May 29

Today in History
• 0526 - Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die
• 1167 - Lombard League defeat Frederick Barbarossa at Battle of Legnano
• 1453 - Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Turks
• 1576 - Spanish army under Mondragon conquerors Zierik sea
• 1692 - Royal Hospital Founders Day 1st celebrated
• 1721 - South Carolina formally incorporated as a royal colony
• 1727 - Peter II Aleksei becomes czar of Russia
• 1851 - Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio


Holidays - Traditional and Obscure
• Ascension of Bahau'llah
• End of the Middle Ages Day
• Gloucestershire Cheese Rolling
• Memorial Day
• Mount Everest Day
• Prayer for Peace Memorial Day
• Spring Bank Holiday
• World Digestive Health Day

Birthdays
• 1627 - Anne Marie Louise d'Orléans, Duchess of Montpensier
• 1630 - Charles II, King of England, 1660-85
• 1673 - Cornelis van Bijnkershoek, Dutch jurist who helped develop international law
• 1722 - James FitzGerald, 1st Duke of Leinster
• 1736 - Patrick Henry, U.S., patriot "Give me liberty or give me death"
• 1823 - John H. Balsley, American carpenter and inventor (a practical folding wooden stepladder)
• 1826 - Ebenezer Butterick, inventor, tissue paper dress pattern
• 1917 - John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (1961-63) and Senator (D-Mass)