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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_29" title="May 29">May 29</a></b>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Calendar_of_saints" title="Calendar of saints">Feast day</a> of <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Paul_VI" title="Pope Paul VI">Saint Paul VI</a></b> (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholic_Church" title="Catholic Church">Catholicism</a>)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1233" title="1233">1233</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_conquest_of_the_Jin_dynasty" title="Mongol conquest of the Jin dynasty">Mongol–Jin War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_Empire" title="Mongol Empire">Mongols</a> entered and began looting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaifeng" title="Kaifeng">Kaifeng</a>, the capital of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jin_dynasty_(1115%E2%80%931234)" title="Jin dynasty (1115–1234)">Jin dynasty</a> of China, after <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol_siege_of_Kaifeng" title="Mongol siege of Kaifeng">a 13-month siege</a></b>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1416" title="1416">1416</a> – A squadron of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venetian_navy" title="Venetian navy">Venetian navy</a> captured many <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire" title="Ottoman Empire">Ottoman</a> ships at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Gallipoli_(1416)" title="Battle of Gallipoli (1416)">Battle of Gallipoli</a></b>, confirming <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Venice" title="Republic of Venice">Venetian</a> naval superiority in the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aegean_Sea" title="Aegean Sea">Aegean Sea</a> for the next few decades.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1913" title="1913">1913</a> – During the premiere of the ballet <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Rite_of_Spring" title="The Rite of Spring">The Rite of Spring</a></b></i> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Igor_Stravinsky" title="Igor Stravinsky">Igor Stravinsky</a> at the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Th%C3%A9%C3%A2tre_des_Champs-%C3%89lys%C3%A9es" title="Théâtre des Champs-Élysées">Théâtre des Champs-Élysées</a> in Paris, the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avant-garde" title="Avant-garde">avant-garde</a> nature of the music and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choreography" title="Choreography">choreography</a> caused a near-riot in the audience.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1999" title="1999">1999</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlotte_Perrelli" title="Charlotte Perrelli">Charlotte Perrelli</a>, representing Sweden, won <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eurovision_Song_Contest_1999" title="Eurovision Song Contest 1999">the Eurovision Song Contest</a></b>, the first edition not to feature an orchestra or live accompaniment.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2011" title="2011">2011</a> – Residents of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portland,_Oregon" title="Portland, Oregon">Portland, Oregon</a>, held a rally called <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Across_Hawthorne" title="Hands Across Hawthorne">Hands Across Hawthorne</a></b> in response to an attack against a gay couple holding hands while crossing the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hawthorne_Bridge" title="Hawthorne Bridge">Hawthorne Bridge</a>.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benedetto_Pistrucci" title="Benedetto Pistrucci">Benedetto Pistrucci</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1783); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/G._K._Chesterton" title="G. K. Chesterton">G. K. Chesterton</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1874); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hubert_Opperman" title="Hubert Opperman">Hubert Opperman</a></b> (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1904); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uro%C5%A1_Drenovi%C4%87" title="Uroš Drenović">Uroš Drenović</a></b> (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 1944)</p>
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