Today in History for 29th May 2025
Historical Events
1954 – French Championships Women’s Tennis: Maureen Connolly retains her title; beats Ginette Bucaille of France 6-4, 6-1
1972 – LPGA Titleholders Championship Women’s Golf, Southern Pines CC: Sandra Palmer wins first of 2 majors by a massive 10 strokes from Judy Rankin and Mickey Wright
2006 – Singer David Bowie joins guitarist David Gilmour as special guest during encore at Royal Albert Hall, London concert; they perform “Arnold Layne” and “Comfortably Numb” in what becomes Bowie’s final UK appearance
2018 – ABC TV network cancels TV comedy “Roseanne” after its star Roseanne Barr posts a racist tweet
2023 – Canadian hiker Delaney Irving (19) wins perilous Cooper’s Hill Cheese-Rolling in Brockworth, Glocestershire, England, despite being knocked unconscious
Famous Birthdays
1906 – T. H. White, English novelist (England Have My Bones) and author of the King Arthur novels, born in Bombay, British India (d. 1964)
1927 – Dick Hillenius, Dutch biologist and writer, born in Amsterdam (d. 1987)
1933 – William Yorzyk Jr., American swimmer (Olympic gold 200m butterfly, WR 2:19.3, 1956), born in Northampton, Massachusetts (d. 2020)
1937 – Charles W. Pickering, American judge (Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Mississippi), born in Laurel, Mississippi
1960 – Adrian Paul, English actor (Dance to Win, Highlander), born in London, England
Famous Deaths
1924 – Pierre-Paul Cambon, French diplomat (negotiated Entente Cordiale), dies at 81
1924 – Johann Baptist Singenberger, Swiss composer, music teacher, editor and publisher of liturgical music, dies at 76
1939 – Ursula Ledóchowska, Polish-Austrian Catholic saint and foundress of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus, dies of a carcinoma at 74
1992 – Ruby Middleton Forsythe, African-American teacher who taught for 50 years in one-room schoolhouse in South Carolina, dies at 86
2012 – Mark Minkov, Russian Soviet theater and film score composer, dies at 67
