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May 29: Return of Charles II, Mt. Everest Knocked Off and Gilbert's Unexpected Death

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May 29, 2020

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1453  Constantinople, capital of the Eastern Roman Empire falls to the Turks under Muhammad 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

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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.
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