May 29 in Pop Culture History

May 29 in Pop Culture History May 29th is… 529 Day Coq Au Vin Day Paperclip Day 1453 – Ottoman armies under Sultan Mehmed II Fatih captured Constantinople after a 53-day siege, commonly called The Fall of Constantinople. 1790 – Rhode Island was the last of the original United States’ colonies to ratify the Constitution …

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May 26 in History

May 26 in Pop Culture History May 26th is… Blueberry Cheesecake Day Paper Airplane Day World Sherry Day 1293 (Earthquake) Kamakura, Kanagawa, Japan, killing about 30,000. 1869 – The Commonwealth of Massachusetts chartered Boston University. 1896 – Charles Dow published the first edition of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. 1897 – Bram Stoker’s Dracula novel …

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