Event:
Northern Italy, near Bologna, experiences a 5.8-magnitude earthquake; at least 24 people are killed
More Notable Events on May 29:
1990 Boris Yeltsin is elected president of the Russian republic
1989 Student protesters in China construct a replica of Statue of Liberty
1987 Michael Jackson attempts to buy Elephant Man's remains
1953 Edmund Hillary and Tensing Norkay are 1st to reach summit of Everest
1919 Einstein's light-bending prediction confirmed by Arthur Eddington
