May 29, 1996




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  • National presidential elections will be held in Israel.

  • Sinn Fein leader Gerry Adams is scheduled to make a "historic address" via satellite. He will discuss the Ireland, this week's elections and the peace talks scheduled for June 10.

  • The space shuttle Endeavour is scheduled to land after a 10- day mission.

  • A verdict is expected in Tokyo in the case of a British journalist accused of violating an agreement with a Japanese government-owned research center. He released a videotape showing the electrocution of whales.





  • Thursday, May 30, is the tentatively scheduled date for Irish elections.

  • General elections will be held in the Czech Republic beginning May 30.

  • On Saturday, June 1, Secretary of Defense William Perry will address U.S. Military Academy graduates at West Point, New York.

  • On Sunday, June 2, the 50th annual Tony Awards will be presented in New York City.

  • On Monday, June 3, Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat is scheduled to visit London. He will meet with Prime Minister John Major and other political leaders, and address Oxford Union students. He will visit through June 4.





  • In 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses. Responding to a cry of "Treason!," Henry replied, "If this be treason, make the most of it!"

  • In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the United States Constitution.

  • In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.

  • In 1917, the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Massachusetts.

  • In 1932, World War I veterans began arriving in Washington to demand cash bonuses they weren't scheduled to receive for another 13 years.

  • In 1943, Norman Rockwell's portrait of "Rosie the Riveter" appeared on the cover of "The Saturday Evening Post."

  • In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norkay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.

  • In 1973, Tom Bradley was elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, defeating incumbent Sam Yorty.

  • In 1985, 35 people were killed and hundreds injured in rioting that erupted between British and Italian spectators at the European Cup soccer final in Brussels, Belgium.

  • In 1988, President Reagan began his first visit to the Soviet Union as he arrived in Moscow, where he opened his superpower summit with Soviet leader Mikhail S. Gorbachev.

  • In 1990, Boris N. Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic in the third round of balloting by the Russian parliament.





  • NASA astronaut Shannon Lucid is at the halfway point of her record four-month tour aboard the Russian space station Mir. For information about other pioneering women in science, consult "4,000 Years of Women in Science," a compilation of biographies, photographs and references showcasing their contributions to the understanding of our world.




  • Many Muslim countries celebrate Achura today to commemorate the death of Muhammad's grandson and the Battle of Karbala.

  • Fiji observes Ratu Sir Lala Sakuna Day today.

  • Today is Tamkhari in Senegal.

  • Azerbaijan celebrates National Day today.

  • Today comedian Bob Hope is 93; former baseball commissioner Fay Vincent is 58; race car driver Al Unser Sr. is 57; actor Helmut Berger is 52; actor Anthony Geary is 49; actress Annette Bening is 38; actress Lisa Whelchel is 33; and singer Melissa Etheridge is 35.



  • Sources: Associated Press,
    Chase's Calendar of Events 1996, J.P. Morgan

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