MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · May 29
THE DAY IN HISTORY · MAY 29
May 29 in history
1453
Constantinople falls to Mehmed II after eleven centuries of Roman rule. Scholars flee west with their libraries.
1935 — Luding Bridge
29 May 1935 — Twenty-two volunteers cross a chain bridge over the Dadu gorge under fire, planks burning, to hold the only crossing before pursuit arrives. The story grew in the telling — every revolution needs its bridge — but the crossing was real, and it saved the march from Shi Dakai’s fate on this same river.
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