What Happened on May 29, 1978

• US 1st class postage rises to 15 cents (13 cents for 3 years)
• USSR performs nuclear test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan

• Adam Rickitt, English actor (Coronation Street), born in Crewe, England
• Per "Howlin' Pelle" Almqvist, Swedish musician (The Hives - "Hat To Say I Told You So"; "Walk Idiot, Walk"), born in Fagersta, Sweden
• Sébastien Grosjean, French tennis player (Davis Cup 2001; world #4 2002), born in Marseille, France

• Carl Reynolds, American baseball outfielder who was 2nd player in MLB history to hit HRs in 3 consecutive innings 1930; Chicago White Sox, dies at 75

Holidays: Memorial Day (United States), Spring Bank Holiday (United Kingdom)

• #1 Song: Too Much, Too Little, Too Late - Johnny Mathis/Deniece Williams
• #1 Song: Rivers Of Babylon/Brown Girl In The Ring - Boney M