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- 1453 Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Ottoman Turks under Mehmed the Conqueror, ending the Byzantine Empire after 1100 years
- 1592 Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet in the Battle of Sacheon, the first use of a Korean Turtle ship
- 1660 On his 30th birthday Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end
May 29 in Film & TV
- 1942 "Yankee Doodle Dandy", based on life of George M. Cohan, directed by Michael Curtiz, starring James Cagney and Joan Lesley, premieres in NYC (Academy Awards Best Actor 1943)
May 29 in Music
- 1942 Bing Crosby records Irving Berlin's song "White Christmas", with the John Scott Trotter Orchestra and the Ken Darby Singers, in just 18 minutes; becomes world's best-selling single (estimated 100 million copies sold)
May 29 in Sport
- 1922 US Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws
Did You Know?
American pharmacist John Pemberton begins to advertise his patent medicine - Coca-Cola in Atlanta, Georgia
Fun Fact About May 29
15 young women are fired by Curtis Publishing in Philadelphia for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
Famous Weddings
- 1506 William I, Count of Nassau-Dillenburg weds Countess Walburga of Egmont
- 1597 French nobleman and future Governor of Arcadia Pierre Dugua de Monts marries Judith Chesnel
- 1849 Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (26) weds secretary Marie Laurent (23) in Strasbourg, France
Famous Divorces
- 1952 Country music legend Hank Williams and Audrey Sheppard granted divorce for the second and final time after seven years of marriage. Their first divorce was in 1948.
- 2010 Five-time Grammy Award singer Shania Twain (42) divorces music producer Robert John Lange (59) after 14 years of marriage
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