Today in History
29 May
226 births · 121 deaths · 65 events recorded
Notable Births
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Gukesh Dommaraju
b. 2006
Indian chess grandmaster (born 2006)
Paul Skenes
b. 2002
American baseball player (born 2002)
Puka Nacua
b. 2001
American football player (born 2001)
Andrew Torgashev
b. 2001
American figure skater (born 2001)
La Toya Jackson
b. 1956
American singer (born 1956)
John F. Kennedy
b. 1917
President of the United States from 1961 to 1963
Bob Hope
b. 1903
American entertainer (1903–2003)
Max Brand
b. 1893
American writer (1892–1944)
Notable Deaths
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Bernard Kerik
d. 2025
American police officer and political consultant (1955–2025)
Bob Rogers (DJ)
d. 2024
Australian disc jockey and radio broadcaster (1926–2024)
Ronnie Hawkins
d. 2022
American-Canadian singer (1935–2022)
Sidhu Moose Wala
d. 2022
Indian rapper and singer (1993–2022)
Gavin MacLeod
d. 2021
American actor (1931–2021)
Mark Eaton
d. 2021
American basketball player (1957–2021)
Luc Bourdon
d. 2008
Canadian ice hockey player (1987–2008)
Mary Pickford
d. 1979
Canadian actress and producer (1892–1979)
On This Day in History
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2022
Tara Air Flight 197 crashes in Nepal's Mustang District, killing 22.
Tara Air Flight 197
2021
A Cessna Citation I/SP crashes into Percy Priest Lake in Tennessee, killing all six people on board, including actor Joe Lara and his wife Gwen Shamblin Lara.
Cessna Citation I
2020
An oil spill in Norilsk releases 17,500 tons of diesel oil into nearby rivers.
Norilsk oil spill
2015
One World Observatory at One World Trade Center opens.
One World Trade Center
2012
A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people.
2012 Northern Italy earthquakes
2008
A doublet earthquake, of combined magnitude 6.1, strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people.
2008 Iceland earthquake
2005
France rejects the Constitution of the European Union in a national referendum.
France
2004
The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
World War II Memorial