On May 29, 1999, Discovery became the first space shuttle [1] to dock with the International Space Station [2].
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On May 29th, 1660 — his 30th birthday — Charles II [3] returned to London from exile in the Netherlands to claim the English throne after the Puritan Commonwealth came to an end.
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The summit of Mount Everest was reached by Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norga [4]y.
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The Sporter Sale Continues! All of the sporterized rifles in my inventory [5] are on sale, at Elk Creek Company [6]. By request from several readers, I’ve extended this sale for a week, to end on Friday, May 31st. When I last checked, we still had milsurp sporters available chambered in .22-250, .243 Winchester, .257 Roberts, 6.5×55 Mauser, 7×57 Mauser, .308 Winchester/7.62mm NATO, 7.65mm Argentine Mauser, and .45 ACP. Order yours, soon!