May 29 is the 149nd day of the year (150rd in leap years) according to the Gregorian calendar. There are 216 days left until the end of the year.
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 and Nobel Prize laureate (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)
- 1929 – 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
- 1948 – Marianne Pitzen, German artist and museum director
- 1949 – Brian Kidd, English footballer, football coach and manager
- 1949 Francis Rossi, English 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, 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 coach and former football player
- 1970 – 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, 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 - Markelle Fultz is an American professional basketball player.
- 1998 – Felix Passlack, German football player
- 1999 – Park Ji-hoon, South Korean singer and actor
Deaths
- 1405 – Philippe de Mézières, French writer and Crusader ideologue (b. 1327)
- 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 and Nobel Prize laureate (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)
- 2022 – Tarzan Goto, Japanese professional wrestler (b. 1963)
- 2022 – Ausma Kantāne-Ziedone, Latvian politician and actress (b. 1941)