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29 May was a date.
Events
In 1913, during a performance of Le Sacre du Printemps at the Ballets Russes, a riot broke out in the auditorium. Ace and a friend from the year 2000 were in theatre boxes at the time, while the Seventh Doctor was backstage with Nijinsky. (PROSE: Lungbarrow [+]Loading...["Lungbarrow (novel)"])
In 1919, there was a total eclipse. Observations led to findings published in "A determination of the deflection of light by the sun's gravitational field, from observations made at the total eclipse of May 29, 1919. (AUDIO: Consequences [+]Loading...["Consequences (Graceless audio story)"])
On 29 May 1940, (AUDIO: Fugitives [+]Loading...["Fugitives (audio story)"]) during the Battle of Dunkirk, (TV: Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart [+]Loading...["Co-Owner of a Lonely Heart (TV story)"]) the Seventh Doctor and Ace convinced Hitler to call off an attack on Dunkirk, and the British Army began secretly evacuating from the area. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus [+]Loading...["Timewyrm: Exodus (novel)"]) The Eighth Doctor and Molly O'Sullivan visited Dunkirk during this time. (AUDIO: Fugitives [+]Loading...["Fugitives (audio story)"])
In 1965, Nature magazine reported on the 30 June 1908 meteor shower. (PROSE: Birthright [+]Loading...["Birthright (novel)"])
The United Nations Intelligence Taskforce — commonly known as UNIT, and later called the Unified Intelligence Taskforce — was founded on 29 May at some point in the 1970s or 1980s. (PROSE: Time Traveller's Diary [+]Loading...["Time Traveller's Diary (novel)"])
29 May 2025 was a Thursday. (TV: The Robot Revolution [+]Loading...["The Robot Revolution (TV story)"])
Births and deaths
Only one person at Martin Trueman's astrology seminar, a woman, was born on 29 May. (TV: Secrets of the Stars [+]Loading...["Secrets of the Stars (TV story)"])