May 29 is the 150th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. If the ancient Mayans were correct, there are 206 days remaining until the end of time.
1660 Charles II is restored to English throne after Puritan Commonwealth bows to stylish convention advancing jheri curls
1913 Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring receives its premiere performance in Paris, provoking a riot.
1919 Following several awkward boners, Charles Strite patents pop-up toaster
1953 Edmund Hillary and his Sherpa lover, Tensing Norgay, are 1st to reach summit of Everest where the thin air causes massive erections
1982 "I Know What Boys Like" by The Waitresses hits #62
1985 Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. The other participants finished 13 months earlier.
1993 Texas Ranger Jose Canseco pitches 8th inning in 15-1 loss to Red Sox, he gives up 3 runs on 2 hits and 3 walks, he damages his arm, but some corticosteroid injections fix him up good as new.
1999 Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.
2004 The World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.
1906 T. H. White, gay English writer (The Once and Future King)
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