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Historical Events on May 29

  • Battle of Waxhaws

    1780

    American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.

  • Thirteen Colonies

    1790

    Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.

  • Battle of Sardarabad

    1918

    Armenia defeats the Ottoman Army in the Battle of Sardarabad.

  • General relativity

    1919

    Albert Einstein's theory of general relativity is tested (later confirmed) by Arthur Eddington and Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin.

  • Bonus Army

    1932

    World War I veterans begin to assemble in Washington, D.C., in the Bonus Army to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.

  • Pope John Paul II

    1982

    Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

  • Ronald Reagan

    1988

    The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

  • International Space Station

    1999

    Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.

  • Supreme Court of the United States

    2001

    The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.

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