Small (29th May)
3 Events
1953 – Sir Edmund Hillary and Sherpa Tenzing Norgay are the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest, on Tenzing Norgay’s 39th birthday.
1985 – Heysel Stadium disaster: In Brussels, Belgium, 39 football fans die and hundreds are injured during a riot at a European Cup match.
1660 – English Restoration: Charles II (on his birthday) is restored to the throne of Great Britain.
2 Important Birthdays
1959 – Adrian Paul, English actor
1934 – Nanette Newman, English Actress
1 Death
1982 – Romy Schneider, Austrian actress (b. 1938)
Holiday or Observance
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