Today is Sunday, May 29th, the 150, day of 2016. There are 216 days left in the year.
Today's Highlight in History:
Events:
1453 Ottoman armies capture Constantinople ending the Byzantine Empire. 1848 Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.
1935 Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
1953 Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
1977 Janet Guthrie becomes the first woman to qualify for the Indianapolis 500.
1999 Democracy Day
1999 Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule
Birthdays:
1736 Patrick Henry (Patriot who said 'Give me liberty or give me death')
1903 Bob Hope (Entertainer and actor)
1917 John F. Kennedy (35th US President)
1939 Al Unser (Race car driver)
1958 Annette Bening (Actress)
1961 Melissa Etheridge (Singer)
1963 Lisa Whelchel (Actress)
1984 Carmelo Anthony (Basketball Player)
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