Anniversaries 29 May

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Birth

Charles II of England photo

Charles II of England 6

King of England, Ireland and Scotland 1630–1685

Margaret Hughes photo

Margaret Hughes 8

British actress 1645–1719

Patrick Henry photo

Patrick Henry 43

attorney, planter, politician and Founding Father of the Un… 1736–1799

Alexander Bryan Johnson photo

Alexander Bryan Johnson 35

United States philosopher and banker 1786–1867

Andrew Bonar photo

Andrew Bonar 1

British minister 1810–1892

Frederick Locker-Lampson photo

Frederick Locker-Lampson 5

British poet 1821–1895

William Morley Punshon photo

William Morley Punshon 29

English Nonconformist minister 1824–1881

Gerald Massey photo

Gerald Massey 6

British poet 1828–1907

G. K. Chesterton photo

G. K. Chesterton 229

English mystery novelist and Christian apologist 1874–1936

Giovanni Gentile photo

Giovanni Gentile 11

Italian neo-Hegelian Idealist philosopher and politician 1875–1944

Oswald Spengler photo

Oswald Spengler 23

German historian and philosopher 1880–1936

Max Brand 1

American novelist, and short story writer 1892–1944

Bob Hope 12

American comedian, actor, singer and dancer 1903–2003

Gregg Toland photo

Gregg Toland 2

American cinematographer 1904–1948

T. H. White photo

T. H. White 25

author 1906–1964

Eduard Pestel photo

Eduard Pestel 2

scholar 1914–1988

John F. Kennedy photo

John F. Kennedy 469

35th president of the United States of America 1917–1963

John Harsanyi photo

John Harsanyi 12

hungarian economist 1920–2000

Iannis Xenakis photo

Iannis Xenakis 3

Greek composer 1922–2001

Kyril Bonfiglioli photo

Kyril Bonfiglioli 19

British art dealer 1928–1985

Harry G. Frankfurt photo

Harry G. Frankfurt 4

Philosopher 1929

Peter Higgs photo

Peter Higgs 8

British physicist 1929

Paul R. Ehrlich photo

Paul R. Ehrlich 11

American scientist and environmentalist 1932

Jasper Griffin photo

Jasper Griffin 2

Public Orator and Professor of Classical Literature 1937–2019

Dominic Su Haw Chiu photo

Dominic Su Haw Chiu 1

Malaysian prelate 1939

Andrew Clements photo

Andrew Clements 7

American writer 1949–2019

Danny Elfman photo

Danny Elfman 3

American composer, record producer, and actor 1953

Gary L. Francione photo

Gary L. Francione 12

American legal scholar 1954

Annette Bening photo

Annette Bening 2

American actress 1958

Rupert Everett photo

Rupert Everett 1

British actor 1959

Noel Gallagher photo

Noel Gallagher 60

British musician 1967

Steven D. Levitt photo

Steven D. Levitt 9

American economist 1967

Aaron McGruder photo

Aaron McGruder 1

American cartoonist 1974

Daniel Tosh photo

Daniel Tosh 28

American stand-up comedian 1975

Andy Bellatti photo

Andy Bellatti 1

Argentine journalist 1982

Alessandra Torresani photo

Alessandra Torresani 1

American actress 1987

Death

Humphry Davy photo

Humphry Davy 6

Cornish chemist 1778–1829

Winfield Scott photo

Winfield Scott 6

Union United States Army general 1786–1866

Carlos Wilcox photo

Carlos Wilcox 2

American poet 1794–1827

John Lothrop Motley photo

John Lothrop Motley 3

American historian and diplomat 1814–1877

Bahá'u'lláh photo

Bahá'u'lláh 27

founder of the Bahá'í Faith 1817–1892

Henry Thomas Buckle photo

Henry Thomas Buckle 4

English historian 1821–1862

Theodore Tilton photo

Theodore Tilton 7

American newspaper editor 1835–1907

W. S. Gilbert photo

W. S. Gilbert 67

English librettist of the Gilbert & Sullivan duo 1836–1911

Juan Ramón Jimenéz photo

Juan Ramón Jimenéz 18

Spanish poet 1881–1958

John Barrymore photo

John Barrymore 4

American actor of stage, screen and radio 1882–1942

Suniti Kumar Chatterji photo

Suniti Kumar Chatterji 2

Bengali linguist 1890–1977

Fanny Brice photo

Fanny Brice 2

American actress, singer and comedian 1891–1951

Mary Pickford photo

Mary Pickford 7

Canadian-American actress 1892–1979

Soong Ching-ling photo

Soong Ching-ling 2

Sun Yat-Sen's wife, Honorary President of the People's Repu… 1893–1981

Margaret Chase Smith photo

Margaret Chase Smith 20

Member of the United States Senate from Maine 1897–1995

Charan Singh photo

Charan Singh 16

prime minister of India 1902–1987

Moe Berg 4

baseball player, spy 1902–1972

Yury Dombrovsky photo

Yury Dombrovsky 2

Soviet writer 1909–1978

Robert T. Oliver photo

Robert T. Oliver 2

American academic 1909–2000

Barry Goldwater photo

Barry Goldwater 32

American politician 1909–1998

George C. Homans photo

George C. Homans 7

American sociologist 1910–1989

Archibald Cox photo

Archibald Cox 3

American prosecutor 1912–2004

Monique Duval photo

Monique Duval 4

Canadian journalist 1924–2014

Andrew M. Greeley photo

Andrew M. Greeley 1

Irish-American Roman Catholic priest, sociologist, journali… 1928–2013

Gavin MacLeod photo

Gavin MacLeod 1

American actor 1931–2021

Eva Hesse photo

Eva Hesse 2

German-born American sculptor 1936–1970

Jeff Buckley photo

Jeff Buckley 29

American singer, guitarist and songwriter 1966–1997