WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. MAY
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Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California. (29. May 1973)

Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral. (29. May 1982)

Falklands War: British forces defeat the Argentines at the Battle of Goose Green. (29. May 1982)

Heysel Stadium disaster: 39 association football fans die and hundreds are injured when a dilapidated retaining wall collapses. (29. May 1985)

Amputee Steve Fonyo completes cross-Canada marathon at Victoria, British Columbia, after 14 months. (29. May 1985)

The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. (29. May 1988)

Signing of an agreement between Egypt and the United States, allowing the manufacture of parts of the F-16 jet fighter plane in Egypt. (29. May 1989)

The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. (29. May 1990)

Olusegun Obasanjo takes office as President of Nigeria, the first elected and civilian head of state in Nigeria after 16 years of military rule. (29. May 1999)

Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station. (29. May 1999)

The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments. (29. May 2001)

The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C. (29. May 2004)

A strong earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale strikes Iceland near the town of Selfoss, injuring 30 people. (29. May 2008)

A 5.8-magnitude earthquake hits northern Italy near Bologna, killing at least 24 people. (29. May 2012)