Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/May 29
Births
[edit]- 1265 - Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet (d. 1321)
- 1630 - King Charles II of England (d. 1685)
- 1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot (d. 1799)
- 1903 - Bob Hope, British-born comedian and actor (d. 2003)
- 1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, (pictured) 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
- 1956 - La Toya Jackson, American musician
- 1967 - Noel Gallagher, English musician (Oasis)
Deaths
[edit]- 1500 - Bartolomeu Dias, Portuguese explorer
- 1546 - David Beaton, Scottish Catholic cardinal
- 1892 - Bahá'u'lláh, Persian founder of the Bahá'í Faith (b. 1817)
- 1911 - William S. Gilbert, English dramatist (b. 1836)
- 1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
- 1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (b. 1966)
- 1998 - Barry M. Goldwater, U.S. Senator from Arizona and presidential candidate (b. 1909)