June, 29th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Thursday 29, 1995:
The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.

Sunday 29, 1986:
Argentina wins the {{Wc|1986}}

Tuesday 29, 1976:
The Seychelles became independent from the United Kingdom.

Thursday 29, 1950:
United States defeats England 1-0 in the {{Wc|1950}}. For details, please see England v United States (1950).

Friday 29, 1945:
Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union

Tuesday 29, 1937:
Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Canada receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles.

Thursday 29, 1933:
Italian boxer Primo Carnera knocked out American Jack Sharkey to become the heavyweight champion of the world.

Wednesday 29, 1927:
First test of Wallace Turnbull's variable-pitch propeller.

Monday 29, 1925:
Canada House opens in London, England.

Thursday 29, 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".

Monday 29, 1914:
Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.

Thursday 29, 1905:
Moonlight Graham makes his only major league baseball appearance, in a game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Superbas but gets no at-bat.

Saturday 29, 1895:
Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.

Monday 29, 1891:
Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada commences operation.

Tuesday 29, 1880:
France annexes Tahiti

Wednesday 29, 1864:
Ninety-nine people killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.

Monday 29, 1863:
George Custer is appointed as a U.S. Union brigadier-general

Saturday 29, 1850:
Coal discovered on Vancouver Island.

Thursday 29, 1786:
Alexander Macdonnell and over five hundred Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.

Sunday 29, 1749:
New Governor, Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).

Saturday 29, 1613:
The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-june/on-this-day.html


People born on June 29

1980:
Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver (b: June 29, 1980) (Biography of Martin Truex Jr)

1972:
Samantha Smith, American activist and actress (b: June 29, 1972 ; d: August 25, 1985) (Biography of Samantha Smith)

1971:
Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player (b: June 29, 1971) (Biography of Anthony Hamilton)
Kaitlyn Ashley, American actress (b: June 29, 1971) (Biography of Kaitlyn Ashley)
Matthew Good, Canadian musician and activist (b: June 29, 1971) (Biography of Matthew Good)

1969:
Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actors (b: June 29, 1969) (Biography of Ilan Mitchell-Smith)

1968:
Theoren Fleury, Canadian hockey player (b: June 29, 1968) (Biography of Theoren Fleury)

1964:
Stedman Pearson, British singer (b: June 29, 1964) (Biography of Stedman Pearson)

1963:
Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist (b: June 29, 1963) (Biography of Anne-Sophie Mutter)

1956:
Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal (b: June 29, 1956) (Biography of Pedro Santana Lopes)

1952:
Joe Johnson, English snooker player (b: June 29, 1952) (Biography of Joe Johnson (snooker player))

1946:
Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (b: June 29, 1946 ; d: June 11, 2004) (Biography of Egon von Furstenberg)

1945:
Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka (b: June 29, 1945) (Biography of Chandrika Kumaratunga)

1944:
Gary Busey, American actor (b: June 29, 1944) (Biography of Gary Busey)

1943:
Little Eva, American singer (b: June 29, 1943) (Biography of Little Eva)

1941:
Kwame Ture, American civil rights activist (b: June 29, 1941) (Biography of Kwame Ture)

1936:
Harmon Killebrew, baseball player (b: June 29, 1936) (Biography of Harmon Killebrew)

1933:
Bob Shaw, baseball player (b: June 29, 1933 ; d: February 12, 1996) (Biography of Bob Shaw)

1928:
Ian Bannen, Scottish Actor (b: June 29, 1928 ; d: November 3, 1999) (Biography of Ian Bannen)

1924:
Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (b: June 29, 1924) (Biography of Flo Sandon's)

1922:
Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (b: June 29, 1922 ; d: January 5, 1991) (Biography of Vasko Popa)

1920:
Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker (b: June 29, 1920) (Biography of Ray Harryhausen)

1919:
Slim Pickens, American actor (b: June 29, 1919 ; d: December 8, 1983) (Biography of Slim Pickens)

1915:
Ruth Warrick, American actress (b: June 29, 1915 ; d: January 15, 2005) (Biography of Ruth Warrick)

1914:
Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (b: June 29, 1914 ; d: August 11, 1996) (Biography of Rafael Kubelik)

1911:
Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (b: June 29, 1911 ; d: December 1, 2004) (Biography of Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands)
Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (b: June 29, 1911 ; d: December 24, 1975) (Biography of Bernard Herrmann)

1910:
Frank Loesser, American composer (b: June 29, 1910 ; d: July 26, 1969) (Biography of Frank Loesser)

1908:
Leroy Anderson, American composer (b: June 29, 1908 ; d: May 18, 1975) (Biography of Leroy Anderson)

1903:
Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (b: June 29, 1903 ; d: June 7, 1942) (Biography of Alan Blumlein)

1901:
Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (b: June 29, 1901 ; d: March 6, 1967) (Biography of Nelson Eddy)

1900:
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and writer (b: June 29, 1900 ; d: July 31, 1944) (Biography of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry)

1880:
Ludwig Beck, German general (b: June 29, 1880) (Biography of Ludwig Beck)

1868:
George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (b: June 29, 1868 ; d: February 21, 1938) (Biography of George Ellery Hale)

1861:
William Mayo, American physician and founder of the Mayo Clinic (b: June 29, 1861) (Biography of William Mayo)

1858:
George Goethals, American army engineer (b: June 29, 1858 ; d: January 21, 1928) (Biography of George Washington Goethals)

1798:
Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (b: June 29, 1798 ; d: June 14, 1837) (Biography of Giacomo Leopardi)

1596:
Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (b: June 29, 1596 ; d: September 11, 1680) (Biography of Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan)

1517:
Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (b: June 29, 1517 ; d: March 10, 1585) (Biography of Rembert Dodoens)

1397:
King John II of Aragon (b: June 29, 1397 ; d: January 20, 1479) (Biography of John II of Aragon)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-june/births.html