What happend on 29th May

28.05
30.05
1950

St. Roch, first ship to circumnavigate North America, arrives in Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1919

Observation of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse confirm Albert Einstein's theory of relativity (see Arthur Eddington).

1917

John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the 35th President of the United States (1961–1963), is born.

1914

Ocean liner RMS Empress of Ireland sinks in the Gulf of St. Lawrence; 1,024 lives lost.

1913

Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.

1886

Putney Bridge opened in west London.

1886

Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, the ad appearing in the Atlanta Journal.

1867

Austro-Hungarian agreement called Ausgleich ("the Compromise") is born through Act 12, which established the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy; on June 8 Emperor Francis Joseph was crowned King of Hungary

1864

Emperor Maximilian of Mexico arrives in Mexico for the first time.

1848

Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.