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- 0512 A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.
- 0922 France's Charles III (the Simple) is deposed by rebellious barons and replaced with Robert, brother of King Odo, who is crowned king of the Franks at Reims while Charles gathers an army to march against the usurper
- 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 Shakespeare's Globe Theater in London burns down
- 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 Ralire Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).
- 1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America
- 1776 Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay
- 1776 Va 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.
- 1850 Around Nanaimo BC, coal discovered on Vancouver Island; will prove valuable for refueling Royal navy ships and CPR trains.
- 1850 Autocephaly Officially Granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to The Church of Greece.
- 1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million
- 1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
- 1862 Day 5 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station
- 1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN
- 1863 Very first First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
- 1864 A railway accident on the Grand Trunk Railway at Beloeil, Quebec, takes ninety-nine lives. This was Canada's worst railway disaster.
- 1871 UK hist Trades Unions legalised in Britain, but picketing made illegal
- 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.
- 1888 First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.
- 1891 100ø F (San Fransisco, CA)
- 1891 Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.
- 1895 Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
- 1898 First through passenger train across Newfoundland leaves St. Johns at 19:20 and arrives Port aux Basques at 22:45, June 30.
- 1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
- 1906 Canadian Pacific ocean liner Empress of Ireland departs on maiden voyage to Quebec; will sink on 96th voyage, May 29 1914.
- 1911 Visitor posting - Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers established Father James A. Walsh from Cambridge, Massachusetts, and Father Thomas F. Price from Wilmington, North Carolina, traveled to Rome to present their vision of U.S. Catholic mission.The priests received the blessing of Pope Pius X on June 29, 1911 (the feast of Saints Peter and Paul), which is considered the founding day of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America that, over the years, has become more well-known as Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers. Visit: www.maryknollsociety.org . - USA
- 1913 Beginning of the 2nd Balkan War
- 1914 Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
- 1916 Boeing aircraft flies for first time
- 1916 Sir Roger Casement, Irish Nationalist and British diplomat is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
- 1922 France grants 1 km 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 flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
- 1927 Wallace Turnbull's variable-pitch propeller first tested on an Avro 504 trainer; Rothesay, NB, aeronautical engineer creates one of Canada's great global inventions.
- 1929 First high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca
- 1931 109ø F (43ø C), Monticello, Florida (state record)
- 1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures"
- 1937 Joseph-Armand Bombardier 1884-1951 patents his Bombardier B-7 Snow Tractor, a seven-passenger tracked machine costing $7,500
- 1939 Dixie Clipper completes first commercial plane flight to Europe
- 1940 US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register
- 1941 Pamela Emily Maud born to William David Davies and Phyllis Maud Davies. Happy 60th Birthday 2001 - love All the Family XXX
- 1942 Following an inspection of Igor I. Sikorsky's VS-300 helicopter, Lieutenant Commander F. A. Erickson, USCG, recommended that helicopters be obtained for antisubmarine convoy duty and life-saving.
- 1944 The Parachute Experimental Division was established at Lakehurst, N.,J., for research, development, and testing of parachutes and survival gear.
- 1945 Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union.
- 1945 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR
- 1946 British arrest 2,700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists
- 1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
- 1950 Australia commits military units to United Nations Force in Korea
- 1952 First aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
- 1954 Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer
- 1956 Charles Dumas, makes first high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif
- 1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed
- 1956 The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
- 1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
- 1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)
- 1961 Number one hit on UK music charts - Del Shannon - Runaway
- 1962 First flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner
- 1963 Beatles' first song "From Me to You" hits the UK charts
- 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
- 1964 First draft of Star Trek's pilot "The Cage" released
- 1965 USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
- 1966 US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities
- 1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
- 1967 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge
- 1969 First Jewish worship service at White House
- 1970 US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
- 1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days
- 1972 Visitor posting - William "Munkyboi" Koerber made his grand entrance into this lifetime
- 1972 Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel & unusual punishment"
- 1974 Isabel Pern 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.
- 1974 Number one hit on UK music charts - Charles Aznavour - She
- 1975 20.57 cm (8.10") of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec)
- 1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain
- 1976 Visitor posting - first boy born on chhetri family in kailashnager,chitwan ,Nepal
- 1976 The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1977 Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults
- 1978 VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
- 1980 In The Dinner Party from Seinfeld, this was the last time Jerry had vomited before vomiting after eating his black and white cookie.
- 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended
- 1984 USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
- 1985 Number one hit on UK music charts - Sister Sledge - Frankie
- 1985 STS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad
- 1985 Visitor posting - June 29 1985 Jimbob was born. Happy Birth day bro in law
- 1985 Vancouver businessman Jimmy Pattison pays $2,229,000 for a yellow Rolls-Royce formerly owned by the Beatles
- 1986 Visitor posting - The most beautiful, perfect girl in the world was born. - USA
- 1989 Susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year
- 1989 Visitor posting - The Year Travis G. Gray was born !!! Habby-B-Day Son - USA
- 1990 Marla Maples father sues the National Enquirer for $12M
- 1991 Visitor posting - june 29 1991 Bharat Garg was born in NEW DELHI ,INDIA
- 1993 Visitor posting - Kyle Kupfer was born! - USA
- 1993 Visitor posting - Candace Love was born! My Pet is a dog named Kandi - USA [email protected]
- 1994 Visitor posting - happy birthday josie!!!!!!! - USA
- 1995 The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
- 1995 Visitor posting - on june 29 1995 the german leader Cameron Nelson was born. - USA
- 1995 the Memphis Mad Dogs play their first CFL game, against the Calgary Stampeders; part of a failed Canadian Football League attempt to expand to the US.
- 1995 Visitor posting - Joey is born in Antioch, CA - USA
- 1996 Ottawa rocker Alanis Morrissette performs eight songs from her hit album Jagged Little Pill before 150,000 people in London's Hyde Park
- 1996 The Prince's Trust concert is held in Hyde Park, London, and is attended by 150,000 people. The Who headlines the event in their first performance since 1989.
- 1997 Visitor posting - Alan Deuvletian was born - Egypt
- 1998 Visitor posting - Happy 11th. Birthday Mikey!!!! - USA
- 1999 Nine piece Nu metal band Slipknot release their eponymous double platinum selling album Slipknot.
- 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 Visitor posting - Khavan Nassy was born on the 29.06.2003 a handsome godson love you xx
- 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.
- 2006 The Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigned.
- 2007 Apple iPhone goes on sale in the United States.
- 2007 Two car bombs are found in the heart of London at Picadilly Circus.
- 2009 June 29,2009 Hazel June celebrates her 95th birthday
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