TUESDAY, MAY 29, 2012

Today is Tuesday, May 29, the 150th day of 2012. There are 216 days left in the year.

526 ― Antioch struck by Earthquake; about 250,000 die

1453 ― Constantinople falls to Muhammad II (Turks); ends Byzantine Empire

1765 ― Patrick Henry historic speech against the Stamp Act, answering a cry of ``Treason!" with, ``If this be treason, make the most of it!"

1849 ― Lincoln says ``You can fool some of the people all of the time, and of people some of time, but you can't fool all of the people all of time"

1900 ― Trademark ``Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co.

1919 ― Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington

1922 ― U.S. Supreme Court rules organized baseball is a sport and not a business and thus not subject to antitrust laws

1959 ― Charles de Gaulle forms French Government

1968 ― Manchester United become the first English team to win European Championship soccer tournament beating Benfica of Portugal 4-1 at Wembley after an added 30 minutes

1997 ― Spain scientists announce new human species in 780,000-year-old fossil