May 29^th in history

Encyclopædia Britannica presents people and events from this day in history:

John F. Kennedy : Biography of the Day

John F. Kennedy

"A man may die, nations may rise and fall, but an idea lives on. Ideas have endurance without death."

John F. Kennedy

Born this day in 1917, John F. Kennedy, the 35th U.S. president, faced several foreign crises, most notably in Cuba and Berlin, and secured such achievements as the Nuclear Test-Ban Treaty before being assassinated in 1963.

 

Mount Everest summit reached by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay : 29 May 1953 - This Day in History

Following numerous failed attempts by other climbers, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Tibet surmounted Mount Everest, the highest mountain in the world (29,035 feet [8,850 metres]), on this day in 1953.

More Events on this day:

1905: The Russian navy was defeated in the Battle of Tsushima during the Russo-Japanese War.

1860: Composer and virtuoso pianist Isaac Albéniz was born in Camprodón, Spain.

1848: Wisconsin became the 30th state of the Union.

1736: Orator Patrick Henry, a major figure of the American Revolution, was born in Studley, Virginia.

1658: The Battle of Samugarh was fought in a contest for the throne between the sons of the Mughal emperor Shh Jahn following the emperor's serious illness in September 1657.

1453: Constantinople and the Byzantine Empire fell to the Ottomans.