29 June
Notable Births
Sam Lavagnino
b. 2006
American voice actor (born 2006)
Jude Bellingham
b. 2003
English footballer (born 2003)
Matt Rempe
b. 2002
Canadian ice hockey player (born 2002)
Julian Champagnie
b. 2001
American basketball player (born 2001)
Gunnar Henderson
b. 2001
American baseball player (born 2001)
Aaron Schoupp
b. 2001
Australian rugby league footballer
Michael Porter Jr.
b. 1998
American basketball player (born 1998)
Joseph Manu
b. 1996
New Zealand and Maori international rugby league footballer
Camila Mendes
b. 1994
American actress (born 1994)
Harrison Sloan Gilbertson
b. 1993
Australian actor (born 1993)
Oliver Tree
b. 1993
American singer (born 1993)
Suk Hyun-jun
b. 1991
South Korean footballer (born 1991)
Kawhi Leonard
b. 1991
American basketball player (born 1991)
Kim Little
b. 1990
Scottish footballer (born 1990)
Yann M'Vila
b. 1990
French footballer (born 1990)
Éver Banega
b. 1988
Argentine footballer (born 1988)
José Manuel Jurado
b. 1986
Spanish footballer (born 1986)
Joan Clos
b. 1949
Spanish politician
Robert Laurent
b. 1890
American sculptor
Giacomo Leopardi
b. 1798
Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798–1837)
Notable Deaths
Sandy Gall
d. 2025
British journalist (1927–2025)
Alan Arkin
d. 2023
American actor and filmmaker (1934–2023)
Hershel W. Williams
d. 2022
U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1923–2022)
Donald Rumsfeld
d. 2021
American politician and naval officer (1932–2021)
Carl Reiner
d. 2020
American actor (1922–2020)
Injury Reserve
d. 2020
American hip-hop group
Hachalu Hundessa
d. 2020
Ethiopian singer (1986–2020)
Steve Ditko
d. 2018
American comics artist (1927–2018)
Louis Nicollin
d. 2017
French entrepreneur
Dave Semenko
d. 2017
Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2017)
Jan Hettema
d. 2016
South African cyclist (1933–2016)
Hisham Barakat
d. 2015
Egyptian prosecutor general (1950–2015)
Josef Masopust
d. 2015
Czech footballer and manager (1931–2015)
Charles Pasqua
d. 2015
French politician (1927–2015)
Margherita Hack
d. 2013
Italian astrophysicist and science writer (1922–2013)
Yong Nyuk Lin
d. 2012
Singaporean politician
Joe Bowman (marksman)
d. 2009
American bootmaker and marksman
Katharine Hepburn
d. 2003
American actress (1907–2003)
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
d. 1861
English poet (1806–1861)
Henry Clay
d. 1852
American politician (1777–1852)
On This Day in History
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2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
Islamic State
2012
A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
Derecho
2007
Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
Apple Inc.
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.
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
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.
Battle of Yeonpyeong (2002)
1995
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Space Shuttle program
1995
The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.
Sampoong Department Store collapse
1987
Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
Vincent van Gogh
1976
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
Seychelles
1976
The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
1976 Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe
1975
Pope Paul VI ordains some 350 priests in St. Peter's Square in the largest ordination in history
Pope Paul VI
1974
Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill.
Isabel Perón
1974
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
Mikhail Baryshnikov
1972
The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.
Supreme Court of the United States
1972
A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing 13.
Convair CV-240 family
1971
Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space.
Soviet Union
1956
The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956
1952
The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
Miss Universe
1950
Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
Korean War
1945
The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
Soviet Union