Today in History - History - May 29th

1953Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition

1913Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris, provoking a riot.

1660On his 30th birthday Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end

1992White Sox Tim Raines swipes his 700th career base

1989Phillies 3rd baseman Mike Schmidt, 39, retires

1976"One Piece At A Time" by Johnny Cash hits #29

1990Rickey Henderson steals record 893rd base, breaking Ty Cobb's record

1994Indianapolis 500: Al Unser Jr.wins in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)

1983Patty Sheehan wins LPGA Corning Golf Classic

1959Charles de Gaulle forms French government

1630Charles II, St. James's Palace, London, King of England, Scotland and Ireland (1660-85)

1958Annette Bening, Topeka KS, actress (Grifters, Bugsy, Valmont) [or 5/5]

1953Danny Elfman, Los Angeles California, composer (Simspon Show Theme)

1917John Fitzgerald Kennedy, Mass, (Sen-D-Mass), 35th Pres (1961-1963)

1967Noel Gallagher, Manchester, English pop musician (Oasis)

1903Bob Hope, [Leslie Townes Hope], Eltham Kent, British born American entertainer

1884Irish writer Oscar Wilde marries Constance Lloyd at St. James Church, Paddington, London

1992Actor Robert Downey Jr (27) weds actress/singer Deborah Falconer (26)

1849Bacteriologist Louis Pasteur (26) weds secretary Marie Laurent (23) in Strasbourg, France

1939Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin (25) weds Aliza Arnold

1952Country music legend Hank Williams and Audrey Sheppard granted divorce for the second and final time after seven years of marriage. Their first divorce was in 1948.

2010Five-time Grammy Award singer Shania Twain (42) divorces music producer Robert John Lange (59) after 14 years of marriage

1911William Schwenck Gilbert, English dramatist (Gilbert & Sullivan), dies at 74

1979Mary Pickford, actress (Coquette, Suds, Secrets), dies of cerebral hemorrhage at 87