
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.
1989
Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt.
1990
The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.
1993
The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war torn Sarajevo drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
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
The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2004
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
2008
A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
2012
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.

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