Other Notable Events, May 29 2013

Other Notable Events, May 29

May 29, 2013

In 1453, Constantinople (now Istanbul), capital of the Byzantine Empire, was captured by the Turks.
In 1660, Charles II was restored to the English throne.
In 1790, Rhode Island became the last of the original 13 states to ratify the U.S. Constitution.
In 1848, following approval by the territory's citizens, Wisconsin entered the Union as the 30th state.
In 1865, U.S. President Andrew Johnson issued a proclamation giving a general amnesty to all who took part in the rebellion against the United States.
In 1953, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal became the first men to reach the top of Mount Everest.
In 1977, a flash fire swept through a nightclub in Southgate, Ky., killing 162 people and injuring 30.
In 1985, British soccer fans attacked Italian fans preceding the European Cup final in Brussels. The resulting stadium stampede killed 38 people and injured 400.
In 1989, Chinese students in Tiananmen Square erected a 33-foot statue similar to the Statue of Liberty.
In 1990, renegade communist Boris Yeltsin was elected president of Russia.
In 1996, in Israel's first selection of a prime minister by direct vote, Binyamin Netanyahu defeated Shimon. The margin of victory was less than 1 percent.
In 1997, Zaire rebel leader Laurent Kabila was sworn in as president of what was again being called the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
In 2003, comedian Bob Hope was honored by the White House on his 100th birthday with establishment of the Bob Hope Patriotism Award for those showing extraordinary love of country and devotion to the personnel of the U.S. armed forces.
In 2004, the World War II memorial was dedicated on the National Mall in Washington. About 70,000 veterans of that war were on hand.
In 2006, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe won a second term by a sizable margin.
In 2007, two car bombings within an hour killed 38 people and injured at least 100 others in Baghdad.
In 2008, wildfires that had killed at least 53 people, with 28 missing, in Canada's central province of Manitoba forced at least 1,000 others to be evacuated from four northern communities.
In 2009, U.S. music producer Phil Spector was sentenced to 19 years to life in prison for the 2003 slaying of actress Lana Carlson.
In 2010, two mosques of a religious minority in Pakistan were attacked by intruders firing weapons and throwing grenades. Officials put the death toll at 98.
In 2012, Texas primary election results gave Mitt Romney enough delegates to clinch the Republican presidential nomination.
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