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Birthday June 29, 1858 George Washington Goethals, built Panama Canal |
Birthday June 29, 1861 William James Mayo, American surgeon |
Birthday June 29, 1865 Shigechiyo Izumi, alive at 120 (greatest authenticated human age) |
Birthday June 29, 1900 Antoine Saint-Exupery, French aviator, writer (Wind, Sand & Stars) |
Birthday June 29, 1901 Nelson Eddy, singer |
Birthday June 29, 1909 LeRoy Anderson, composer |
Birthday June 29, 1915 Ruth Warwick, in St Joseph Missouri |
Birthday June 29, 1919 Slim Pickens, Actor (Dr. Strangelove, Blazing Saddles) |
Birthday June 29, 1925 Cara Williams |
Birthday June 29, 1930 Robert Evans |
Birthday June 29, 1934 Carl Levin, (Sen-D-MI) |
Birthday June 29, 1936 Harmon Killebrew, baseball player |
Birthday June 29, 1944 Gary Busey |
Birthday June 29, 1948 Fred Grandy, Love Boats Gopher |
History June 29, 1613 The Globe Theater burns down |
History June 29, 1776 Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay |
History June 29, 1776 South Carolina's Edward Rutledge opposes independence |
History June 29, 1776 Va state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor |
History June 29, 1835 Texan William Travis prepares for war with Mexico |
History June 29, 1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az - NM) from Mexico for $10 million |
History June 29, 1862 Rebels inflict attack Yankees at the Battle of Savage's Station |
History June 29, 1863 very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport - Iowa |
History June 29, 1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed |
History June 29, 1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 |
History June 29, 1915 Austria-Hungary protests shipment of U.S. munitions to Britain |
History June 29, 1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time |
History June 29, 1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii |
History June 29, 1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca |
History June 29, 1936 Empire State Building eminates high definition TV - 343 lines |
History June 29, 1941 Germans advance in USSR |
History June 29, 1941 Germans capture Lvovâ€â€and slaughter ensues |
History June 29, 1941 Polish statesman pianist Ignace Paderewski died in NY at 80 |
History June 29, 1941 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record |
History June 29, 1943 FDR writes to Manhattan Project physicist Dr. Robert Oppenheimer |
History June 29, 1946 British arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorists |
History June 29, 1947 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak |
History June 29, 1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages |
History June 29, 1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn - the Oriskany |
History June 29, 1954 Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer |
History June 29, 1956 Charles Dumas - 1st high jump over 7 feet - LA Cal |
History June 29, 1958 Pele helps Brazil to World Cup title |
History June 29, 1962 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner |
History June 29, 1964 First New Zealand troops arrive |
History June 29, 1965 Joe Engle in X-15 reaches 85 km |
History June 29, 1966 Vietnam air war escalates |
History June 29, 1966 US bombs fuel storage facilities near N Vietnamese cities |
History June 29, 1967 Israel removes barricades separating city of Jerusalem |
History June 29, 1967 Actress Jayne Mansfield dies in car crash |
History June 29, 1967 The Stones fight the law, and the law wins |
History June 29, 1967 Jayne Mansfield dies at 34 |
History June 29, 1970 US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia |
History June 29, 1970 U.S. ground troops return from Cambodia |
History June 29, 1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days |
History June 29, 1972 Supreme Court strikes down death penalty |
History June 29, 1972 Supreme Court-death penalty usually was `cruel & unusual punishment' |
History June 29, 1974 Isabela Peron takes office as Argentine president |
History June 29, 1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain |
History June 29, 1977 Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults |
History June 29, 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended |
History June 29, 1984 USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI |
History June 29, 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 |
History June 29, 1989 Congress votes new sanctions against China |
History June 29, 1995 Seoul department store collapses |
History June 29, 2001 Boston doctor found guilty of killing wife |
History June 29, 2003 Katharine Hepburn dies at age 96 |