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• ... that Hindus often worship Krishna as the small child Bala Krishna (pictured), crawling on his hands and knees with a lump of butter in his hands?
• ... that boundary surveyor Joseph Smith Harris climbed a ship's mast to direct mortars during the Civil War Battle of Forts Jackson and St. Philip?
• ... that Petubastis III led a revolt in Egypt against Persian rule circa 522 BCE?
• ... that the Coffee Creek Correctional Facility is the only women's prison in Oregon?
• ... that Walter Emden designed London theatres and music halls in the late 19th century, including the Palace Theatre, the Duke of York's, the Garrick and the Royal Court?
• ... that John Aspinall was the first recipient of the James Watt International Medal?
  

• Nepal (flag pictured) is declared a republic by its newly elected government, and King Gyanendra ends his reign as the last of a 240-year-old monarchy.
• In the aftermath of the Sichuan earthquake, the People's Republic of China evacuates 100,000 people from Mianyang as engineers prepare to drain the landslide dam-created Tangjiashan Lake.
• Ethiopia's Supreme Court upholds former ruler Mengistu Haile Mariam's conviction and sentences him to death in absentia for his role in the Red Terror.
• NASA's Phoenix lands on Mars, the first successful powered descent on the planet in over 30 years.

May 29: Ratu Sir Lala Sukuna Day in Fiji

• 363 – Roman Emperor Julian defeated Sassanid Emperor Shapur II outside the walls of the Sassanid capital of Ctesiphon, but was unable to take the city.
• 1167 – A 1,600-man force of the Holy Roman Empire led by Christian of Buch and Rainald of Dassel defeated a 10,000-man Papal States army.
• 1848 – Wisconsin became the 30th U.S. state admitted to the Union.
• 1913 – The Rite of Spring, a ballet with music by Russian composer Igor Stravinsky (pictured), was first performed at the Théâtre des Champs-Élysées in Paris.
• 1953 – New Zealand explorer Edmund Hillary and Nepalese Sherpa mountaineer Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.
• 1999 – Olusegun Obasanjo took office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule.

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