On This Day for May 29 - Mount Everest summit reached by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay , John F. Kennedy is featured, and more

Created: 2020-05-29 10:04 Updated: 2020-05-29 10:04 Notebook: On this Day in History

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May 29

FEATURED BIOGRAPHY

John F. Kennedy

FEATURED EVENT

1953

Mount Everest summit reached by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay

MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY

2017: Panamanian military leader Manuel Noriega—who ruled Panama (1983–89) until ousted by U.S. forces and who later served prison sentences in the United States and Panama—died at age 83 in Panama City.

1999: Discovery became the first space shuttle to dock with the International Space Station. [Sort fact from fiction in our space exploration quiz.]

1905: The Russian navy was defeated in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War. [Match the battle with the war in our quiz.]

1860: Composer and virtuoso pianist Isaac Albéniz was born in Camprodón, Spain. [Test your knowledge of classical composers.]

1848: Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union. [ Take our U.S. state mottoes quiz.]

1736: Orator Patrick Henry, a major figure of the American Revolution, was born in Studley, Virginia. [How much do you know about the American Revolution?]

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ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY

1917

John F. Kennedy
president of United States

1630

Charles II
king of Great Britain and Ireland

1903

Bob Hope
American actor and entertainer

1984

Carmelo Anthony
American basketball player

1736

Patrick Henry
American statesman