May 29

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2006 Calendar

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1265 - Dante Alighieri, Florentine poet (d. 1321)
1594 - Gottfried Heinrich Graf zu Pappenheim, Bavarian general (d. 1632)
1630 - King Charles II of England (d. 1685)
1736 - Patrick Henry, American patriot (d. 1799)
1860 - Isaac Albéniz, Spanish composer (d. 1909)
1863 - Arthur Mold, controversial Lancashire fast bowler and alleged "chucker" (d. 1921)
1874 - G. K. Chesterton, English novelist (d. 1936)
1880 - Oswald Spengler, German philosopher (d. 1936)
1893 - Max Brand, American author, war correspondent (d. 1944)
1894 - Beatrice Lillie, Canadian actress (d. 1989)
1894 - Josef von Sternberg, Austrian-American writer, director (d. 1969)
1897 - Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Austrian composer (d. 1957)
1903 - Bob Hope, British-born American comedian and actor (d. 2003)
1906 - T.H. White, British author (d. 1964)
1913 - Tony Zale, American boxer, world middleweight champion (d. 1997)
1914 - Sherpa Tenzing Norgay (d. 1986)
1914 - Eduard Pestel, scientist and engineer (d. 1988)
1915 - Karl Münchinger, German conductor (d. 1990)
1917 - John Fitzgerald Kennedy, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963)
1922 - Iannis Xenakis, composer (d. 2001)
1933 - John Mayall, musician
1933 - Helmuth Rilling, German conductor
1933 - Edward Whittemore, writer
1938 - Fay Vincent, former commissioner of baseball
1939 - Al Unser, race car driver
1940 - Farooq Leghari, former President of Pakistan
1942 - Kevin Conway, actor
1944 - Helmut Berger, actor
1946 - Fernando Buesa, Basque politician (d. 2000)
1948 - Anthony Geary, actor
1953 - Danny Elfman, composer, musician ("Oingo Boingo")
1955 - John Hinckley Jr., assassin (attempted)
1956 - LaToya Jackson, musician
1957 - Jeb Hensarling, American politician
1958 - Annette Bening, actress
1959 - Rupert Everett, actor
1959 - Adrian Paul, actor
1961 - Melissa Etheridge, musician
1963 - Lisa Whelchel, actress
1967 - Noel Gallagher, musician, Oasis
1975 - Melanie Brown, musician, actress
1984 - Carmelo Anthony, NBA basketball player
1991 - James Eastman