Today in History for 29th May 2018:
Historical Events
1592 – Battle of Sacheon: Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet – first use of Korean Turtle ship
1919 – Albert Einstein’s light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
1955 – Jordan government of Tewfik Abdul Huda resigns
1968 – UN resolves sanctions on white-minority-ruled Rhodesia
1970 – USSR performs underground nuclear test
1981 – US performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
Famous Birthdays
1906 – Terence Hanbury White, novelist (England Have My Bones), born in Mumbai, India
1933 – Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
1945 – Gary Brooker, rock keyboardist (Procol Harum)
1947 – Anthony Geary, actor (Luke/Bill-General Hospital), born in Coalville Utah
1970 – Natarsha Belling, Australian news presenter
1974 – Kenny Bynum, running back (San Diego Chargers)
Famous Deaths
1259 – Christopher I, King of Denmark (1252-59), dies at about 40 (b. 1219)
1546 – Cardinal Beaton, English archbishop of St Andrews, murdered in St Andrews Castle at 52
1814 – Joséphine de Beauharnais, first wife of Napoleon I and first Empress of France (1804-14), dies of pneumonia aged 50
1977 – Ba Maw, Burmese politician (b. 1893)
1987 – Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (1979-80), dies at 84
2005 – George Rochberg, American composer (b. 1918)