May 29
1765 - Patrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
1790 - Rhode Island became the 13th state, the last of the original colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1848 - Wisconsin became the 30th state.
1914 - The Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad; of the 1,477 people on board the Empress of Ireland, 1,012 died. (The Storstad sustained only minor damage.)
1917 - John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1942 - Bing Crosby recorded his version of "White Christmas." (It would go on to sell over 30 million copies.)
1953 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988 - President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their historic summit in Moscow.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament.
2009 - A judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actor Lana Clarkson. (Spector remained in prison until his death in January 2021.)
2014 - Starbucks closed thousands of stores for part of the day to hold training sessions for employees on unconscious bias, in response to the arrests of two Black men in Philadelphia at one of its stores.
2015 - The Obama administration formally removed Cuba from the U.S. terrorism blacklist.
2018 - ABC canceled the reboot of “Roseanne,” after star Roseanne Barr’s tweet that referred to former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.”
2019 - In his first public remarks on the Russia investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller said charging President Donald Trump with a crime was “not an option” because of federal rules, but he emphasized that the investigation did not exonerate the president.
2020 - Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (He would be convicted in April 2021 on those charges as well as second-degree unintentional murder.) Thousands of protesters in Minneapolis angered by Floyd’s death ignored a curfew as unrest again overwhelmed authorities; fires burned unchecked in cars and businesses.
Birthdays
30 - Lorelei Linklater (actress)
30 - Maika Monroe (actress)
32 - Kristen Alderson (actress)
34 - Brandon Mychal Smith (actor)
34 - Riley Keough (actress)
35 - Tobin Heath (soccer player)
38 - Blake Foster (actor)
38 - Billy Flynn (actor)
39 - Carmelo Anthony (basketball player)
39 - Nia Jax (professional wrestler)
44 - Fonseca (singer)
48 - Melanie Brown (singer)
54 - Anthony Azizi (actress)
60 - Tracey Bregman (actress)
60 - Lisa Whelchel (actress)
62 - Melissa Etheridge (singer)
64 - Adrian Paul (actor)
64 - Rupert Everett (actor)
65 - Annette Bening (actress)
66 - Ted Levine (actor)
67 - LaToya Jackson (singer)
74 - Cotter Smith (actor)
76 - Anthony Geary (actor)
85 - Fay Vincent (former commissioner of MLB)
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Today in Sports History - Ma 29
1911 - The first running of the Indianapolis 500 took place. Ray Harroun won the race.
1922 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws.
1962 - Buck (John) O'Neil became the first black coach in major league baseball when he accepted the job with the Chicago Cubs.
1965 - American Ralph Boston set a world record in the long jump at a meet in Modesto, California with a leap of 27 feet, 4.75 inches.
1977 - Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (the winner was A.J. Foyt, his fourth career Indy 500 title).
1980 - Larry Bird edged out Magic Johnson to win NBA Rookie of the Year honors.
1984 - The Boston Red Sox retired Ted Williams' #9 and Joe Cronin's #4.
1985 - Thirty-nine people were killed at the European Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed.
1989 - Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies announces his retirement from baseball.
1990 - Rickey Henderson stole his 893rd base. He broke Ty Cobb's record.
2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.
1765 - Patrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses.
1790 - Rhode Island became the 13th state, the last of the original colonies to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
1848 - Wisconsin became the 30th state.
1914 - The Canadian ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sank in the St. Lawrence River in eastern Quebec after colliding with the Norwegian cargo ship SS Storstad; of the 1,477 people on board the Empress of Ireland, 1,012 died. (The Storstad sustained only minor damage.)
1917 - John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.
1942 - Bing Crosby recorded his version of "White Christmas." (It would go on to sell over 30 million copies.)
1953 - Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988 - President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev opened their historic summit in Moscow.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament.
2009 - A judge in Los Angeles sentenced music producer Phil Spector to 19 years to life in prison for the murder of actor Lana Clarkson. (Spector remained in prison until his death in January 2021.)
2014 - Starbucks closed thousands of stores for part of the day to hold training sessions for employees on unconscious bias, in response to the arrests of two Black men in Philadelphia at one of its stores.
2015 - The Obama administration formally removed Cuba from the U.S. terrorism blacklist.
2018 - ABC canceled the reboot of “Roseanne,” after star Roseanne Barr’s tweet that referred to former Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett as a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.”
2019 - In his first public remarks on the Russia investigation, special counsel Robert Mueller said charging President Donald Trump with a crime was “not an option” because of federal rules, but he emphasized that the investigation did not exonerate the president.
2020 - Fired Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin was arrested and charged with third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in the death of George Floyd. (He would be convicted in April 2021 on those charges as well as second-degree unintentional murder.) Thousands of protesters in Minneapolis angered by Floyd’s death ignored a curfew as unrest again overwhelmed authorities; fires burned unchecked in cars and businesses.
Birthdays
30 - Lorelei Linklater (actress)
30 - Maika Monroe (actress)
32 - Kristen Alderson (actress)
34 - Brandon Mychal Smith (actor)
34 - Riley Keough (actress)
35 - Tobin Heath (soccer player)
38 - Blake Foster (actor)
38 - Billy Flynn (actor)
39 - Carmelo Anthony (basketball player)
39 - Nia Jax (professional wrestler)
44 - Fonseca (singer)
48 - Melanie Brown (singer)
54 - Anthony Azizi (actress)
60 - Tracey Bregman (actress)
60 - Lisa Whelchel (actress)
62 - Melissa Etheridge (singer)
64 - Adrian Paul (actor)
64 - Rupert Everett (actor)
65 - Annette Bening (actress)
66 - Ted Levine (actor)
67 - LaToya Jackson (singer)
74 - Cotter Smith (actor)
76 - Anthony Geary (actor)
85 - Fay Vincent (former commissioner of MLB)
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Today in Sports History - Ma 29
1911 - The first running of the Indianapolis 500 took place. Ray Harroun won the race.
1922 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that organized baseball was a sport, not subject to antitrust laws.
1962 - Buck (John) O'Neil became the first black coach in major league baseball when he accepted the job with the Chicago Cubs.
1965 - American Ralph Boston set a world record in the long jump at a meet in Modesto, California with a leap of 27 feet, 4.75 inches.
1977 - Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place (the winner was A.J. Foyt, his fourth career Indy 500 title).
1980 - Larry Bird edged out Magic Johnson to win NBA Rookie of the Year honors.
1984 - The Boston Red Sox retired Ted Williams' #9 and Joe Cronin's #4.
1985 - Thirty-nine people were killed at the European Cup Final in Brussels, Belgium, when rioting broke out and a wall separating British and Italian soccer fans collapsed.
1989 - Mike Schmidt of the Philadelphia Phillies announces his retirement from baseball.
1990 - Rickey Henderson stole his 893rd base. He broke Ty Cobb's record.
2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.
