| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| May 29, 1453 | Sunday | Constantinople falls to Turks (Signaled end of Middle Ages) |
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| May 29, 1660 | Saturday | Charles II restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth |
| May 29, 1721 | Thursday | SC formally incorporated as a royal colony |
| May 29, 1790 | Saturday | Rhode Is became last of original 13 ratifing Constitution |
| May 29, 1848 | Monday | Wisconsin becomes 30th state |
| May 29, 1849 | Tuesday | A patent for lifting vessels was granted to Abraham Lincoln |
| May 29, 1864 | Sunday | Mexican Emperor Maximilian arrives at Vera Cruz |
| May 29, 1892 | Sunday | Death of prophet Baha'Ullah (Ascension of Baha'Ullah) |
| May 29, 1916 | Monday | US forces invade Dominican Republic - stay until 1924 |
| May 29, 1919 | Thursday | Einstein's light-bending prediction is confirmed by Arthur Eddington |
| May 29, 1951 | Tuesday | 1st North Pole flight in single engine plane - CF Blair |
| May 29, 1953 | Friday | Edmund Hillary & Norgay of NZ become 1st to reach top of Mt Everest |
| May 29, 1954 | Saturday | Actor - Kirk & Anne Douglas married |
| May 29, 1978 | Monday | 1st class postage now 15› (13› for 3 years) |
| May 29, 1983 | Sunday | Yuri Dumchev of USSR throws discus a record 71.86 m |