May 29
1660 - England's King Charles II was restored to the monarchy after an interregnum of 11 years.
1765 - Patrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses, saying, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1790 - Rhode Island became the 13th state, the last of the original American colonies to ratify the 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 people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988 - President Ronald Reagan began his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrived in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament.
1998 - Republican elder statesman Barry Goldwater died in Paradise Valley, Arizona, at age 89.
1999 - Space shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001 - Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted in New York of a global conspiracy to murder Americans, including the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people. (All were sentenced to life in prison.)
2004 - A memorial to America's World War II veterans was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
2005 - French voters soundly rejected the European Union's proposed constitution.
2009 - Jay Leno ended his first stint as host of "The Tonight Show." (Following a short-lived prime-time show, Leno was back on NBC's late night mainstay in February 2010.)
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.
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.)
Birthdays
23 - Markelle Fultz (basketball player)
28 - Lorelei Linklater (actress)
28 - Maika Monroe (actress)
30 - Kristen Alderson (actress)
32 - Brandon Mychal Smith (actor)
32 - Riley Keough (actress/model)
35 - Hornswoggle (professional wrestler)
36 - Blake Foster (actor)
36 - Billy Flynn (actor)
37 - Kaycee Stroh (actress)
37 - Carmelo Anthony (basketball player)
37 - Nia Jax (professional wrestler)
40 - Justin Chon (actor)
42 - Fonseca (singer)
46 - Melanie Brown (singer)
52 - Anthony Azizi (actor)
58 - Tracey Bregman (actress)
58 - Lisa Whelchel (actress)
60 - Melissa Ethridge (singer)
62 - Adrian Paul (actor)
62 - Rupert Everett (actor)
63 - Annette Bening (actress)
64 - Ted Levine (actor)
65 - LaToya Jackson (singer)
72 - Cotter Smith (actor)
74 - Anthony Geary (actor)
77 - Helmut Berger (actor)
82 - Al Unser (race car driver)
83 - Fay Vincent (former MLB commissioner)
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Today in Sports History - May 29
1911 - The first running of the Indianapolis 500 took place. Ray Harroun won the race.
1916 - The New York Giants won their 17th consecutive road game.
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 jump of 27' 4.75".
1977 - Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place; A.J. Foyt was the winner, winning his fourth Indy 500.
1980 - Larry Bird edges out Magic Johnson for 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.
1990 - Rickey Henderson stole his 893rd career base, breaking Ty Cobb's American League record.
2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2010 - Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, defeating the Florida Marlins, 1-0.
2011 - JR Hildebrand was one turn away from winning the Indianapolis 500 when he skidded high into the wall on the final turn and Dan Wheldon drove past to claim the win.
1660 - England's King Charles II was restored to the monarchy after an interregnum of 11 years.
1765 - Patrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses, saying, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"
1790 - Rhode Island became the 13th state, the last of the original American colonies to ratify the 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 people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1988 - President Ronald Reagan began his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrived in Moscow for a superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev.
1990 - Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament.
1998 - Republican elder statesman Barry Goldwater died in Paradise Valley, Arizona, at age 89.
1999 - Space shuttle Discovery completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
2001 - Four followers of Osama bin Laden were convicted in New York of a global conspiracy to murder Americans, including the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people. (All were sentenced to life in prison.)
2004 - A memorial to America's World War II veterans was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.
2005 - French voters soundly rejected the European Union's proposed constitution.
2009 - Jay Leno ended his first stint as host of "The Tonight Show." (Following a short-lived prime-time show, Leno was back on NBC's late night mainstay in February 2010.)
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.
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.)
Birthdays
23 - Markelle Fultz (basketball player)
28 - Lorelei Linklater (actress)
28 - Maika Monroe (actress)
30 - Kristen Alderson (actress)
32 - Brandon Mychal Smith (actor)
32 - Riley Keough (actress/model)
35 - Hornswoggle (professional wrestler)
36 - Blake Foster (actor)
36 - Billy Flynn (actor)
37 - Kaycee Stroh (actress)
37 - Carmelo Anthony (basketball player)
37 - Nia Jax (professional wrestler)
40 - Justin Chon (actor)
42 - Fonseca (singer)
46 - Melanie Brown (singer)
52 - Anthony Azizi (actor)
58 - Tracey Bregman (actress)
58 - Lisa Whelchel (actress)
60 - Melissa Ethridge (singer)
62 - Adrian Paul (actor)
62 - Rupert Everett (actor)
63 - Annette Bening (actress)
64 - Ted Levine (actor)
65 - LaToya Jackson (singer)
72 - Cotter Smith (actor)
74 - Anthony Geary (actor)
77 - Helmut Berger (actor)
82 - Al Unser (race car driver)
83 - Fay Vincent (former MLB commissioner)
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Today in Sports History - May 29
1911 - The first running of the Indianapolis 500 took place. Ray Harroun won the race.
1916 - The New York Giants won their 17th consecutive road game.
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 jump of 27' 4.75".
1977 - Janet Guthrie became the first woman to race in the Indianapolis 500, finishing in 29th place; A.J. Foyt was the winner, winning his fourth Indy 500.
1980 - Larry Bird edges out Magic Johnson for 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.
1990 - Rickey Henderson stole his 893rd career base, breaking Ty Cobb's American League record.
2001 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that disabled golfer Casey Martin could use a cart to ride in tournaments.
2010 - Roy Halladay of the Philadelphia Phillies threw the 20th perfect game in major league history, defeating the Florida Marlins, 1-0.
2011 - JR Hildebrand was one turn away from winning the Indianapolis 500 when he skidded high into the wall on the final turn and Dan Wheldon drove past to claim the win.
