(+) 215th Pope Pius III originally Francesco Todeschini Piccolomini, is born in Siena, Italy.
412 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1601
(x) 29-year-old Artist Michelangelo Merisi di Caravaggio kills Ranuccio Tomassoni in a brawl in Milano, Milano, Italy.
He was outlawed and fled to Naples.
133 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 29 May 1880
(+) Historian and philosopher Oswald Arnold Gottfried Spengler is born in Blankenburg, Brandenburg, Germany.
119 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1894
(+) Filmmaker Josef von Sternberg originally Jonas Stern, is born in Vienna, Wien, Austria.
110 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1903
(+) Actor and musician Bob Leslie Townes Hope is born in London, Eltham, London City of, United Kingdom.
107 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1906
(+) Philosopher and adventurer Walter Menzl is born in Zwickau, Sachsen, Germany.
(x) 30-year-old Composer Igor Fyodorowitsch Strawinsky his ballet "Le Sacre du Printemps" premieres in Paris, Théâtre des Champs-Élysées, Paris - Ile-de-France, France.
The premiere involved one of the most famous classical music riots in history.
99 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1914
(-) Weapon designer Paul von Mauser dies at the age of 75 in Oberndorf am Neckar, Germany.
99 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1914
(-) Murderess Augusta Fullam dies of a heat-stroke at the age of 40 in Agra Prison, India.
99 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1914
(x) 1024 Die in Empress of Ireland Ocean liner shipwreck in St. Lawrence, Canada.
It collided with the collier.
96 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1917
(+) 35th president of the USA John Fitzgerald Kennedy is born in Brookline, Massachusetts, United States.
91 YEARS AGO - on Monday 29 May 1922
(+) Composer Iannis Xenakis is born in Braila, Romania.
90 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1923
(-) Hans Sonnenfeld is killed and his meat sold by Fritz Haarmann aka Der Hannover Werwolf, at the age of 18 in Hannover, Niedersachsen, Germany.
60 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1953
(x) 33-year-old Explorer Sir Edmund Perceval Hillary and Tensing Norkey are he first men to reach the top of Mount Everest in Nepal.
58 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 29 May 1955
(+) Attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan, John Warnock Jr. Hinckley aka Jodie Foster’s Lover Boy, is born in Ardmore, Oklahoma, United States.
57 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1956
(+) Musician La Toya Yvonne Jackson is born in Gary, Indiana, United States.
56 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 29 May 1957
(-) Horror filmmaker James Whale commits suicide by drowning in his swimming pool at the age of 67 in Hollywood, California, United States.
47 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 29 May 1966
(+) Child kidnapper and murderer Robert Anderson is born in Great Lakes, Illinois, United States.
43 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1970
(-) Ex-president Pedro Eugenio Arambaru is kidnapped and murdered by terrorists in Argentina.
43 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1970
(-) Artist Eva Hesse dies of cancer at the age of 34 in New York, New York, United States.
42 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 29 May 1971
(-) David Hilligiest is killed by Dean Corll aka The Candyman, at the age of 13 in Houston Heights, Texas, United States.
40 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1973
(-) Rosa Vasquez is presumably strangled by Zodiac in San Francisco, California, United States.
40 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1973
(-) Eugène Stephan is beaten and shot dead by Marcel Barbeault aka Le Tueur de l’Ombre, at the age of 25 in Laigneville Cemetary, France.
34 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1979
(-) Actress Mary Pickford originally Gladys Louise Smith aka America’s Sweetheart aka The Girl with the Curls, dies of cerebral hemorrhage at the age of 86 in Santa Monica, California, United States.
32 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1981
(x) 21-year-old Performance artist Danny Devos aka DDV, performs "My Coat is My House" in Hamburg, Künstlerhaus, Germany.
31 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 29 May 1982
(-) Actress Romy Schneider originally Rose-Marie Magdalena Albach-Retty, dies of cardiac arrest at the age of 43 in Paris, Paris - Ile-de-France, France.
28 YEARS AGO - on Wednesday 29 May 1985
(x) 39 Die in collapse of a retaining wall between Liverpool F.C. and Juventus F.C. fans in Brussel, Heysel Stadium, Brabant, Belgium.
Hundreds of fans are injured.
26 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1987
(-) Murderer William Boyd Tucker is executed by Old Sparky at the age of 31 in Jackson, Georgia, United States.
23 YEARS AGO - on Tuesday 29 May 1990
(-) Raymond Smith aka Ricky Beeks, is drugged, strangled and dismembered by Jeffrey Dahmer aka The Milwaukee Cannibal, at the age of 32 in Milwaukee, 924 25th North Street, Oxford Apartments, Room 213, Wisconsin, United States.
19 YEARS AGO - on Sunday 29 May 1994
(-) Architect of East Germany Erich Honecker dies of liver cancer at the age of 81 in Santiago, Chili.
15 YEARS AGO - on Friday 29 May 1998
(x) The California Board of Prison Terms takes 20 minutes to deny parole to 48-year-old Manson Family member Leslie Van Houten aka Lulu, in Frontera, Institution for Women, California, United States.
3 YEARS AGO - on Saturday 29 May 2010
(-) Actor and filmmaker Dennis Hopper dies of prostate cancer at the age of 73 in Los Angeles, California, United States.
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