May 29 - What happened today?

Home What happened today in history? Blamepro's Almanac for May 29
In the headlines today:

2003	The intersection of Hollywood Boulevard and Vine Street is renamed Bob Hope Square, as Hollywood celebrates comedian Bob Hope's 100th birthday. (photo credit: NARA)
2003	Software maker Microsoft agrees to pay $750 million to Netscape web browser owner AOL Time Warner to settle a 2001 antitrust lawsuit.
1998	Former Arizona senator Barry Goldwater dies at age 89.
1995	Actor Christopher Reeve becomes paralyzed after being thrown from his horse.
1990	Boris Yeltsin is elected president by the Russian parliament.
1985	Thirty-five spectators die when rioting erupts at the European Cup soccer final in Brussels.
1978	A 1 oz. letter costs 15-cents to mail today, as the US Postal Service raises the old rate by two cents.
1973	Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles.
1962	Buck O'Neil becomes the first black coach in major league baseball, accepting a job with the Chicago Cubs.
1954	Actor Kirk Douglas marries Anne Buydens.
1953	Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norgay are the first to climb to the summit of Mount Everest.
1942	Actor John Barrymore dies in Hollywood at age 60.
1916	US president Woodrow Wilson orders the adoption of the Presidential flag. (photo credit: NARA)
1848	Wisconsin becomes the 30th state to join the US.
1790	Rhode Island becomes the 13th colony to ratify the US Constitution.