May 29

Saturday 29, 1999:

In Jerusalem, Israel, Charlotte Nilsson wins the forty-fourth Eurovision Song Contest for Sweden singing "Take Me To Your Heaven".

Friday 29, 1733:

Right of Canadians to keep Indian slaves upheld at Quebec City.

Thursday 29, 1727:

Peter II becomes Tsar of Russia.

Saturday 29, 1677:

Treaty of Middle Plantation establishes peace between the Virginia colonists and the local Indians.

Sunday 29, 1453:

Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih capture Constantinople after a siege, ending the Byzantine Empire.