Title: June 29 Content: == Events == === Up to 1900 === * 226 Cao Pi dies and his son Cao Rui succeeds him as Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei in present-day China. * 1149 Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. * 1194 King Sverre of Norway is crowned. * 1534 Jacques Cartier becomes the first-known European to reach Prince Edward Island. * 1613 The Globe Theatre burns to the ground. * 1644 King Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge. * 1749 New Governor, Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island). * 1786 Alexander Macdonnell and over five hundred Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario. * 1807 Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet at the Battle of Athos. * 1850 Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island. * 1855 The Daily Telegraph newspaper is founded in London. * 1863 George Custer is appointed as a U.S. Union brigadier-general * 1864 Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire. * 1880 France annexes Tahiti. * 1891 National Forest Service is organized. * 1891 Street railway in Ottawa starts running. * 1895 Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government. === 1901 2000 === * 1913 The Second Balkan War begins. * 1914 Jina Guseva attempts to kill Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia. * 1916 The UK sentences Irish Easter Rising leader Roger Casement to death. He is executed on August 3. * 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. * 1926 Arthur Meighen returns as Prime Minister of Canada. * 1927 First test of Wallace Turnbull's variable-pitch propeller. * 1933 Italian boxer Primo Carnera knocked out American Jack Sharkey to become the heavyweight champion of the world. * 1937 Joseph-Armand Bombardier receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles. * 1939 The state of Hatay becomes part of the Republic of Turkey. * 1945 Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union. * 1950 At the 1950 FIFA World Cup, the United States national football team, through a goal from Joe Gaetjens, defeats the England national football team 1-0. * 1956 Marilyn Monroe marries Arthur Miller. * 1958 Brazil wins the FIFA World Cup for the first time, beating the host country Sweden 5-2 in the final. * 1974 Isabel Perón takes over Presidential duties in Argentina, as her husband Juan Perón is dying. * 1974 Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. * 1975 Steve Wozniak tests his first prototype Apple Inc. I computer. * 1976 The Seychelles become independent. * 1986 Argentina wins the FIFA World Cup, defeating West Germany 3-2. * 1986 Richard Branson sets the record for the fastest powerboat crossing of the Atlantic Ocean. * 1995 The Space Shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian Space Station Mir. * 1995 In Seoul, South Korea, the Sampoong department store collapses, killing 501, and injuring 937 people. * 1996 Olafur Ragnar Grimsson is elected President of Iceland, taking office on August 1. He succeeds Vigdís Finnbogadóttir, who decided not to run for election for a fifth time. === From 2001 === * 2002 Naval clashes occur between North Korea and South Korea. 6 South Korean sailors are killed and a North Korean vessel is sunk. * 2007 Two explosive devices are found in cars outside nightclubs in London, UK. * 2007 The IPhone goes on sale in the United States. * 2008 UEFA Euro 2008 in Austria and Switzerland: The tournament is won by the Spain national football team, with a goal by Fernando Torres securing a 1-0 victory over the Germany national football team. * 2009 American financier Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for a multibillion Dollar fraud. * 2009 Tennis: Wimbledon Centre Court's new roof is used for the first time. * 2014 A building collapse in Delhi, India, kills at least 10 people, and another building collapse in Chennai in the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu kills at least 17. * 2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares a caliphate in Syria and Iraq. == Births == === Up to 1900 === * 1139 Petronilla of Aragon (d. 1173) * 1397 John II of Aragon (d. 1479) * 1475 Beatrice d'Este, Duchess of Milan (d. 1497) * 1482 Maria of Aragon, Queen of Portugal (d. 1517) * 1516 Rembert Dodoens, Flemish botanist and physician (d. 1585) * 1528 Julius, Duke of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1589) * 1543 Christine of Hesse (d. 1604) * 1596 Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) * 1609 Pierre-Paul Riquet, French engineer and canal builder (d. 1680) * 1636 Thomas Hyde, English orientalist (d. 1703) * 1746 Joachim Heinrich Campe, pedagogue (d. 1818) * 1782 Christian Lyngbye, Danish minister and botanist (d. 1837) * 1793 Josef Ressel, Czech-Austrian inventor (d. 1857) * 1798 Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837) * 1798 Willibald Alexis, German writer (d. 1871) * 1818 Angelo Secchi, Italian astronomer (d. 1878) * 1819 Thomas Dunn English, American politician (d. 1902) * 1844 Peter I of Serbia (d. 1921) * 1845 George W. Atkinson, American politician, 10th Governor of West Virginia (d. 1925) * 1847 Paul Flechsig, German neuranatomist (d. 1929) * 1849 John Hunn, American politician, 51st Governor of Delaware (d. 1926) * 1849 Pedro Montt, President of Chile (d. 1910) * 1849 Sergei Witte, Russian politician (d. 1915) * 1858 George Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928) * 1861 Dr. William Mayo, American surgeon and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939) * 1865 (disputed) Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese centenarian (d. 1986) * 1868 George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938) * 1873 Leo Frobenius, German ethnologist, archaeologist (d. 1938) * 1879 Benedetto Aloisi Masella, Italian cardinal (d. 1970) * 1880 Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944) * 1881 Harry Frazee, American director, producer and agent (d. 1929) * 1882 Henry Hawtrey, English runner (d. 1961) * 1886 Robert Schuman, French politician and statesman (d. 1963) * 1888 Alexander Friedmann, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1925) * 1889 Willie McFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961) * 1890 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, Dutch supercentenarian (d. 2005) * 1893 Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958) * 1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and writer (d. 1944) === 1901 1925 === * 1901 Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967) * 1901 Putte Kock, Swedish footballer, ice hockey and contract bridge player (d. 1979) * 1903 Alan Blumlein, English engineer (d. 1942) * 1906 Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1945) * 1907 Junji Nishikawa, Japanese footballer (d. unknown) * 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 composer (d. 1975) * 1912 Lucie Aubrac, French Resistance activist (d. 2007) * 1912 José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer and conductor (d. 1958) * 1913 Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (d. 1992) * 1914 Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (d. 1996) * 1915 Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005) * 1919 Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983) * 1919 Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (d. 2006) * 1920 César Rodriguez Alvarez, Spanish footballer (d. 1995) * 1920 Ray Harryhausen, American movie maker (d. 2013) * 1921 Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013) * 1921 Reinhard Mohn, German publisher (d. 2009) * 1922 Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (d. 1991) * 1924 Philip H. Hoff, American politician, former Governor of Vermont (d. 2018) * 1924 Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006) * 1925 Giorgio Napolitano, 11th President of Italy === 1926 1950 === * 1926 Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006) * 1926 Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ecuadorean writer (d. 2009) * 1928 Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999) * 1929 Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2006) * 1930 Ernst Albrecht, German politician (d. 2014) * 1931 Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999) * 1932 Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British politician * 1933 John Bradshaw, American author (d. 2016) * 1936 Harmon Killebrew, American Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 2011) * 1939 Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer * 1941 Kwame Ture, (born "Stokely Carmichael"), civil rights activist (d. 1998) * 1943 Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003) * 1943 Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur (d. 2017) * 1944 Gary Busey, American actor * 1944 Sean Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts * 1944 Roger Wootton, English aeronautical engineer and balloonist (d. 2017) * 1945 Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan politician and former President * 1946 Ernesto Pérez Balladares, 46th President of Panama * 1946 Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004) * 1948 Ian Paice, British musician (Deep Purple) * 1949 Dan Dierdorf, American football player * 1949 Joan Clos i Matheu, 116th Mayor of Barcelona === 1951 1975 === * 1951 Don Rosa, American cartoonist * 1952 Joe Johnson, English snooker player * 1956 Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal * 1957 Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan * 1957 Michael Nutter, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia * 1958 Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner * 1958 Dieter Althaus, German politician * 1958 Ralf Rangnick, German football manager * 1959 Atsushi Uchiyama, Japanese footballer * 1959 Gary Rydstrom, American sound designer * 1961 Sharon Lawrence, American actress * 1962 Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician * 1962 George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot and astronaut * 1963 Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist * 1968 Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player * 1970 Mike Vallely, American Professional Skateboarder * 1971 Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player * 1971 Kaitlyn Ashley, American erotic actress * 1971 Matthew Good, Canadian rock musician and activist * 1971 Nawal Al-Zoghbi, Lebanese singer * 1972 Samantha Smith, American social activist and actress (d. 1985) === From 1976 === * 1977 Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer * 1978 Nicole Scherzinger, American actress and singer (Pussycat Dolls) * 1979 Tomoyuki Sakai, Japanese footballer * 1980 Katherine Jenkins, Welsh singer * 1981 Nino, Greek singer * 1981 Nicolas Vuyovich, Argentine Formula One driver * 1984 Christopher Egan, Australian actor * 1984 Derek Lee Rock, American musician * 1984 Emil Hallfredsson, Icelandic footballer * 1986 José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer * 1987 Jena Lee, French singer * 1988 Troy Deeney, English footballer * 1988 Ever Banega, Argentine footballer * 1988 Adrian Mannarino, French tennis player * 1990 Kim Little, Scottish footballer * 1990 Yann M'Vila, French footballer * 1991 Suk Hyun-Jun, South Korean footballer * 1991 Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player * 1991 Addison Timlin, American actress * 1992 Adam G. Sevani, American dancer and actor * 1993 George Sampson, English dancer and actor * 1993 Fran Kirby, English footballer * 1993 Lorenzo James Henrie, American actor * 1994 Shin Dong-ho, South Korean singer (U-KISS) * 1994 Leandro Paredes, Argentine footballer * 2000 Red Gerard, American snowboarder == Deaths == === Up to 1900 === * 67 Paul the Apostle, preacher, teacher and writer (b. 5) * 226 Cao Pi, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei * 1059 Bernard II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 995) * 1149 Raymond of Poitiers (b. 1115) * 1252 King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218) * 1509 Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII of England (b. 1443) * 1520 Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (b. 1466) * 1575 Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1515) * 1763 Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Swedish writer (b. 1718) * 1779 Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (b. 1728) * 1831 Heinrich Friedrich Karl von und zum Stein, Prussian politician (b. 1757) * 1837 Nathaniel Macon, American politician (b. 1758) * 1840 Lucien Bonaparte, French politician (b. 1775) * 1852 Henry Clay, United States Senator (b. 1777) * 1855 John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803) * 1861 Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806) * 1875 Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793) * 1895 Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist and educator (b. 1825) * 1895 Floriano Peixoto, President of Brazil (b. 1839) * 1900 Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1827) === 1901 2000 === * 1925 Christian Michelsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1857) * 1928 Alvaro de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1878) * 1933 Olaf Bull, Norwegian poet (b. 1893) * 1933 "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887) * 1940 Paul Klee, Swiss painter (b. 1879) * 1941 Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860) * 1950 Melitta Bentz, German businesswoman and inventor of the coffee filter (b. 1873) * 1955 Max Pechstein, German painter (b. 1881) * 1957 Malcolm Lowry, English writer (b. 1909) * 1958 Karl Arnold, German politician (b. 1901) * 1967 Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906) * 1967 Jayne Mansfield, American actress and singer (b. 1933) * 1969 Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919) * 1975 Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947) * 1977 Magda Lupescu, former Queen of Romania (b. 1895) * 1978 Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928) * 1992 Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (b. 1919) * 1994 Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908) * 1994 Jack Unterweger, Austrian writer and murderer (b. 1950) * 1995 Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921) * 1997 William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927) * 1998 Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936) * 1999 Karekin I, Catholicos (Head) of the Armenian Apostolic Church (b. 1950) === From 2001 === * 2002 Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931) * 2002 Rosemary Clooney, American actress and singer (b. 1928) * 2003 Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907) * 2006 Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919) * 2008 Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942) * 2013 Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist (b. 1922) * 2013 Jim Kelly, American actor and martial artist (b. 1946) * 2014 Damian D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer (b. 1960) * 2014 Dermot Healy, Irish poet, novelist and actor (b. 1947) * 2015 Josef Masopust, Czech footballer (b. 1931) * 2015 Charles Pasqua, French politician (b. 1927) * 2015 Jackson Vroman, American-Lebanese basketball player (b. 1981) * 2016 Inocente Carreño, Venezuelan composer (b. 1919) * 2016 Vasyl Slipak, Ukrainian opera singer (b. 1974) * 2016 Xu Jiatun, Chinese politician and dissident (b. 1916) * 2016 Gunnar Garbo, Norwegian politician (b. 1924) * 2016 Ojo Maduekwe, Nigerian politician (b. 1945) * 2017 John Monckton, American swimmer (b. 1938) * 2017 Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur (b. 1943) * 2017 Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957) * 2018 Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Ghanaian economist and politician (b. 1951) * 2018 Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler (b. 1979) * 2018 Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist (b. 1923) * 2018 Liliane Montevecchi, French- Italian dancer and actress (b. 1932) * 2019 Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (b. 1970) * 2019 Gunilla Pontén, Swedish fashion designer (b. 1929) == Observances == * Independence Day (Seychelles) * Veterans Day (Netherlands) * Roman Catholic Feast Day of Saint Peter and Paul Category:Days of the year