TODAY IN HISTORY - MAY 29TH

1790 – Rhode Island becomes the last of the original United States' colonies to ratify the Constitution and is admitted as the 13th U.S. state.

1848 – Wisconsin is admitted as the 30th U.S. state.

1886 – The pharmacist John Pemberton places his first advertisement for Coca-Cola, which appeared in The Atlanta Journal.

1903 – Bob Hope, English-American actor, singer, and producer (d. 2003) is born.

1917 – John F. Kennedy, American lieutenant and politician, 35th President of the United States (d. 1963) is born.

1931 – Michele Schirru, a citizen of the United States, is executed by Italian military firing squad for intent to kill Benito Mussolini.

1942 – Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and John Scott Trotter and his Orchestra record Irving Berlin's "White Christmas", the best-selling single in history.

1948 – Creation of the United Nations peacekeeping force the United Nations Truce Supervision Organization.

1955 – John Hinckley, Jr., American attempted assassin of Ronald Reagan is born.

1973 – Tom Bradley is elected the first black mayor of Los Angeles, California.

1979 – Mary Pickford, Canadian-American actress, producer, and screenwriter, co-founded United Artists (b. 1892) dies.

1982 – Pope John Paul II becomes the first pontiff to visit Canterbury Cathedral.

1984 – Carmelo Anthony, American basketball player is born.

1988 – The U.S. President Ronald Reagan begins his first visit to the Soviet Union when he arrives in Moscow for a superpower summit with the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.

1990 – The Russian parliament elects Boris Yeltsin as president of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

1998 – Barry Goldwater, American general and politician (b. 1909) dies.

1999 – Space Shuttle Discovery completes the first docking with the International Space Station.

2001 – The U.S. Supreme Court rules that the disabled golfer Casey Martin can use a cart to ride in tournaments.

2004 – The National World War II Memorial is dedicated in Washington, D.C.

2013 – Andrew Greeley, American priest, sociologist, and author (b. 1928) dies.