Today in History: Law on the Turkish Flag Adopted by the Turkish Grand National Assembly

May 29 is the 149st day of the year (150nd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. The number of days left until the end of the year is 216.

Railways

• 29 May 1899 Anadolu Railway General Manager Kurt Zander applied to Babıâli for the railway concession to be laid from Konya to Baghdad and the Persian Gulf.
• 29 May 1910 was the Ottoman Railway Company.
• 29 May1915 III. The Railway Battalion was formed.
• May 29, 1927 Ankara-Kayseri line (380 km) was opened to operation in Kayseri by Prime Minister İsmet Pasha with a ceremony.
• May 29, 1932 Ankara Demirspor's official establishment took place.
• 29 May 1969 Electric trains were put on the Haydarpasa-Gebze suburban line.
• Turkey Wagon Industry Inc. May 29 2006. (TÜVASAŞ) delivered the 12 generator wagon for Iraqi Railways at the Adapazarı Factory.

Events

• 1453 – Ottoman sultan Mehmet the Conqueror conquered Istanbul, ending the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire. For many historians, the Conquest of Istanbul marks the end of the Middle Ages.
• 1807 – In the Kabakçı Mustafa uprising, the rebels demanded the surrender of Şehzade Mustafa and Mahmut to them. Sultan III. Selim was deposed, IV. Mustafa ascended the throne.
• 1848 - Wisconsin joins the United States as the 30th state.
• 1867 - The Austro-Hungarian Empire is established.
• 1913 – by Igor Stravinsky The Rite of Spring (Rite of Spring) was staged for the first time in Paris.
• 1914 – The Canadian cruise liner “RMS Empress of Ireland” sank in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, 1024 passengers drowned.
• 1927 – Ankara-Kayseri Railway was opened by İsmet Pasha.
• 1936 – The law on the Turkish flag was passed in the Turkish Grand National Assembly.
• 1937 – The "Treaty Guaranteeing the Ownership of the Sanjak" (Hatay) between Turkey and France, and the "Agreement on the Supply of the Turkey-Syria Border" and the "Joint Declaration and Protocol depending on the Declaration" were signed in Geneva.
• 1942 - Adolf Hitler, on the advice of Propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels, orders all Jews living in occupied Paris to wear a yellow star on their left breast.
• 1945 – 2 million lira shipping fraud was exposed in Etibank.
• 1953 – New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary and Nepali sherpa Tenzing Norgay became the first people to climb Everest.
• 1954 – The first Bilderberg Meetings were held.
• 1958 - Border Soldier Day begins to be celebrated in the Soviet Union. Today, it is still celebrated in countries such as Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
• 1963 – 10 thousand people died in a hurricane in eastern Pakistan.
• 1968 – The May uprising continues. Heeding the call of the General Confederation of Labour (CGT), hundreds of thousands of workers took to the streets of Paris.
• 1971 – Prof. Sadun Aren, Chairman of the Turkish Teachers' Union (TÖS) Fakir Baykurt and the Chairman of the Workers' Party of Turkey (TİP) Behice Boran were arrested.
• 1974 – The Çandarlı charter ship belonging to the Naval Forces set off from Beykoz to conduct oil exploration in the Aegean Sea, accompanied by warships.
• 1977 – While CHP Chairman Bülent Ecevit was at İzmir Çiğli Airport, a bullet from a gun injured CHP's Mehmet İsvan. It was announced that the bullet came from the gas rifle of a police officer, which was fired.
• 1979 - Abel Muzorewa, Rhodesia's first black Prime Minister, takes office.
• 1979 – In Turkey, the “Law on Removal, Storage, Vaccination and Transplantation of Organs and Tissues” was enacted.
• 1980 – Çorum Incidents: MHP supporters protested the murder of Deputy Chairman Gün Sazak in Çorum. Despite the curfew on 2 July, the events continued until 6 July with intervals. Chief of General Staff Kenan Evren arrived in Çorum on 8 July. After the events subsided, 48 bodies were found in different parts of the city.
• 1985 – The foundation of the second Bosphorus Bridge (Fatih Sultan Mehmet) in the Bosphorus was laid.
• 1985 – Heysel Disaster: 39 people were killed and 350 injured in the events that broke out in Belgium's Heysel Stadium, where Liverpool – Juventus match was held for the Champion Clubs Cup final.
• 1986 – The Law for Encouraging Social Solidarity and Aid, known as 'Fak-Fuk-Fon' in the public, was passed in the Parliament.
• 1988 – The construction of the Bosphorus, Fatih Sultan Mehmet Bridge was completed.
• 1990 – In the Soviet Union, radical reformer Boris Yeltsin is elected Chairman of the Russian Supreme Soviet.
• 1993 – Mongols group, one of the pioneers of Anatolian pop music, took the stage again after a 17-year hiatus.
• 1993 – Solingen Disaster: 5 people lost their lives and 2 were injured as a result of the arson fire of a house where Turks lived in Solingen, Germany.
• 1995 – An arrest warrant was issued for President Turgut Özal's son, Ahmet Özal, for allegedly giving bad checks.
• 1996 – The people of Siverek filed a lawsuit for compensation against 13 politicians, including President Süleyman Demirel. Politicians were accused of not keeping their promises to make Siverek a province.
• 2005 – Oğuz Yorulmaz, a former police officer suspended during the Susurluk trial, was killed in a bar in Bursa.
• 2006 – It was announced that 4 people, including Museum Director Kazım Akbıyıkoğlu, were detained in 9 provinces within the scope of the investigations carried out for allegedly stealing some of the artifacts from the Karun Treasures in the Uşak Archeology Museum.
• 2010 – The 55th Eurovision Song Contest final was held in Oslo, the capital of Norway. The winner is Lena Meyer-Landrut with 246 points. Satellite It was Germany, where he participated with his song.

Births

• 1489 – Mimar Sinan, Turkish architect (d. 1588)
• 1794 – Antoine Bussy, French chemist (d. 1882)
• 1860 – Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer and pianist (d. 1909)
• 1868 – Abdülmecid Efendi, the last Ottoman caliph (d. 1944)
• 1887 – Müfit Ratip, Turkish playwright and translator (d. 1920)
• 1903 – Bob Hope, American comedian (d. 2003)
• 1904 – Gregg Toland, American cinematographer (d. 1948)
• 1917 – John F. Kennedy, 35th President of the United States and Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1963)
• 1920 – John Harsanyi, American economist (d. 2000)
• 1922 – Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer (d. 2001)
• 1926 - Abdoulaye Wade, third President of Senegal
• 1929 – Abdullah Baştürk, Turkish trade unionist and DİSK Chairman (d. 1991)
• Korkut Özal, Turkish politician (d. 2016)
• 1938 – Şule Yüksel Şenler, Turkish writer
• 1941 – Bob Simon, American journalist and newscaster (d. 2015)
• 1945 – Aydın Tansel, Turkish singer, composer and musician (d. 2016)
• 1946 – Héctor Yazalde, Argentinean former international football player (d. 1997)
• 1948 – Nick Mancuso, Italian-Canadian actor
• Marianne Pitzen, German artist and museum director
• 1949 – Brian Kidd, English footballer, football coach and manager
• Francis Rossi, British musician
• 1953 – Danny Elfman, American soundtrack composer
• 1955 - John Hinckley Jr., American criminal
• 1956 – La Toya Jackson, American singer, songwriter, and actress (Michael Jackson's older sister)
• 1957 – Ted Levine, American television and film actor
• 1957 – Muhsin Mahmelbaf is an Iranian director, screenwriter, film editor and film producer.
• 1958 - Annette Bening, American actress
• 1959 - Rupert Everett, English actor
• 1959 – Roland Koch, Swiss actor
• 1961 – Melissa Etheridge, American singer and musician
• 1963 – Blaze Bayley, English singer
• 1963 – Ukyo Katayama, Japanese racer who competed in Formula 1 for six seasons
• 1965 – Yaya Aubameyang, Gabonese national football player
• 1967 - Noel Gallagher, English musician
• 1967 – Heidi Mohr, German professional football player (d. 2019)
• 1969 – Acun Ilıcalı, Turkish producer, presenter and media magnate
• 1970 – Roberto Di Matteo, Italian manager, former football player
• Brian Turk, American actor
• 1973 – Anthony Azizi, American television actor
• 1973 – Alpay Özalan, Turkish football player
• 1975 – Melanie Brown, English television character, singer and actress
• 1975 – David Burtka, American actor
• 1976 – Gülşen Bayraktar, Turkish singer, composer and lyricist
• 1976 – Hakan Günday, Turkish writer
• 1977 – Massimo Ambrosini, Italian former football player
• 1977 – Marco Cassetti, Italian national football player
• 1979 – Arne Friedrich, German football player
• 1980 – Petek Dinçöz, Turkish singer, model, actress and presenter
• 1981 – Andrey Arshavin, Russian football player
• 1982 - Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian supermodel
• 1982 – Elyas M'Barek, German actor
• 1982 – Nataliya Dobrinska, Ukrainian heptathlete
• 1983 – Alberto Medina, Mexican football player
• 1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player
• 1985 – Hernanes, Brazilian football player
• 1987 – Taner Ari, Austrian Turkish football player
• 1988 – Daria Kinzer, Croatian singer-songwriter
• 1988 – Muaz al-Kasasibe, Jordanian fighter pilot (d. 2015)
• 1989 - Riley Keough, American actress and model
• 1993 – Richard Carapaz, Ecuadorian road cyclist
• 1998 – Felix Passlack, German football player

Deaths

• 1425 – Hongxi, fourth emperor of China's Ming Dynasty (b. 1378)
• 1453 – Ulubatlı Hasan, Ottoman soldier (janissary who erected the first banner on the Byzantine walls during the conquest of Istanbul) (b. 1428)
• 1453 – XI. Constantine, last Emperor of Byzantium (b. 1405)
• 1500 – Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer and sailor (b. 1450)
• 1586 – Adam Lonicer, German botanist (b. 1528)
• 1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte (b. 1763)
• 1829 – Humphry Davy, English chemist, physicist, and inventor (b. 1778)
• 1847 – Emmanuel de Grouchy, general and marshal of France during the Napoleonic Era (b. 1766)
• 1892 – Bahá'u'lláh, founder of the Baha'i religion (b. 1817)
• 1914 – Paul Von Mauser, German gun designer (b. 1838)
• 1920 – Müfit Ratip, Turkish playwright and translator (b. 1887)
• 1942 – John Blyth Barrymore, American actor (b. 1882)
• 1947 – Franz Böhme, II. German general during World War II (b. 1885)
• 1951 – Mikhail Borodin, Soviet politician (b. 1884)
• 1951 – Fanny Brice, American actress and model (b. 1891)
• 1951 – Géza Maróczy, Hungarian chess grandmaster (b. 1870)
• 1958 – Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish poet (b. 1881)
• 1970 – Sunuhi Arsan, Turkish lawyer (b. 1899)
• 1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress (b. 1892)
• 1981 – Song Qingling, Chinese president (b. 1893)
• 1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian-French actress (b. 1938)
• 1991 – Coral Browne, Australian-American female stage, film and television actress (b. 1913)
• 1994 – Erich Honecker, last President of East Germany (b. 1912)
• 1997 – Jeff Buckley, American musician, composer, and songwriter (b. 1966)
• 2003 – Trevor Ford, Welsh former football player (b. 1923)
• 2004 – Kani Karaca, Turkish music master (b. 1930)
• 2007 – Yıldıray Çınar, Turkish folk music artist (b. 1940)
• 2008 – Harvey Korman, American actor (b. 1927)
• 2009 – Steve Prest, English professional snooker player and coach (b. 1966)
• 2010 – Dennis Hopper, American actor and director (b. 1936)
• 2011 – Bill Roycroft, Australian Olympic equestrian champion (b. 1915)
• 2011 – Ferenc Mádl, Hungarian professor and politician (b. 1931)
• 2011 – Nejat Tümer, Turkish soldier and 10th Turkish Naval Forces Commander (b. 1924)
• 2011 – Sergey Bagapsh, 2nd President of Abkhazia (b.1949)
• 2012 – Kanetō Shindo, Japanese film director, screenwriter, film producer, and writer (b. 1912)
• 2013 – Cliff Meely, former American basketball player (b. 1947)
• 2014 – Karlheinz Böhm, Austrian-German actor and philanthropist (b. 1928)
• 2014 – Christine Charbonneau, Canadian singer and composer (b. 1943)
• 2015 – Doris Hart, American tennis player (b. 1925)
• 2015 – Betsy Palmer, American actress (b. 1926)
• 2015 – Bruno Pesaola, Argentine-Italian former football player and manager (b. 1925)
• 2016 – André Rousselet, French politician, bureaucrat and businessman (b. 1922)
• 2017 – Enitan Bababunmi, Nigerian academic and professor of biochemistry (b. 1940)
• 2017 – Konstandinos Mitsotakis, Greek politician (b. 1918)
• 2017 – Manuel Noriega, Panamanian politician and soldier, ousted president of Panama (b. 1934)
• 2018 – Yoseph Imry, Israeli physicist (b. 1939)
• 2018 – Ray Podloski, Canadian professional ice hockey player (b. 1966)
• 2018 – Madiha Yousri, Egyptian film and TV actress (b. 1921)
• 2019 – Tony DeLap, American graphic artist (b. 1927)
• 2019 – Dennis Etchison, American author, novelist, and screenwriter (b. 1943)
• 2019 – Bayram Şit, Former Turkish wrestler (b. 1930)
• 2019 – Peggy Stewart, American actress (b. 1923)
• 2019 – Jiří Stránský, Czech poet, playwright, translator and activist (b. 1931)
• 2020 – Evaldo Gouveia, Brazilian singer-songwriter (b. 1928)
• 2020 – Celio Taveira, Brazilian international football player (b. 1940)
• 2021 – Maurice Capovila, Brazilian film director and screenwriter (b. 1936)
• 2021 – Marcell Jankovics, Hungarian graphic artist, film director, animator and writer (b. 1941)
• 2021 – Gwen Shamblin Lara, American author (b. 1955)
• 2021 – Joseph Lara, American actor (b. 1962)
• 2021 – Gavin MacLeod, American actor, writer, and activist (b. 1931)
• 2021 – BJ Thomas, American singer (b. 1942)

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