On This Day
This Day in History: (29-May)
Charles, Prince of Viana (d. 1461)
Pope Pius III (d. 1503)
Victor, Duke of Münsterberg, Reichsgraf, Duke of Münsterberg and Opava, Count of Glatz (d. 1500)
Antun Vrančić, Croatian archbishop (d. 1573)
George Carew, 1st Earl of Totnes, English Earl, general and administrator (d. 1629)
Virginia de' Medici, Italian princess (d. 1615)
Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian field marshal (d. 1632)
Anne, Duchess of Montpensier, French princess (d. 1693)
Charles II of England (d. 1685)
Humphry Ditton, English mathematician and philosopher (d. 1715)
Louis-Jean-Marie Daubenton, French zoologist and mineralogist (d. 1800)
James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster, Irish soldier and politician (d. 1773)
Jackson of Exeter, English organist and composer (d. 1803)
Patrick Henry, American lawyer and politician, 1st Governor of Virginia (d. 1799)
Henri Braconnot, French chemist and pharmacist (d. 1855)
Johann Heinrich von Mädler, German astronomer and selenographer (d. 1874)
John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (d. 1895)
Isaac Albéniz, Spanish pianist and composer (d. 1909)
Clark Voorhees, American painter (d. 1933)
Rudolf Tobias, Estonian organist and composer (d. 1918)
G. K. Chesterton, English essayist, poet, and playwright (d. 1936)
Oswald Spengler, German historian and philosopher (d. 1936)
Alfonsina Storni, Swiss-Argentinian poet and author (d. 1938)
Max Brand, American journalist and author (d. 1944)
Beatrice Lillie, Canadian-English actress, singer and writer (d. 1989)
Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1969)
Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Czech-American pianist, composer, and conductor (d. 1957)
Douglas Abbott, Canadian lawyer and politician, 10th Canadian Minister of Defence (d. 1987)
Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2003)
Hubert Opperman, Australian cyclist and politician (d. 1996)
Sebastian Shaw, English actor, director, and playwright (d. 1994)
T. H. White, Indian-English author (d. 1964)
Hartland Molson, Canadian captain and politician (d. 2002)
Diana Morgan, Welsh-English playwright and screenwriter (d. 1996)
Ralph Metcalfe, American sprinter and politician (d. 1978)
Tony Zale, American boxer (d. 1997)
Stacy Keach Sr., American actor (d. 2003)
Tenzing Norgay, Nepalese-Indian mountaineer (d. 1986)
Karl Münchinger, German conductor and composer (d. 1990)
John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
Marcel Trudel, Canadian historian, author, and academic (d. 2011)
Jacques Genest, Canadian physician and academic
John Harsanyi, Hungarian-American economist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 2000)
Clifton James, American actor (d. 2017)
Norman Hetherington, Australian cartoonist and puppeteer (d. 2010)
Joe Weatherly, American race car driver (d. 1964)
Iannis Xenakis, Greek-French composer, engineer, and theorist (d. 2001)
Bernard Clavel, French author (d. 2010)
John Parker, 6th Earl of Morley, English colonel and politician, Lord Lieutenant of Devon (d. 2015)
Eugene Wright, American jazz bassist
Lars Bo, Danish author and illustrator (d. 1999)
Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
Pepper Paire, American baseball player (d. 2013)
Katie Boyle, Italian-English actress and television host
Halaevalu Mataʻaho ʻAhomeʻe, Queen Consort of Tonga (d. 2017)
Abdoulaye Wade, Senegalese academic and politician, 3rd President of Senegal
Jean Coutu, Canadian pharmacist and businessman, founded the Jean Coutu Group
Harry Frankfurt, American philosopher and academic
Peter Higgs, English-Scottish physicist and academic, Nobel Prize laureate
Roberto Vargas, Puerto Rican-American baseball player, coach, and manager (d. 2014)
Paul R. Ehrlich, American biologist and author
Richie Guerin, American basketball player and coach
Helmuth Rilling, German conductor and educator
Tarquinio Provini, Italian motorcycle racer (d. 2005)
Bill Vander Zalm, Dutch-Canadian businessman and politician, 28th Premier of British Columbia
André Brink, South African author and playwright (d. 2015)
Charles W. Pickering, American lawyer and judge
Irmin Schmidt, German keyboard player and composer
Alwin Schockemöhle, German show-jumper
Harry Statham, American basketball player and coach
Christopher Bland, English businessman and politician (d. 2017)
Fay Vincent, American lawyer and businessman
Pete Smith, Australian radio and television announcer
Al Unser, American race car driver
Taihō Kōki, Japanese sumo wrestler, the 48th Yokozuna (d. 2013)
Farooq Leghari, Pakistani politician, 8th President of Pakistan (d. 2010)
Doug Scott, English mountaineer and author
Bob Simon, American journalist (d. 2015)
Pierre Bourque, Canadian businessman and politician, 40th Mayor of Montreal
Kevin Conway, American actor and director
Robert W. Edgar, American educator and politician (d. 2013)
Bob Benmosche, American businessman (d. 2015)
Quentin Davies, English soldier and politician, Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Gary Brooker, English singer-songwriter and pianist
Peter Fraser, Baron Fraser of Carmyllie, Scottish lawyer and politician, Solicitor General for Scotland (d. 2013)
Julian Le Grand, English economist and author
Martin Pipe, English jockey and trainer
Joyce Tenneson, American photographer
Jean-Pierre Van Rossem, Belgian scholar and author
Fernando Buesa, Spanish politician (d. 2000)
Anthony Geary, American actor
Michael Berkeley, English composer and radio host
Keith Gull, English microbiologist and academic
Robert Axelrod, American actor and screenwriter
Francis Rossi, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Rebbie Jackson, American singer and actress
Danny Elfman, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor
Robert Beaser, American composer and educator
Jerry Moran, American lawyer and politician
Frank Baumgartl, German runner (d. 2010)
John Hinckley Jr., American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan
David Kirschner, American animator, producer, and author
Gordon Rintoul, Scottish historian and curator
Ken Schrader, American race car driver and sportscaster
Mark Lyall Grant, English diplomat, British Ambassador to the United Nations
La Toya Jackson, American singer-songwriter and actress
Steven Croft, English bishop and theologian
Jeb Hensarling, American lawyer and politician
Mohsen Makhmalbaf, Iranian film director
Annette Bening, American actress
Juliano Mer-Khamis, Israeli actor, director, and activist (d. 2011)
Uwe Rapolder, German footballer and coach
Mike Stenhouse, American baseball player and sportscaster
Rupert Everett, English actor and novelist
Mel Gaynor, English drummer
Steve Hanley, Irish-English bass player and songwriter
Thomas Baumer, Swiss economist and academic
Mike Freer, English politician
Melissa Etheridge, American singer-songwriter, guitarist, and activist
John Miceli, American drummer
Fandi Ahmad, Singaporean footballer, coach, and manager
Eric Davis, American baseball player
Carol Kirkwood, Scottish journalist
Chloé Sainte-Marie, Canadian actress and singer
Blaze Bayley, English singer-songwriter
Zhu Jianhua, Chinese high jumper
Ukyo Katayama, Japanese race car driver
Claude Loiselle, Canadian ice hockey player and manager
Howard Mills III, American academic and politician
Noel Gallagher, English singer-songwriter and guitarist
Mike Keane, Canadian ice hockey player and coach
Steven Levitt, American economist, author, and academic
Torquhil Campbell, 13th Duke of Argyll, Scottish politician
Tate George, American basketball player
Jessica Morden, English politician
Roberto Di Matteo, Italian footballer and manager
Éric Lucas, Canadian boxer
Bernd Mayländer, German race car driver
Jo Beth Taylor, Australian television host and actress
Rob Womack, English shot putter and discus thrower
Bill Curley, American basketball player and coach
Simon Jones, English singer and bass player
Tomoko Kaneda, Japanese voice actress, singer, and radio personality
Mark Lee, American guitarist and songwriter
Alpay Özalan, Turkish footballer
Steve Cardenas, American martial artist and retired actor
Stephen Larkham, Australian rugby player and coach
Aaron McGruder, American author and cartoonist
Myf Warhurst, Australian radio and television host
Jenny Willott, English politician
Jason Allison, Canadian ice hockey player
Mel B, English singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
Natarsha Belling, Australian journalist
Sven Kubis, German footballer
Sarah Millican, English comedian
Anthony Wall, English golfer
Daniel Tosh, American comedian, television host, actor, writer, and executive producer
Caçapa, Brazilian footballer and manager
Jerry Hairston Jr., American baseball player and sportscaster
Raef LaFrentz, American basketball player
Yegor Titov, Russian footballer
Massimo Ambrosini, Italian footballer
Marco Cassetti, Italian footballer
António Lebo Lebo, Angolan footballer
Pelle Almqvist, Swedish singer-songwriter
Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player
Lorenzo Odone, Italian-American adrenoleukodystrophy patient who inspired the 1992 film, Lorenzo's Oil (d. 2008)
Adam Rickitt, English singer
Arne Friedrich, German footballer
Brian Kendrick, American wrestler
John Rheinecker, American baseball player
Ernesto Farías, Argentinian footballer
Andrey Arshavin, Russian footballer
Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model
Nataliya Dobrynska, Ukrainian heptathlete
Matt Macri, American baseball player
Kim Tae-kyun, South Korean baseball player
Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
Funmi Jimoh, American long jumper
Andreas Schäffer, German footballer
Nathan Horton, Canadian ice hockey player
Lina Andrijauskaitė, Lithuanian long jumper
Issac Luke, New Zealand rugby league player
Kelvin Maynard, Dutch footballer
Noah Reid, Canadian actor, producer, and screenwriter
Rui Sampaio, Portuguese footballer
Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot (d. 2015)
Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast
Steve Mason, Canadian ice hockey player
Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player
Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer (d. 2015)
Riley Keough, American model and actress
Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher
Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player
Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete