Events, Births and Deaths Happening on this Date
Friday, May 29, 2026
Today is the 149th day of 2026. There are 216 days left in this year.
Notable Events
1765
Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses, saying, ''If this be treason, make the most of it!''
1790
Rhode Island became the 13th original Colony to ratify the United States Constitution.
1848
Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.
1932
World War I veterans began arriving in Washington to demand cash bonuses they weren't scheduled to receive for another 13 years.
1942
Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra recorded Irving Berlin's ''White Christmas'' in Los Angeles for Decca Records.
1953
Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand, left, and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.
1973
Tom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, defeating incumbent Sam Yorty.
1985
Rioting erupted between British and Italian spectators at the European Cup soccer final in Brussels, Belgium. Thirty-nine people were killed.
1988
President 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 N. Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic in the third round of balloting by the Russian parliament.
1996
Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu won a narrow victory over Shimon Peres in balloting for prime minister.
1999
Space shuttle Discovery completed the first-ever docking with the International Space Station.
Notable Births
1917
John F. Kennedy, the 35th president of the United States, was born in Brookline, Mass.
Notable Deaths
1998
Former Arizona senator and Republican presidential candidate Barry Goldwater died in Paradise Valley, Ariz., at age 89.