On This Day in History May 29, 2023

Historical Events 1453  Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Turks under Mehmed II; ends the Byzantine Empire 1592  Battle of Sacheon: Korean navy led by Admiral Yi Sun Shin repels a Japanese fleet - first use of Korean Turtle ship 1660  On his 30th birthday Charles II returns to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth comes to an end 1851  Sojourner Truth addresses 1st Black Women's Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio 1953  Edmund Hillary (NZ) and Tenzing Norgay (Nepal) are first to reach the summit of Mount Everest as part of a British Expedition Famous Birthdays Bob Hope 1903 - 2003 Charles II 1630 - 1685 Noel Gallagher 56th Birthday T. H. White 1906 - 1964 More Famous Birthdays Famous Deaths Dennis Hopper 1936 - 2010 Manuel Noriega 1934 - 2017 More Famous Deaths May 29: A Modern Major-General of Light Entertainment William Gilbert, celebrated as the unique lyricist behind the highly popular Gilbert and Sullivan comic operas, met his death in highly unexpected circumstances. Read the Article