May 29th Madness

In This EpisodeHolidays & Observances for May 29

Zack runs through the day’s strange and wonderful holidays, including:

• International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers
• National Biscuit Day
• Paper Clip Day
• Learn About Composting Day
• National Coq Au Vin Day
• Pink Flamingo Day
• Put a Pillow on Your Fridge Day
• World Digestive Health Day
• End of the Middle Ages Day
• European Neighbors’ Day

Because nothing says “end of May” like biscuits, paper clips, digestive health, and a flamingo with refrigerator anxiety.

Celebrity Birthdays

A May 29 birthday salute to famous folks including:

• John F. Kennedy
• Bob Hope
• Patrick Henry
• Rebbie Jackson
• Danny Elfman
• La Toya Jackson
• Annette Bening
• Melissa Etheridge
• Noel Gallagher
• Laverne Cox
• Mel B
• Carmelo Anthony
• Riley Keough
• Paul Skenes

From presidents and comedy legends to rock stars, actors, athletes, and one guy who wrote the spooky sounds living rent-free in your brain.

Celebrity & Notable Deaths

A respectful but DaWack-flavored look back at notable figures who passed away on May 29, including:

• Jeff Buckley
• Harvey Korman
• Dennis Hopper
• Betsy Palmer
• Manuel Noriega
• Gavin MacLeod
• B. J. Thomas

A mix of music legends, comedy greats, TV icons, movie rebels, and complicated historical figures.

This Day in History — May 29

Zack looks back at major moments from May 29, including:

• The fall of Constantinople in 1453
• Rhode Island becoming the 13th U.S. state
• Wisconsin becoming the 30th U.S. state
• The sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland
• Einstein’s theory of relativity being tested during a solar eclipse
• Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay reaching the summit of Mount Everest
• Tom Bradley being elected mayor of Los Angeles
• Space Shuttle Discovery docking with the International Space Station
• The dedication of the National World War II Memorial
• Danica Patrick making Indy 500 history
• Laverne Cox appearing on the cover of TIME magazine

History proves once again that every date on the calendar has receipts.

This Day in Music

The May 29 music history rundown includes:

• Stravinsky’s The Rite of Spring causing a riot
• Bing Crosby recording “White Christmas”
• Chubby Checker’s “Let’s Twist Again” winning a Grammy
• The Beach Boys hitting No. 1 with “Help Me, Rhonda”
• Paul McCartney topping the album chart with Tug of War
• Phil Spector being sentenced
• The passing of Doc Watson
• John Lennon’s 12-string guitar selling for $2.9 million

Music history: where one day you’re twisting again, and the next day somebody is selling a guitar for the price of a small island.

Movies Released on May 29

A look at movies released on this date through the years, including:

• A Raisin in the Sun
• Hud
• Sister Act
• Up
• San Andreas
• Backrooms
• The Breadwinner
• Power Ballad

From serious cinema to Whoopi in a convent, Pixar heartbreak, and The Rock versus geology.

Albums Released on May 29

The episode also looks back at albums released on May 29, including:

• Tina Turner — Private Dancer
• Pink Floyd — Pulse
• Lady Gaga — Chromatica
• Freddie Gibbs & The Alchemist — Alfredo
• Kygo — Golden Hour

A date that gave us comeback albums, live classics, lockdown dance-pop, and records that made playlists work overtime.

New Music for May 29, 2026

Zack previews scheduled new music releases for May 29, 2026, including pop, rock, classic-rock-adjacent, country, hip-hop, and alternative releases.

Featured names include:

• Paul McCartney
• Willie Nelson
• Dogstar
• Kurt Vile
• Young M.A.
• Kip Moore
• Freya Ridings
• Shinedown
• The Who
• Neil Young & The Chrome Hearts
• All Them Witches
• Turnover
• Guided by Voices

New Music Friday: because your playlist was getting bored and your earbuds were about to unionize.

Stupid News

This week’s stupid news brings the usual buffet of humanity’s finest questionable decisions, including:

• A frog found inside a sealed bag of lettuce
• Rome’s “sexy priest” calendar not actually featuring real priests
• A French Open bathroom emergency
• Michigan seniors arriving at school on tractors
• A New Jersey bear ringing a doorbell
• Dogs taking over Cannes with the Palm Dog award

Proof once again that the news isn’t getting dumber — it’s just finally being honest.

Horrible-Scopes

Zack wraps things up with hilarious satire horoscopes for Friday, May 29, 2026, featuring bad decisions, emotional weather patterns, self-checkout machine fights, snack protection, dishwasher crimes, and enough zodiac nonsense to make the stars file a complaint.

Episode Vibe

This episode is a full DaWack buffet: weird holidays, celebrity birthdays, music history, movie releases, classic rock, pop releases, dumb news, and horoscopes that should not be used for actual life guidance unless your life coach is a raccoon in sunglasses.

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