This Day In History

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  Interesting things that have happened, and people born and died on this date 
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Births:  
 
06/29/1397 Johan II, King of Aragon (Spain) 
06/29/1517 Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist 
06/29/1738 Constantin Reindl, composer 
06/29/1783 August Alexander Klengel, composer 
06/29/1798 Willibald Alexis, [Georg W H„ring], German writer (Schloss Avalon) 
06/29/1805 Hiram Powers, US sculptor (Greek Slave) 
06/29/1824 Victor J van Hinsbergh, South Neth engraver (PTT Stempels) 
06/29/1831 William Thomas Clark, Bvt Mjr General (Union volunteers), died in 19

06/29/1842 Josef Labor, composer 
06/29/1849 Sergei J Witte, Neth/Russ count/premier Russia 
06/29/1850 Joseph Paul Skelly, composer 
06/29/1858 George Washington Goethals, engineer (built Panama Canal) 
06/29/1861 William James Mayo, surgeon/co-founder Mayo clinic in Minnesota 
06/29/1863 James Harvey Robinson, Ill, historian (Ordeal of Civilization) 
06/29/1864 Anton Beer-Walbrun, composer 
06/29/1864 Pietro Bonfante, Italian lawyer (Roman right) 
06/29/1865 Shigechiyo Izumi, achieved oldest authenticated age (120 y 237 d) 
06/29/1865 William E Borah, lawyer/(Sen-R-Id) 
06/29/1870 Joseph Carl Breil, composer 
06/29/1874 Georg Gohler, composer 
06/29/1879 Zsigmond M¢ricz, Hungarian writer (S rarany [Mud gold]) 
06/29/1880 Ludwig Beck, chef Germany general staff ('July 20th plot') 
06/29/1885 Andre Gailhard, composer 
06/29/1885 Humberto Allende, composer 
06/29/1885 S Pedro H Allende, Chilian composer 
06/29/1885 Virginia Pope, (NY Times) 
06/29/1886 George Frederick Boyle, composer 
06/29/1886 James Van DerZee, famous African 
06/29/1886 Robert Schuman, French premier 
06/29/1893 Aare Merikanto, composer 
06/29/1893 Antoon Schweigmann, religious poet/resistance fighter 
06/29/1896 Irene Browne, actress (All at Sea, Peg O' My Heart) 
06/29/1897 Ottmar Gerster, composer 
06/29/1900 Antoine Saint-Exup‚ry, France, aviator/writer (Wind, Sand & Stars) 
06/29/1901 Frieda Inescort, Edinburgh Scotland, actress (Pride & Prejudice) 
06/29/1901 Hendrik Diels, Flemish conductor 
06/29/1901 Nelson Eddy, actor/baritone (Great Duets with Jeanette MacDonald) 
06/29/1905 Manuel Altolaguirre, Spanish poet/publisher (La lenta libertad) 
06/29/1907 Joan Davis, St Paul Minn, actress (I Married Joan) 
06/29/1907 Paul O'Dwyer, pres of City Council (D-NYC) 
06/29/1908 Leroy Anderson, composer 
06/29/1908 Paul Lebeau, Flemish writer (De last roos, Xanthippe) 
06/29/1908 Rene Gerber, composer 
06/29/1909 Eric Ambler, screenwriter 
06/29/1909 Leroy Anderson, US, composer (Syncopated Clock) 
06/29/1910 Franc Henry Loesser, US songwriter/composer (Most Happy Fella) 
06/29/1911 Bernard Herrmann, composer 
06/29/1911 Bernhard, Germany, Prince (Constort to Queen Juliana of Netherlands)

06/29/1911 Klaus E J Fuchs, German/British/German nuclear physicist 
06/29/1912 John Toland, US, political writer 
06/29/1912 Jos‚ Pablo Moncayo Garcia, Guadalajara M‚xico, composer (Huapango) 
06/29/1914 Rafael Kubelik, Bychory Czechoslovakia, conductor (Cornelia Farooli)

06/29/1916 Ruth Warwick, St Joseph Mo, actress (All My Children, Peyton Place) 
06/29/1919 Slim Pickens, Kingsburg Calif, actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddle

06/29/1920 Ray Harryhausen, movie special effect artist 
06/29/1922 Vasko Popa, Yugoslavia/Serbian poet (Heaven is a Side Issue) 
06/29/1923 Chou Wen-Chung, Cheefoo China, composer (Mode of Shang) 
06/29/1924 Ezra Laderman, NYC, composer (Jacob & the Indians) 
06/29/1925 Cara Williams, Bkln NY, actress (Pete & Gladys, Cara Williams Show) 
06/29/1925 Hale Smith, composer 
06/29/1928 Ian Bannen, Scotland, actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park) 
06/29/1929 Johnny Ace, Memphis, ballad singer (My Song) 
06/29/1929 Michio Mamaia, composer 
06/29/1929 Peter George, US, light middleweight (Olympic-gold-1952) 
06/29/1930 Robert Evans, US, director/actor (Best of Everything) 
06/29/1933 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, actor (Keystone Comedies, Mabel & Fatty) 
06/29/1934 Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI) 
06/29/1936 David Jenkins, US, figure skater (Olympic-gold-1960) 
06/29/1936 Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (Minnesota Twins) 
06/29/1936 Leonard Lee, US singer (Shirley & Lee-Let the Good Times Roll) 
06/29/1938 Billy Storm, singer (Valiants-This is the Night) 
06/29/1940 Louise S Groenman, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (D66) 
06/29/1940 Viacheslav Artyomov, composer 
06/29/1941 Margritta Gummel, German DR, shot putter (Olympic-gold-1968) 
06/29/1941 Stokeley Carmichael, [Kwame Toure], US, Black Power-activist 
06/29/1942 Bas J van der Vlies, Dutch 2nd Chamber member (SGP) 
06/29/1942 Larry Snyder, jockey 
06/29/1943 Roger Ruskin Spear, rocker (Bonzo Dog Band-Urban Spaceman) 
06/29/1944 Collin Peterson, (Rep-D-Minnesota) 
06/29/1944 Gary Busey, Goose Creek Tx, actor (Buddy Holly Story, Star in Born) 
06/29/1945 'Little' Eva Boyd, rock vocalist (Locomotion) 
06/29/1947 Richard Lewis, comedian/actor (Anything But Love) (or 6/6/49) 
06/29/1948 Fred Grandy, Sioux City Iowa, actor (Gopher-Love Boat)/(Rep-R-Iowa) 
06/29/1949 Dan Dierdorf, NFLer, sportscaster (Monday Night Football) 
06/29/1953 Rosa Mota, Port marathoner (Olympic-gold-1988) 
06/29/1955 Charles J Precourt, Waltham Mass, Lt Col USAF/Astronaut (STS 55) 
06/29/1957 Maria Conchita Alonso, Cuba, actress (Moscow on the Hudson) 
06/29/1958 Richard Mettee, horse trainer 
06/29/1959 Kim Hiett, jockey 
06/29/1959 Larry Parham, 4th victim of NYC's Zodiac killer (1st to die) 
06/29/1960 Sergey Kopylov, USSR, cyclist (Olympic-gold-1980) 
06/29/1962 Amanda Donohoe, London, actress (CJ Lamb-LA Law) 
06/29/1963 Anne-Sophie Mutter, Rheinfeldin Germany, violinist (Berlin Phil) 
06/29/1964 Pepper Johnson, NFL line backer (NY Giants) 
06/29/1964 Stedman Pearson, rocker (5 Star-Silk & Steel) 
06/29/1965 Barry D, [Iain Bakker], English pop musician (Jesus Jones) 
06/29/1967 Melora Hardin, Houston Tx, actress (Family Tree, Best Times) 
06/29/1972 Samantha Smith, Houlton Mo, actress (Elizabeth-Lime Street) 
06/29/1993 Angela & Amy Lakeberg, US Siamese twin (separated on Aug 20th) 
 
 
Deaths:  
 
06/29/1021 Notker Labeo, tutor in convent Sankt Gallen, dies 
06/29/1293 Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies

06/29/1306 Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies 
06/29/1458 Mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies 
06/29/1620 John Aerts, Flemish sculptor 
06/29/1744 Andre Campra, composer, dies at 84 
06/29/1779 Anton R Mengs, German writer/neo-classic painter Madrid, dies at 51 
06/29/1784 Caesar Rodney, US judge/singer (Declar of Independence), dies at 55 
06/29/1790 Feike H Van de Crew, Fries writer (Mayke Jakkelis), dies 
06/29/1798 Kaat Mussel [Catharina Mulder], exerciser, dies 
06/29/1818 Carl P Fohr, German painter/cartoonist, dies at 22 
06/29/1840 Lucien Bonaparte, prince of Canino/Musignano, dies at 65 
06/29/1852 Henry Clay, the great compromiser, dies at 75 
06/29/1860 Thomas Addison, English physician (A-Biermer Disease), dies at 67 
06/29/1875 Ferdinand I KLJM de Goedige, Emperor of Austria, dies at 82 
06/29/1880 George W Vreede, lawyer/politician, dies 
06/29/1903 Rentaro Taki, composer, dies at 23 
06/29/1911 Oscar Carr‚, circus director, dies at 64 
06/29/1923 Gustave Adolph Kerker, composer, dies at 66 
06/29/1923 J C Gomez, General/Venezuela's 1st VP, assassinated 
06/29/1933 Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle, US actor (Keystone comedies), dies at 46 
06/29/1940 Paul Klee, Swiss/German painter/tutor (Modern Art), dies 
06/29/1941 Ignace Paderewski, Polish statesman pianist, dies in NY at 80 
06/29/1953 Jules van Nuffel, composer, dies at 70 
06/29/1955 Max Pechstein, German painter/graphic artist (Oceania), dies at 73 
06/29/1956 Johannes F 'Johan' Bakker Jr, actor, dies at 62 
06/29/1959 A Cecil Snyder, Chief Justice of Puerto Rico, dies at 51 
06/29/1964 Milenko Zivkovic, composer, dies at 63 
06/29/1965 Sid Marion, entertainer, dies at 64 
06/29/1966 Arthur Meulemans, Belgian composer: Egmont, dies 
06/29/1966 Isabel Dawn, writer, dies 
06/29/1966 Ronald Shiner, actor (Aunt Clara, Forbidden, Girls at Sea), dies at 

06/29/1967 Jayne Mansfield [Vera Jane Palmer], actress, dies in a car crash at 

06/29/1968 Kitty Kelly, actress (Ladies of Jury, Behind Office Doors), dies at 

06/29/1969 Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire, dies 
06/29/1969 Vesselin Stoyanov, composer, dies at 67 
06/29/1970 Roman Ingarden, Polish philosopher (Studia philosophica), dies at 77

06/29/1970 Stefan Andres, German writer (Wir sind Utopia), dies at 64 
06/29/1971 Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43

06/29/1971 Viktor Patsayev, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 38 
06/29/1971 Vladimir Volkov, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-landing accident), dies at 35 
06/29/1975 Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79 
06/29/1976 Leonora Summers, entertainer, dies 
06/29/1977 Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70 
06/29/1978 Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59 
06/29/1979 Lowell George, rocker (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat), dies at 3

06/29/1981 Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered 
06/29/1982 Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies 
06/29/1982 Henry King, director, dies at 86 
06/29/1986 Ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies 
06/29/1986 John P East, (Sen-R-NC), dies at 55 
06/29/1986 Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at 47 
06/29/1990 Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 
06/29/1992 Mohammed Boediaf, president of Algeria, murdered 
 
 
Significant Events:  
 
06/29/1312 Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned 
06/29/1377 French invasion fleet lands at Rye England 
06/29/1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs ceasefire with Philip the Good 
06/29/1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down 
06/29/1694 Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports 
06/29/1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America 
06/29/1776 Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay 
06/29/1776 Va state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor 
06/29/1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar 
06/29/1822 Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zena‹de Bonaparte 
06/29/1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million 
06/29/1854 Netherlands allows corporal punishment 
06/29/1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) 
06/29/1858 Great fire in London harbor 
06/29/1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia 
06/29/1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station Va 
06/29/1863 George A Custer (23) appointed Union Brig-general 
06/29/1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN 
06/29/1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa 
06/29/1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed 
06/29/1867 Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs 
06/29/1891 100øF (SF, CA) 
06/29/1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) 
06/29/1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage 
06/29/1903 British govt protests against abuser in Belgian Congo 
06/29/1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe 
06/29/1906 Alex Smith wins US Open golf tournament 
06/29/1911 Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes premier 
06/29/1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops 
06/29/1914 G Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani 
06/29/1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time 
06/29/1922 K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #979 Ilsewa 
06/29/1926 Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history 
06/29/1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii 
06/29/1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca 
06/29/1929 Mexico & Vatican sign Concord 
06/29/1931 109øF (43øC), Monticello, Florida (state record) 
06/29/1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini 
06/29/1932 USSR & China sign no attack treaty 
06/29/1933 Heavyweight Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey (NYC) 
06/29/1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines 
06/29/1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops 'On motion pictures' 
06/29/1939 4th Dutch cabinet of Colijn falls 
06/29/1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe 
06/29/1940 Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard 
06/29/1940 US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register 
06/29/1941 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record 
06/29/1942 Dmitri Sjostakovitsj' 7th Symphony, premieres 
06/29/1943 pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ) 
06/29/1944 Garbage & von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden 
06/29/1944 German counter attack at Caen 
06/29/1944 Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead 
06/29/1944 Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk 
06/29/1944 US 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg 
06/29/1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) 
06/29/1945 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR 
06/29/1946 Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrori

06/29/1947 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak 
06/29/1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages 
06/29/1949 US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II 
06/29/1950 US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994) 
06/29/1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany 
06/29/1953 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting

06/29/1954 Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer

06/29/1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif 
06/29/1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed 
06/29/1956 PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) 
06/29/1957 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj & Sjepilov leave USSR communist party

06/29/1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm 
06/29/1959 Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical 'On truth, unity, & peace, in charity

06/29/1960 KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks) 
06/29/1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) 
06/29/1962 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner 
06/29/1962 JFK dines with premier MacMillan in London 
06/29/1963 Beatles' 1st song 'From Me to You' hits UK charts 
06/29/1963 SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien 
06/29/1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot 'Cage' released 
06/29/1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate 
06/29/1965 USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15 
06/29/1966 KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins 
06/29/1966 US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities 
06/29/1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem 
06/29/1967 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge 
06/29/1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House 
06/29/1970 US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia 
06/29/1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days 
06/29/1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel & unusual 
06/29/1972 USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) 
06/29/1974 Milt coup in Ethiopia 
06/29/1975 20.57 cm (8.10') of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec

06/29/1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain 
06/29/1977 Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults 
06/29/1978 VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East 
06/29/1979 'Moonraker' premieres in US 
06/29/1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed 
06/29/1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR 
06/29/1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended 
06/29/1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races 
06/29/1983 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB 
06/29/1984 USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI 
06/29/1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA 
06/29/1985 STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad 
06/29/1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)

06/29/1986 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver 
06/29/1986 Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues 
06/29/1989 Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year 
06/29/1990 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M 
06/29/1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif 
06/29/1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif 
06/29/1992 NHL arbitrator decides that Eric Lindross goes to Flyers & not anger

06/29/1994 Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan 
  
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