Notable Historical Events on June 29th
June 29th Historical Events
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
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. |
1312 |
Holy Roman Emperor Henry VII crowned |
1377 |
French raid at Rye, England |
1428 |
Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good |
1529 |
Emperor Karel V & Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona |
1534 |
Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada |
1540 |
English ex-chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic |
1613 |
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burns down |
1659 |
The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop. |
1682 |
Sofia names herself regent of Russia |
1694 |
Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports |
1749 |
New Governor Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island). |
1755 |
515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic |
1767 |
British pass Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America |
1776 |
Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay |
1776 |
Virginia state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor |
1786 |
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario. |
1800 |
Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar |
1850 |
British ex-Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel falls off his horse; de died three days later |
1850 |
Autocephaly Officially Granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to The Church of Greece. |
1854 |
Netherlands allows corporal punishment |
1857 |
Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) |
1858 |
Great fire in London docks |
1858 |
Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia |
1862 |
Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station, Va |
1863 |
Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault |
1863 |
George Armstrong Custer, aged 23 appointed Union Brigadier General |
1863 |
Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania |
1863 |
Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa |
1864 |
Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed |
1864 |
Samuel Crowther, bishop of Niger, becomes the first Black bishop of the Church of England |
1867 |
Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs |
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 Otaheite (Tahiti) |
1881 |
Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud |
1888 |
First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder. |
1891 |
100°F (SF, CA) |
1891 |
US National Forest Service organized |
1891 |
Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation. |
1895 |
Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government. |
1897 |
Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) |
1899 |
Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage |
1900 |
The Imperial Chinese Court issues what is essentially a declaration of war against the foreigners in China and blames hostilities on them, giving license to Boxers for even greater ferocity |
1903 |
British government protests against abuses in Belgian Congo |
1904 |
2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe |
1904 |
21st Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Dorothea Chambers beats C Sterry (6-0 6-3) |
1904 |
28th Wimbledon Men's Tennis: Laurence Doherty beats F Riseley (6-1 7-5 8-6) |
1906 |
12th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill |
1906 |
US Congress pass the Hepburn Act, permitting the regulation of rates charged by railroads, pipelines, and terminals engaged in interstate commerce |
1911 |
Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes Minister-President of Austria |
1913 |
The attack by Bulgarian General Michael Savov on Greek and Serbian positions leads to beginning of the second Balkan War |
1914 |
Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia. |
1916 |
Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time |
1921 |
34th Wimbledon Women's Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (6-2 6-0) |
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 |
Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history |
1926 |
Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. |
1927 |
1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii |
1927 |
First test of Wallace Turnbull's controllable pitch propeller. |
1928 |
The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened. |
1929 |
1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca |
1929 |
31.1°C (88°F) highest temperature on this day in De Bilt |
1929 |
Mexico & Vatican sign Concord |
1931 |
109°F (43°C), Monticello, Florida (state record) |
1931 |
Pope Pius XI publishes encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno (We do not need fascism and Mussolini) |
1932 |
USSR & China sign non-aggression treaty |
1933 |
Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title |
1934 |
69th British Golf Open: Henry Cotton shoots a 283 at Royal St George's Golf Club |
1936 |
Empire State Building broadcasts high definition TV-343 lines |
1936 |
Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures" |
1939 |
4th Dutch government of Colijn falls |
1939 |
Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe |
1940 |
Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard |
1940 |
US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register |
1940 |
Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan |
1941 |
DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record |
1942 |
Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony premieres |
1943 |
Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ) |
1943 |
US forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea |
1943 |
Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe |
1944 |
German counter attack at Caen |
1944 |
Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead |
1944 |
Rommel & von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden |
1944 |
Soviet Armies join in Bobroesjk |
1944 |
US 7th army corps conquers Cherbourg |
1945 |
20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) |
1945 |
Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, annexed by Soviet Union, becomes Ukrainian SSR |
1946 |
"Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater NYC after 264 perfs |
1946 |
"Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 219 perfs |
1946 |
Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist |
1946 |
British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv |
1947 |
2nd US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson |
1947 |
Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak |
1949 |
South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages |
1949 |
US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II |
1950 |
US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994) |
1950 |
West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks to Ramadhin & Valentine |
1952 |
USS Oriskany becomes 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn |
1952 |
7th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs |
1953 |
XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting |
1954 |
US Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr Robert Oppenheimer |
1955 |
Argentine state of siege ends |
1956 |
Charles Dumas makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif |
1956 |
US Federal interstate highway system act signed |
1956 |
Dutch PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) |
1957 |
12th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls |
1957 |
Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj & Sjepilov leave USSR communist party |
1958 |
Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm |
1959 |
Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, & peace, in charity" |
1960 |
Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open |
1960 |
KYA-AM in SF changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks) |
1961 |
Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) |
1961 |
Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season |
1961 |
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) calls for South Africa's withdrawal at the Geneva Conference in protest of the racial policies of the South African government |
1962 |
1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner |
1962 |
Frank Howard hits the 5,000th Dodger home run |
1963 |
"Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances |
1963 |
Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts |
1963 |
SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien |
1964 |
1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released |
1964 |
Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate |
1965 |
USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15 |
1966 |
In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Hanoi & Haiphong for 1st time |
1966 |
KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins |
1966 |
US bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities |
1967 |
Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem |
1967 |
Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge |
1968 |
"Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at #17 |
1969 |
1st Jewish worship service at White House |
1969 |
24th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young |
1969 |
On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) |
1970 |
US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia |
1971 |
Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense |
1971 |
Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days |
1972 |
Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel & unusual |
1972 |
USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) |
1974 |
Military coup in Ethiopia |
1975 |
3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner |
1975 |
8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec) |
1976 |
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom. |
1977 |
Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults |
1977 |
Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR |
1977 |
South Africa opposition party, the New Republic Party (NRP), is formed after the integration of the United Party (UP) and Democratic Party (DP) |
1978 |
VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East |
1979 |
"Moonraker" premieres in US |
1979 |
San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium |
1980 |
"Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances |
1980 |
Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament |
1981 |
Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed |
1981 |
Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR |
1982 |
Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended |
1983 |
Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races |
1983 |
Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB |
1984 |
Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990 |
1984 |
Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski |
1984 |
USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI |
1985 |
NASA launches Intelsat VA |
1985 |
STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad |
1986 |
Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany) |
1986 |
Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver |
1986 |
Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic |
1986 |
Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues |
1986 |
Moses Mayekiso, who was the General Secretary of the Metal and Allied Workers Union (MAWU) and became a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP), is detained for a second time and spends several months in solitary cofinement |
1987 |
Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts |
1987 |
Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams |
1988 |
Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time |
1989 |
Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time |
1989 |
The National Party adopts a five year programme of its objectives which included a political "reform" plan to give South Africa's Black majority a role in national as well as local government spheres; the African National Congress (ANC) said that it would consider nothing less than a one-man, one-vote system |
1990 |
Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M |
1990 |
NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak |
1990 |
A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues |
1990 |
World's first female diocesan Anglican bishop, Dr Penny Jamieson, appointed, New Zealand |
1991 |
"Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 216 perfs |
1991 |
6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif |
1991 |
Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon |
1992 |
"Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances |
1992 |
2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif |
1992 |
A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season |
1992 |
NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers |
1992 |
Algerian head of state, Mohamed Boudiaf, is assassinated by military officers during a public speech at the opening of a cultural center in Annaba |
1994 |
Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan |
1994 |
US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees |
1995 |
George Foreman loses IBF boxing title for refusing to re-fight Axel Schulz |
1995 |
Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders) |
1996 |
Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss |
1996 |
Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900 |
1997 |
"American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances |
1997 |
"London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 perfs |
1997 |
18th US Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh |
1997 |
Greg Norman wins PGA St Jude Classic |
1997 |
Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic |
1997 |
Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) |
1997 |
Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss |
2000 |
Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is' |
2002 |
U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure. |
2002 |
Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel. |
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. |
2007 |
Enya receives an honorary doctorate from the National University of Ireland, Galway |
2008 |
Thomas Beatie, the world's first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter. |
2012 |
16 Naxalite Maoist insurgents in India are killed by police |
2012 |
Three bombs in Balid, Iraq, kill 6 people and injure 45 |
2012 |
15,000 Japanese anti-nuclear protesters blockade the Japanese Prime Minister's office in Tokyo |
2016 |
Suspected IS Attack Kills Dozens at Istanbul's Airport |
2017 |
US lays out criteria for visa applicants from six Muslim nations |
2017 |
Celebration and protest as China president visits Hong Kong |
2017 |
North Korea warns US it will keep building nuclear arsenal |
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