About the day » Wednesday May 29, 1991Calender converter

• Tim Brion († 2018)

• Dirk Botter (56), Nijkerk
• Florence Laray Brewer (64)
• Evertje Groenewoud (93)
• Fransciscus Leonardus van der Palen (75), Eindhoven, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• E. (Liza) Swelsen (68), Geleen
• Francisca Theresia van Hal (64), Oss,, Noord-Brabant, Nederland
• Anna Joseph Maria Canters (89)
• Anna Evedina Longina Maria Valstar (38), Delft
• Frederik Cornelis Veefkind (93), Leiden, Zuid-Holland, Nederland
• Catharina Maria Louwe (83), Alkmaar, Noord-Holland, Nederland

• 1988 » Cheng Fei, Chinese gymnast
• 1988 » Muath Al-Kasasbeh, Jordanian captain and pilot († 2015)
• 1989 » Diego Barisone, Argentinian footballer († 2015)
• 1989 » Ezekiel Ansah, Ghanaian-American football player
• 1989 » Riley Keough, American model and actress
• 1990 » Joe Biagini, American baseball pitcher
• 1992 » Sarah Moundir, Swiss tennis player
• 1993 » Grete Šadeiko, Estonian heptathlete
• 1993 » Jana Čepelová, Slovak tennis player
• 1993 » Maika Monroe, American actress and kiteboarder

• 1987 » Charan Singh, Indian politician, 5th Prime Minister of India (b. 1902)
• 1988 » Salem bin Laden, Saudi Arabian businessman (b. 1946)
• 1989 » George C. Homans, American sociologist and academic (b. 1910)
• 1991 » Margaret Barr (choreographer), Australian choreographer and teacher of dance-drama (b. 1904)
• 1993 » Billy Conn, American boxer (b. 1917)
• 1994 » Erich Honecker, German lawyer and politician (b. 1912)
• 1994 » Lady May Abel Smith, member of the British Royal Family (b. 1906)
• 1996 » Tamara Toumanova, American ballerina and actress (b. 1919)
• 1997 » Jeff Buckley, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1966)
• 1998 » Barry Goldwater, American general, activist, and politician (b. 1909)

1. Thomas
2. Jan
3. Jeroen
4. Patrick
5. Kevin
6. Michael
7. Dennis
8. Martijn
9. Mark
10. Cornelis
11. Tim
12. Niels
13. Rick
14. Robin
15. David
16. Robert

1. Laura
2. Anne
3. Lisa
4. Joyce
5. Maria
6. Anna
7. Jessica
8. Michelle
9. Amy
10. Stephanie
11. Kim
12. Nicole
13. Melissa
14. Sarah
15. Johanna
16. Esther

• Koningin Beatrix (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from April 30, 1980 till April 30, 2013 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Koninkrijk der Nederlanden)
• In The Netherlands , there was from Tuesday, November 7, 1989 to Monday, August 22, 1994 the cabinet Lubbers III, with Drs. R.F.M. Lubbers (CDA) as prime minister.
• The Netherlands had about 15.0 million citizens.
• January 17 » Gulf War: Operation Desert Storm begins early in the morning as aircraft strike positions across Iraq, it is also the first major combat sortie for the F-117. LCDR Scott Speicher's F/A-18C Hornet from VFA-81 is shot down by a Mig-25 and is the first American casualty of the War. Iraq fires eight Scud missiles into Israel in an unsuccessful bid to provoke Israeli retaliation.
• February 7 » The Troubles: The Provisional IRA launched a mortar attack on 10 Downing Street in London, the headquarters of the British government.
• June 12 » Russians first democratically elected Boris Yeltsin as the President of Russia.
• June 15 » In the Philippines, Mount Pinatubo erupts in the second largest volcanic eruption of the 20th century, killing over 800 people.
• November 14 » American and British authorities announce indictments against two Libyan intelligence officials in connection with the downing of the Pan Am Flight 103.
• December 2 » Canada and Poland become the first nations to recognize the independence of Ukraine from the Soviet Union.

The temperature on May 29, 1991 was between 8.2 °C and 17.3 °C and averaged 12.1 °C. There was 7.4 hours of sunshine (45%). The partly clouded was. The average windspeed was 3 Bft (moderate breeze) and was prevailing from the north-northeast.