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Historical events & facts — May 29
What happened on May 29?
On May 29, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., New Zealand climber Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay reached the summit of Mount Everest (8,849 m), becoming the first human beings to stand at the highest point on Earth. Hillary took a photograph of Norgay at the summit, but not vice versa: "I was too busy taking the picture". The conquest of Everest was the greatest alpine triumph of the twentieth century.
On May 29, 1453, the Ottoman forces of Sultan Mehmed II entered Constantinople after a 53-day siege, ending the Byzantine Empire — heir to the Eastern Roman Empire — which had lasted more than 1,000 years. Sultan "The Conqueror" converted the Hagia Sophia Basilica into a mosque. The fall of Constantinople conventionally marks the end of the Middle Ages and the beginning of the Renaissance.
On May 29, 1917, John Fitzgerald Kennedy — JFK — was born in Brookline, Massachusetts — the thirty-fifth President of the US (1961-1963) and the youngest elected in American history. His presidency, marked by the Cuban Missile Crisis, the space race and the civil rights movement, ended with his assassination on November 22, 1963 in Dallas — the most traumatic event in contemporary American history.
Notable birthdays — May 29
Famous people born on May 29
Josef von Sternberg
Josef von Sternberg was an Austrian-American filmmaker whose career successfully spanned the transition from the silent to the sound era, during which he worked with most of the major Hollywood studios. He is best known for his film collaboration with actress Marlene Dietrich in the 1930s, including the highly regarded Paramount/UFA production The Blue Angel (1930).
Eugene Wright
Eugene Joseph Wright was an American jazz bassist who was a member of the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
Tarquinio Provini
Tarquinio Provini was an Italian professional Grand Prix motorcycle road racer. He was a two-time world champion in road racing. Provini was also a four-time Isle of Man TT winner and won 13 Italian national championships.
Bob Simon
Robert David Simon was an American television correspondent for CBS News. He covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries during his career. Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Israeli–Lebanese Conflict in 1982, and the student protests in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989.
Keith Gull
Keith Gull is a British microbiologist who is a Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow and Professor of Molecular microbiology at the Sir William Dunn School of Pathology, University of Oxford. He was the principal of St Edmund Hall, Oxford from 1 October 2009 to 30 September 2018, succeeding Michael Mingos.
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