Today is Saturday, May 29, the 149th day of 2010. 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
1874 _ Present constitution of Switzerland takes effect
1900 _ Trademark "Escalator" registered by Otis Elevator Co
1912 _ 15 young women fired by Curtis Publishing for dancing the "Turkey Trot" during their lunch break
1919 _ Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
1988 _ President Zia ul-Haq fires government/disbands parliament in Pakistan
1989 _ Student protesters in Tiananmen Square China construct a replica of the Statue of Liberty
1990 _ Boris Yeltsin is elected President of the Russian Republic
1997 _ Spanish scientists announce new human species in 780,000-year-old fossil