• Today is Tuesday, May 29, the 150th day of 2012. There are 216 days left in the year.
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• Today's Highlights in History:
• On May 29, 1942, the movie "Yankee Doodle Dandy," starring James Cagney as George M. Cohan, premiered at a war-bonds benefit in New York. Bing Crosby, the Ken Darby Singers and the John Scott Trotter Orchestra recorded Irving Berlin's "White Christmas" in Los Angeles for Decca Records. Actor John Barrymore died in Hollywood at age 60.
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• On this date:
• In 1765, Patrick Henry denounced the Stamp Act before Virginia's House of Burgesses.
• In 1790, Rhode Island became the 13th original colony to ratify the United States Constitution.
• In 1848, Wisconsin became the 30th state of the union.
• In 1912, the ballet "L'Apres-midi d'un Faune" (The Afternoon of a Faun), with music by Claude Debussy, premiered in Paris with Vaslav Nijinsky dancing the title role.
• In 1917, the 35th president of the United States, John F. Kennedy, was born in Brookline, Mass.
• In 1932, World War I veterans began arriving in Washington to demand cash bonuses they weren't scheduled to receive until 1945.
• In 1943, Norman Rockwell's portrait of "Rosie the Riveter" appeared on the cover of The Saturday Evening Post.
• In 1953, Mount Everest was conquered as Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tensing Norgay of Nepal became the first climbers to reach the summit.
• In 1961, a couple in Paynesville, W.Va., became the first recipients of food stamps under a pilot program created by President John F. Kennedy.

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