Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/May 29
May 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in Fiji, Memorial Day in the United States (2006).
- 1453 - Constantinople fell to an Ottoman army led by Sultan Mehmed II, ending the Byzantine Empire.
- 1660 - English Restoration: The monarchy in England was restored under King Charles II (pictured) on Oak Apple Day.
- 1919 - Observations made by Arthur Eddington during a solar eclipse confirmed part of Albert Einstein's theory of relativity.
- 1953 - Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
- 1999 - Olusegun Obasanjo took office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.