Editing May 29 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1903]] &ndash; In the [[May Coup (Serbia)|May Coup]], [[Alexander I of Serbia|Alexander I]], King of Serbia, and [[Draga Mašin|Queen Draga]], are [[Assassination|assassinated]] in Belgrade by the [[Black Hand (Serbia)|Black Hand]] (''Crna Ruka'') organization.
*[[1913]] &ndash; [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s [[ballet]] score ''[[The Rite of Spring]]'' receives its premiere performance in [[Paris|Paris, France]], provoking a riot.
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Ocean liner]] {{RMS|Empress of Ireland}} sinks in the [[Gulf of Saint Lawrence]] with the loss of 1,012 lives.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wreck of RMS Empress of Ireland National Historic Site of Canada |url=https://www.pc.gc.ca/apps/dfhd/page_nhs_eng.aspx?id=12391 |website=Parks Canada |access-date=22 June 2021 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1918]] &ndash; [[Armenia]] defeats the [[Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman Army]] in the [[Battle of Sardarabad]].
*[[1919]] &ndash; [[Albert Einstein]]'s theory of [[general relativity]] [[Eddington experiment|is tested]] (later confirmed) by [[Arthur Eddington]] and [[Andrew Claude de la Cherois Crommelin]].
*[[1920]] &ndash; The [[Louth flood of 1920]] was a severe flash flooding in the [[Lincolnshire]] market town of [[Louth, Lincolnshire|Louth]], resulting in 23 fatalities in 20 minutes. It has been described as one of the most significant flood disasters in the United Kingdom during the 20th century.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Nobbs|first1=Patrick|title=The Story of the British and Their Weather: From Frost Fairs to Indian Summers|year=2015|publisher=Amberley |isbn=978-1445644523}}</ref>
*[[1931]] &ndash; [[Michele Schirru]], a [[Citizenship of the United States|citizen of the United States]], is executed by a [[Royal Italian Army]] firing squad for intent to kill [[Benito Mussolini]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[World War I]] [[veteran]]s begin to assemble in [[Washington, D.C.]], in the [[Bonus Army]] to request cash bonuses promised to them to be paid in 1945.
*[[1935]] &ndash; First flight of the [[Messerschmitt Bf 109]] fighter aeroplane.
*[[1945]] &ndash; First [[combat]] mission of the [[Consolidated B-32 Dominator]] [[heavy bomber]].
*[[1947]] &ndash; [[United Airlines Flight 521]] crashes at [[LaGuardia Airport]], killing 43.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Douglas DC-4 NC30046 New York-La Guardia Airport, NY (LGA) |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19470529-1 |access-date=2022-05-28 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[United Nations Truce Supervision Organization]] is founded.
*[[1950]] &ndash; The ''[[St. Roch (ship)|St. Roch]]'', the first ship to [[Circumnavigation|circumnavigate]] North America, arrives in [[Halifax, Nova Scotia]], Canada.
*[[1953]] &ndash; [[Edmund Hillary]] and [[Sherpa people|Sherpa]] [[Tenzing Norgay]] become the [[1953 British Mount Everest expedition|first people to reach the summit]] of [[Mount Everest]], on Tenzing Norgay's (adopted) 39th birthday.<ref>{{cite news |title=TENZING NORKAY, 72, IS DEAD: CLIMBED EVEREST WITH HILLARY |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/10/obituaries/tenzing-norkay-72-is-dead-climbed-everest-with-hillary.html |access-date=13 February 2024 |work=The New York Times |agency=Associated Press |date=10 May 1986}}</ref>
*[[1964]] &ndash; The [[Arab League]] meets in [[East Jerusalem]] to discuss the Palestinian question, leading to the formation of the [[Palestine Liberation Organization]].
*[[1964]] &ndash; Having [[January 1964 South Vietnamese coup|deposed them in a January coup]] South Vietnamese leader [[Nguyễn Khánh]] had rival Generals [[Tran Van Don|Trần Văn Đôn]] and [[Le Van Kim|Lê Văn Kim]] convicted of "lax morality".<ref>{{cite news|work=[[New York Times]] |date=31 May 1964 |page=2 |title=KHANH RELEASES 4 RIVAL GENERALS; Key Men in Diem's Ouster Are Freed in Vietnam |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/05/31/archives/khanh-releases-4-rival-generals-key-men-in-diems-ouster-are-freed.html |access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref><ref name=l>{{cite book | title = Our Vietnam: The War, 1954–1975 | author = Langguth, A. J. | author-link = A. J. Langguth | year = 2000 | publisher = Simon and Schuster | isbn = 0-684-81202-9 | location = New York City | url = https://archive.org/details/unset0000unse_f6q3 |pages= 289–291}}</ref>
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[Tom Bradley (American politician)|Tom Bradley]] is elected the first black [[Mayor of Los Angeles|mayor]] of [[Los Angeles|Los Angeles, California]].
*[[1974]] &ndash; [[Seta (organization)|SETA]], a Finnish [[LGBT]] rights organisation, is founded in [[Helsinki]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://seta.fi/2019/05/29/seta-taytti-45-vuotta-minidokumentti-julkaistiin/|title=Seta täytti 45 vuotta – minidokumentti julkaistiin|publisher=Seta|date=29 May 2019|access-date=29 May 2024|language=fi}}</ref>
*[[1982]] &ndash; [[Pope John Paul II]] becomes the first pontiff to visit [[Canterbury Cathedral]]. 
*  1982   &ndash; [[Falklands War]]: the [[British Army]] defeats the [[Argentine Army]] at the [[Battle of Goose Green]].
*[[1985]] &ndash; [[Heysel Stadium disaster]]: Thirty-nine [[association football]] fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses.
*  1985   &ndash; [[Amputation|Amputee]] [[Steve Fonyo]] completes [[Canada|cross-Canada]] [[marathon]] at [[Victoria, British Columbia]], after 14 months.
*[[1988]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|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]].
*[[1989]] &ndash; Signing of an agreement between [[Egypt]] and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the [[General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon|F-16]] jet fighter plane in Egypt.
*[[1990]] &ndash; The [[Congress of People's Deputies of Russia|Congress of People's Deputies]] of [[Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic|Russia]] elects [[Boris Yeltsin]] as [[President of the RSFSR|President of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic]].
*[[1993]] &ndash; The Miss Sarajevo beauty pageant is held in war-torn [[Sarajevo]] drawing global attention to the plight of its citizens.
*[[1999]] &ndash; [[Olusegun Obasanjo]] takes office as [[President of Nigeria]], the first elected and civilian [[head of state]] in [[Nigeria]] after 16 years of military rule.
*  1999   &ndash; [[Space Shuttle Discovery|Space Shuttle ''Discovery'']] completes the [[STS-96|first docking]] with the [[International Space Station]].
*[[2001]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that the disabled golfer [[Casey Martin]] can use a cart to ride in tournaments.
*[[2004]] &ndash; The [[National World War II Memorial]] is dedicated in [[Washington, D.C.]]
*[[2005]] &ndash; [[France]] rejects the [[Constitution of the European Union]] in a [[2005 French European Constitution referendum|national referendum]].<ref>{{Cite news |title=European Union Fast Facts|url=https://www.cnn.com/2013/06/06/world/europe/european-union-fast-facts/index.html |access-date=12 January 2022 |work=CNN|date=6 June 2013 }}</ref> 
*[[2008]] &ndash; A [[2008 Iceland earthquake|doublet earthquake]], of combined [[Moment magnitude scale|magnitude]] 6.1, strikes [[Iceland]] near the town of [[Selfoss (town)|Selfoss]], injuring 30 people.
*[[2012]] &ndash; A 5.8-magnitude [[2012 Northern Italy earthquakes#29 May earthquake|earthquake]] hits northern Italy near [[Bologna]], killing at least 24 people.
*[[2015]] &ndash; [[One World Observatory]] at [[One World Trade Center]] opens.
*[[2021]] &ndash; A [[Cessna Citation I|Cessna Citation I/SP]] [[2021 Percy Priest Lake Cessna Citation crash|crashes]] into [[Percy Priest Lake]] in [[Tennessee]], killing all six people on board, including actor [[Joe Lara]] and his wife [[Gwen Shamblin Lara]].<ref name="USAToday_May20212">{{cite news |last1=Bacon |first1=John |last2=Sharon |first2=Keith |date=30 May 2021 |title=Plane carrying diet guru Gwen Lara, 6 others crashes into Tennessee lake; all on board presumed dead |work=USA Today |publisher=Gannett |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2021/05/30/tennessee-plane-crash-plane-carrying-gwen-lara-crashes-into-lake/5271725001/ |access-date=31 May 2021}}</ref>