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May 29
1765Patrick Henry bitterly denounced the Stamp Act in the Virginia House of Burgesses. 1790Rhode Island became the 13th state in the United States, the last of the original colonies to ratify the Constitution. 1848Wisconsin became the 30th state in the United States. 1917John F. Kennedy was born in Brookline, Mass. 1942Bing Crosby recorded his version of “White Christmas.” It would go on to sell over 30 million copies. 1953Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay became the first to reach the summit of Mount Everest. 1990Boris Yeltsin was elected president of the Russian republic by the parliament. 
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