About May 29
May 29, 2025 is the 149th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.
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Gemini is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Emerald is the modern birthstone for this month. Sapphire is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 264 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On May 29
- 363 –Roman Emperor Julian defeats the Sassanid army in the Battle of Ctesiphon, under the walls of the Sassanid capital, but is unable to take the city.
- 1328 –Philip VI is crowned King of France.
- 1733 –The right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves is upheld at Quebec City.
- 1780 –American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws Lieutenant Colonel Banastre Tarleton massacres Colonel Abraham Buford’s continentals allegedly after the continentals surrender. 113 Americans are killed.
- 1798 –United Irishmen Rebellion: Between 300 and 500 United Irishmen are massacred by the British Army in County Kildare, Ireland.
- 1848 –Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
- 1852 –Jenny Lind left New York after her wildly successful two-year American tour.
- 1864 –Emperor Maximilian I of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.
- 1886 –Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.
- 1903 –May coup d'etat: Alexander Obrenovich, King of Serbia, and Queen Draga, are assassinated in Belgrade by the Black Hand (Crna Ruka) organization.
- 1939 –Albanian fascist leader Tefik Mborja is appointed as member of the Italian Chamber of Fasces and Corporations.
- 1964 –The Arab League meets in East Jerusalem to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the Palestinian Liberation Organization.
- 1969 –General strike in Córdoba, Argentina, leading to the Cordobazo civil unrest.
- 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.
- 1989 –Signing of an agreement Egypt - U.S. manufacturing parts of the fighter F-16 in Egypt.
- 1990 –The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin president of the Russian SFSR.
- 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 –U.S. Supreme Court rules that disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
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