By The Associated Press
- Today is Saturday, May 29, the 149th day of 1999. There are 216 days
left in the year.
- On May 29, 1953 Mount Everest was conquered by Edmund Hillary of New
Zealand and Sherpa guide Tenzing Norgay of Nepal.
- In 1765 Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's
House of Burgesses, saying, "If this be treason, make the most of
it!"
- In 1790 Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the
Constitution.
- In 1848 Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.
- In 1917 the 35th president of the U.S., John F. Kennedy, was born in
Brookline, Mass.
- In 1932 World War I veterans began arriving in Washington to demand
cash bonuses they weren't scheduled to receive for another 13 years.
- In 1942 the movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy" starring James Cagney
premiered at a war-bonds benefit in New York.
- In 1942 Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott
Trotter Orchestra recorded Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" in Los
Angeles for Decca Records.
- Ten years ago, bowing to public demand, the Supreme Soviet allowed
Boris N. Yeltsin to take a seat in the standing legislature.
- Five years ago Khallid Abdul Muhammad, a former spokesman for the
Nation of Islam, was shot and wounded after delivering a speech at
the University of California, Riverside; a defrocked Nation of Islam
minister, James Edward Bess, was charged. Former East German leader
Erich Honecker died in Chile at age 81.
- One year ago Republican elder statesman Barry Goldwater died in
Paradise Valley, Ariz., at age 89.
*Happy Birthday*
- Comedian Bob Hope is 96.
- Former Baseball Commissioner Fay Vincent is 61.
- Race car driver Al Unser Sr. is 60.
- Actor Kevin Conway is 57.
- Actor Helmut Berger is 55.
- Rock singer Gary Brooker (Procol Harum) is 54.
- Actor Anthony Geary is 52.
- Singer Rebbie Jackson is 49.
- Movie composer Danny Elfman is 46.
- Singer LaToya Jackson is 43.
- Actress Annette Bening is 41.
- Actor Rupert Everett is 40.
- Rock musician Mel Gaynor is 40.
- Actor Adrian Paul (TV series "Highlander") is 40.
- Singer Melissa Etheridge is 38.
- Actress Lisa Whelchel is 36.
- Actress Tracey Bregman is 36.
- Singer Melanie "Scary Spice" Brown (Spice Girls) is 24.
- Rapper Playa Poncho is 24.