June 29
June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 185 days remain until the end of the year.
Events
- 512 - A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
- 1149 - Raymond of Antioch is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din.
- 1194 - Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier makes the European discovery of Prince Edward Island.
- 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
- 1644 - Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
- 1659 - The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.
- 1749 - New Governor, Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).
- 1786 - Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
- 1850 - Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island.
- 1850 - Autocephaly Officially Granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to The Church of Greece.
- 1864 - Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
- 1874 - Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
- 1880 - France annexes Tahiti.
- 1888 - First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.
- 1891 - Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.
- 1895 - Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
- 1914 - Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
- 1916 - Sir Roger Casement, Irish Nationalist and British diplomat is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
- 1922 - France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes."
- 1925 - Canada House opens in London, England.
- 1926 - Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1927 - First test of Wallace Turnbull's Controllable pitch propeller.
- 1937 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Canada receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles.
- 1945 - Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union.
- 1951 - Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, is ordained as a priest.
- 1956 - The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
- 1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment".
- 1974 - Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband President Juan Peron had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
- 1976 - The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.)
- 1995 - The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
- 2002 - Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of four South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
- 2003 - Thirteen are killed in a porch collapse in Chicago.
- 2006 - The Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigned.
- 2006 - Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
- 2007 - Two car bombs are found in the heart of London at Picadilly Circus.
Births
- 1397 - John II of Aragon (d. 1479)
- 1517 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585)
- 1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
- 1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
- 1803 - John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
- 1849 - John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926)
- 1858 - George Washington Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928)
- 1861 - William Mayo, founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)
- 1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese supercentenarian (disputed) (d. 1986)
- 1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)
- 1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
- 1880 - Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
- 1881 - Harry Frazee, Boston Red Sox owner from 1916-1923 (d. 1929)
- 1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
- 1889 - Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d.1961)
- 1897 - Fulgence Charpentier, French Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
- 1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
- 1901 - Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
- 1903 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942)
- 1906 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
- 1908 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
- 1910 - Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
- 1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- 1911 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
- 1912 - John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
- 1912 - Emile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
- 1914 - Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
- 1915 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1919 - Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
- 1920 - Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker
- 1921 - Frédéric Dard, French writer (d. 2000)
- 1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)
- 1923 - Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-American composer
- 1924 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Ezra Laderman, American composer
- 1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician
- 1925 - Hale Smith, American composer and editor
- 1925 - Cara Williams, American actress
- 1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
- 1928 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
- 1929 - Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
- 1929 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author (d. 2006)
- 1930 - Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress
- 1930 - Robert Evans - American film producer
- 1932 - Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British Law Lord
- 1933 - Bob Shaw, baseball player
- 1933 - John Bradshaw, American theologian
- 1936 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player
- 1939 - Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
- 1939 - Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial arts actor (d. 2002)
- 1940 - Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
- 1941 - Stokely Carmichael, Black Panther member (d. 1998)
- 1942 - Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter
- 1943 - Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1944 - Gary Busey, American actor
- 1944 - Sean O'Malley, current Archbishop of Boston
- 1945 - Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
- 1946 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
- 1946 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
- 1947 - Richard Lewis, American comedian
- 1947 - Michael Carter, British actor
- 1948 - Ian Paice, drummer (Deep Purple)
- 1949 - Joan Clos i Matheu, current mayor of Barcelona
- 1949 - Ann Veneman, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture
- 1951 - Don Rosa, American ilustrator of Duck Donald.
- 1952 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player
- 1953 - Colin Hay, guitarist and singer
- 1954 - Rick Honeycutt, baseball player
- 1955 - Charles J. Precourt, Deputy Manager, International Space Station Program
- 1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal
- 1956 - Pedro Guerrero, baseball player
- 1957 - María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
- 1958 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese athlete
- 1958 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor, broadcaster and singer
- 1960 - Evelyn King, American singer
- 1961 - Kimberlin Brown, actress
- 1961 - Greg Hetson, American punk-rock guitarist
- 1961 - Sharon Lawrence, American actress
- 1962 - Amanda Donohoe, British actress
- 1962 - George Zamka, astronaut
- 1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
- 1963 - Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
- 1964 - Stedman Pearson, British singer
- 1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician
- 1966 - John Part, Canadian darts player
- 1967 - Jeff Burton, American racing driver
- 1968 - Theoren Fleury, Canadian hockey player
- 1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
- 1969 - Claude Béchard, Quebec politician
- 1970 - Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
- 1971 - Kaitlyn Ashley, American adult actress
- 1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician
- 1971 - Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
- 1972 - Samantha Smith, American schoolgirl (d. 1985)
- 1972 - Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
- 1973 - George Hincapie, American cyclist
- 1977 - Oleg Korenfeld, poet
- 1978 - Sam Farrar, American bassist
- 1978 - Nicole Scherzinger, American singer and actress
- 1979 - Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
- 1979 - Matthew Bode, Australian Rules Football player
- 1979 - Barış Akarsu, Turkish Singer and Actor (d. 2007)
- 1980 - Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano
- 1980 - Mel Peachey, British television personality
- 1980 - Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
- 1980 - James Courtney, Australian racing driver
- 1981 - Joe Johnson, American basketball player
- 1981 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
- 1982 - Andrea Butjko, Hungarian porn star
- 1983 - Aundrea Fimbres, American singer (Danity Kane)
- 1984 - Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
- 1984 - Derek Lee Rock, American drummer
- 1986 - Austin Drage, English singer.
- 1987 - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
Deaths
- 1059 - Bernard II, Duke of Saxony
- 1252 - King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
- 1315 - Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)
- 1509 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)
- 1725 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)
- 1744 - André Campra, French composer (b. 1660)
- 1764 - Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)
- 1852 - Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777)
- 1855 - John Gorrie, American scientist (b. 1802)
- 1861 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806)
- 1873 - Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)
- 1875 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
- 1895 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (b. 1825)
- 1900 - Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1900)
- 1919 - José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)
- 1921 - Otto Seeck German classical historian (b. 1850)
- 1931 - Nérée Beauchemin, Quebec poet (b. 1850)
- 1933 - Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)
- 1934 - Zaro Aga, 157 years ago.(b.1777)
- 1935 - Jack O'Neill, baseball player (b. 1873)
- 1940 - Paul Klee, Swiss artist (b. 1879)
- 1941 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
- 1958 - Charles Spencelayh, English painter (b. 1865)
- 1960 - Frank Patrick, professional ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)
- 1964 - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)
- 1967 - Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
- 1967 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
- 1969 - Shorty Long, American singer (b. 1940)
- 1969 - Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919)
- 1973 - Germán Valdés, Mexican actor (b. 1915)
- 1977 - Magda Lupescu, consort of King Carol II of Romania (b. 1895)
- 1978 - Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
- 1979 - Lowell George, American country-rock singer (Little Feat) (b. 1945)
- 1982 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (b. 1914)
- 1982 - Henry King, American film director (b. 1886)
- 1990 - Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)
- 1992 - Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (assassinated) (b. 1919)
- 1993 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
- 1994 - Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908)
- 1995 - Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
- 1999 - Allan Carr, American film producer (b. 1937)
- 2000 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)
- 2002 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)
- 2002 - Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
- 2002 - François Périer, French actor (b. 1919)
- 2003 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
- 2004 - Bernard Babior, American biochemist (b. 1935)
- 2006 - Randy Walker, American football coach (b. 1954)
- 2006 - Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)
- 2006 - Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
- 2007 - Joel Siegel, American film critic (b. 1943)
Holidays and observances
Liturgical feasts
- Saints Peter and Paul, i.e. the Apostles Peter and Paul of Tarsus; also a local holiday in Rome, of which they are patron saints, as well as of the diamond workers
- Saint Hemma