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Santo Domingo.- The historical events of May 29th, which encompass important historical events and international celebrations that left their mark on world history. Below are the main historical events of May 29th, May 2025.
- International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.
- Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories.
- International Day of the Everest.
- World Digestive Health Day.
Saint's Day: Saint Paul VI and Saint Bona of Pisa.
National: May 29th Anniversaries
- 1822: The crime of Las Vírgenes de Galindo occurs. Haitian soldiers brutally murder Mr. Andrés Andujar and his daughters Ana, Águeda, and Marcelina Andujar y de Lara near Santo Domingo.
International: May 29th Anniversaries
- 1453: Constantinople is taken by the Turks, ending the Byzantine Empire.
- 1856: Inauguration of the telegraph line between Caracas and La Guaira, the first to operate in Venezuela.
- 1934: The United States and Cuba sign a treaty that includes the abolition of the Platt Amendment and the total independence of the island.
- 1953: New Zealander Edmund P. Hillary, accompanied by the Sherpa Tensing Norgay, ascends, for the first time, to the summit of Everest.
- 1966: The Azteca Stadium in Mexico City is inaugurated.
- 1970: Former Argentine President Pedro Eugenio Aramburu is kidnapped and later assassinated by a group that is known for the first time as the "Montoneros".
- 1985: 39 people die and 117 others are injured in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels during a stampede caused by English fans before the start of the European Cup Final football match, which Juventus won against Liverpool.
- 2005: Nearly two million participants in the Sao Paulo Gay Pride Parade demand that the Government approve a law on marriage between people of the same sex.
- 2014: The Ecuadorian Justice sentences former President Jamil Mahuad to 12 years in prison for embezzlement of public funds.
- 2015: Cuba officially comes off the list of state sponsors of terrorism that the US annually draws up.
- 2020: A prosecutor charges former Argentine President Mauricio Macri and his former intelligence chief with alleged espionage.
- 2021: Thousands of people demonstrate in more than 200 cities in Brazil against President Jair Bolsonaro, and "for life", with more vaccines and aid to the poor to face the pandemic.
- 2023: Former Salvadoran President Mauricio Funes (2009-2014) is sentenced to 14 years in prison for crimes during his term.
Births: May 29th Anniversaries
- 1801: Pedro Santana, military and politician.
- 1903: Bob Hope, American comedian actor.
- 1917: John F. Kennedy, US president.
- 1942: Oscar Alzaga, Spanish politician, lawyer and professor.
- 1955: Carme Forcadell Lluis, Spanish politician.
- 1956: La Toya Jackson, American singer.
- 1979: Fonseca (Juan Fernando Fonseca), Colombian composer and singer.
- 1982: Ana Beatriz Barros, Brazilian model.
Deaths: May 29th Anniversaries
- 1857: Agustina de Aragón, Spanish heroine of the war of independence against the French.
- 1958: Juan Ramón Jiménez, Spanish writer and Nobel Prize winner 1956.
- 2003: Armando Llamas, Spanish-Argentine writer and playwright.
- 2010: Dennis Hopper, American actor.
- 2017: Manuel Antonio Noriega, Panamanian dictator.
- 2019: José María Blanco Ibarz, Spanish comic artist.
- 2020: Abderramán Yusufi, Moroccan politician.
- 2021: B.J. Thomas, American singer.
- 2023: Thomas Buergenthal, one of the founders of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights.
