Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri (born 27 May 1962) is a former Indian national cricket team head coach, cricket commentator, and former captain of the Indian cricket team. He was a member of the Indian national cricket team from 1981 to 1992, appearing in both Test matches and One Day Internationals. He began his career as a left-arm spin bowler but later evolved into a batting all-rounder.

Edmund Hillary, a New Zealand beekeeper, and Tenzing Norgay, a Nepalese Sherpa, became the first persons to stand on the top of the world's highest mountain. On May 29, 1953, at 11:30 a.m., Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay, a Sherpa from Nepal, became the first explorers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, which stands 29,035 feet above sea level. Hillary and another New Zealander, George Lowe, were asked to join John Hunt's 1953 British Everest Expedition after climbing with British teams in the Himalayas in 1951 and 1952.

On this day in 1912, Australia spinner Jimmy Matthews became the first and only bowler in the history of Test cricket to take two hat-tricks in a single day. Matthews, a leg-break bowler, strangely played just eight Tests in his international career, getting 16 wickets.

Over the weekend, Jurassic International had its world premiere in Paris. Despite the fact that director Colin Trevorrow stated that he would most likely not return to helm a hypothetical sequel, the early word about Jurassic World following its debut is that he did an excellent job. Jurassic World had its world debut on May 29, 2015, at the Grand Rex theatre in Paris, France. From June 10 to 12, the film was distributed theatrically in 66 countries.

Bunty Aur Babli is a 2005 Indian Hindi-language crime comedy film directed by Shaad Ali and written by Jaideep Sahni, based on a story by Aditya Chopra, who also serves as producer through his company Yash Raj Films. The film stars Abhishek Bachchan and Rani Mukerji in the lead roles, alongside Amitabh Bachchan, and is the first to feature the Bachchan father-son duo. Bunty Aur Babli, which was released worldwide on May 27, 2005, received positive reviews from critics and was a commercial success at the box office, becoming the second highest-grossing Indian film of the year.

After a 1–1 tie at the end of extra time, Real Madrid triumphed 5–3 on penalties, claiming a record-extending 11th victory in the competition. Real Madrid gained the opportunity to compete in the 2016 UEFA Super Cup against the winners of the 2015–16 UEFA Europa League, Sevilla. The 2016 UEFA Champions League Final was the final match of the 2015–16 UEFA Champions League, the 61st season of UEFA's premier club football event, and the 24th season since the tournament was renamed from the European Champion Clubs' Cup to the UEFA Champions League. On May 28, 2016, it was held in the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy.

The Volkswagen brand's origins began with the "Käfer," a Nazi prestige project that began development work in 1934. The "Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung des Deutschen Volkswagens mbH" was formally created on May 28, 1937. In 1938, the name was changed to "Volkswagenwerk GmbH," and the business established its primary facility in what is now Wolfsburg. The start of war, however, and integration with the arms sector, prohibited mass manufacture of the Volkswagen ("people's car") - instead, military vehicles and other munitions were created employing forced labour.

Sunrisers Hyderabad bowlers delivered an outstanding effort to derail Virat Kohli's fairytale season, as SRH defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore by 8 runs in a high-octane summit showdown to claim their first Indian Premier League championship. Sunrisers Hyderabad earned their inaugural Indian Premier League title with an eight-run triumph in a dramatic summit showdown on May 29, 2016, after Royal Challengers Bangalore bowed under the strain of a massive run chase.

Chennai Super Kings (CSK) defeated Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) by 58 runs in the IPL 2011 final to win the trophy for the second time in two years. CSK had a home advantage in the final, which they used to their advantage. They set up a mammoth score of 205-5 after batting first after MS Dhoni won the toss. CSK is the squad with the second-most IPL trophies in history.

Jawaharlal Nehru was a central figure in India during the mid-twentieth century. He was an anti-colonial nationalist, secular humanist, social democrat, and author. In the 1930s and 1940s, Nehru was a key figure in the Indian nationalist movement. He was India's prime minister for 17 years after the country's independence in 1947. After 1962, Nehru's health began to deteriorate, and he spent months recuperating in Kashmir until 1963. Some historians attribute his precipitous decline to his surprise and dismay at the Sino-Indian War, which he saw as a betrayal of trust heart attack took his life on 27th May 1964.

Shane Watson overcame a poor start to score an unbeaten 117 to lead Chennai Super Kings to their third Indian Premier League (IPL) title with an eight-wicket triumph against Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on Sunday at the Wankhede Stadium. Shane Watson selected the Wankhede Stadium, surrounded by a sea of yellow, to put on a display. The 36-year-old muscular opener hit an unbroken 117 off 57 balls, as if to prove a point on behalf of his experienced colleagues to detractors who had ridiculed CSK as Dad's Army for choosing several in the 30-plus age category.

The International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, May 29, provides an opportunity to pay tribute to the invaluable contribution of uniformed and civilian personnel to the Organization's work and to honour nearly 4,200 peacekeepers who have died serving under the UN flag since 1948, including 135 last year. The United Nations Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) was founded on May 29, 1948, when the Security Council authorised the deployment of a small number of UN military observers to the Middle East to monitor the Armistice Agreement between Israel and its Arab neighbours.

Backstreet Boys' third studio album (their second in the United States) Millennium was released on May 18, 1999 by Jive Records. It was their first album to be released simultaneously in the United States and internationally. Millennium held the record for the most shipments in a single year, with 11 million sold in the United States by May 26th, 1999. It received five Grammy nominations and went on to become one of the best-selling albums of all time, selling 24 million copies worldwide. The Backstreet Boys promoted Millennium with the Into the Millennium Tour, which went on to become one of the most successful tours of all time.