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This day in history: May 29

1. 1942

   Bing Crosby recorded his version of the song "White Christmas", which went on to become the best-selling single worldwide, with more than 50 million copies sold.

2. 1953

   The mountaineers Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first people to reach the summit of Mount Everest.

3. 1954

   Diane Leather became the first woman to run a mile in less than five minutes.

4. 1999

   Charlotte Perrelli, representing Sweden, won the Eurovision Song Contest, the first edition not to feature an orchestra or live accompaniment.

5. 1999

   President Olusegun Obasanjo took office as Nigeria's first elected and civilian head of state after 16 years of military dictatorship.

6. 2011

   Residents of Portland, Oregon, held a rally called Hands Across Hawthorne in response to an attack against a gay couple holding hands while crossing the Hawthorne Bridge.

7. 2020

   An oil spill in Norilsk released 17,500 tons of diesel oil into nearby rivers.

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