05-29-2013, 08:36 AM
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May 29th
1903 ~ Birthday of Bob Hope, British-born Comedian & Actor.
1906 ~ Birthday of T.H. White, English author.
1913 ~ Igor Stravinsky's ballet score “The Rite of Spring” premiered in Paris.
1917 ~ Birthday of John Kennedy, U.S. President.
1919 ~ Arthur Eddington's observation of shifted star positions during a solar eclipse confirmed Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
1953 ~ Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first men to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1972 ~ Three Japanese Red Army gunmen opened fire on crowds at Lod (now Ben Gurion) International Airport, Israel, killing 26 people and injuring dozens more.
1979 ~ Death of Mary Pickford, Canadian-born Actress and studio founder.
1999 ~ The Discovery Space Shuttle completed the first docking with the International Space Station.
2005 ~ French voters rejected the European Union's proposed constitution.
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