May 29
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Art and culture
- 1886 - Chemist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola
- 1913 - Igor Stravinsky's ballet score The Rite of Spring is premiered in Paris.
- 1935 - Construction of Hoover Dam is completed.
- 1985 - Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match.
Births
- 1874 - G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
- 1880 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
- 1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-born writer and film director (d. 1969)
- 1922 - Iannis Xenakis, Greek composer and architect, major contributor to musical modernism (d. 2001)
Deaths
- 1979 - Mary Pickford, Canadian-born American actress and studio founder (b. 1892)
- 1982 - Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
- 1997 - Jeff Buckley, American musician (drowned) (b. 1966)
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