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What happened in history on this day: June 29?
On June 29 in ...
- 1936 - Pope Pius XI issues encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures".
- 1951 - ABC airs the last Pulitzer Prize Playhouse TV show.
- 1988 - Paramount releases the film Coming to America to theaters.
- 2005 - Paramount releases the film War of the Worlds to theaters.
- 2007 - Buena Vista releases the film Ratatouille to theaters.
- 2011 - Paramount releases the film Transformers: Dark of the Moon to theaters.
Births on June 29
- 1901 - Birth of Frieda Inescort in Edinburgh, Scotland; actress (Pride and Prejudice).
- 1901 - Birth of Nelson Eddy; actor/baritone (Great Duets with Jeanette MacDonald).
- 1907 - Birth of Joan Davis in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actress (I Married Joan).
- 1916 - Birth of Ruth Warwick in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; actress (All My Children, Peyton Place).
- 1919 - Birth of Slim Pickens in Kingsburg, California, USA; actor (Dr Strangelove, Blazing Saddles).
- 1925 - Birth of Cara Williams AKA Bernice Kamiat in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Pete and Gladys TV show, Cara Williams Show, Rhoda (1974)).
- 1928 - Birth of Ian Bannen in Scotland; actor (Eye of the Needle, Gorky Park).
- 1930 - Birth of Robert Evans; American actor/director (Best of Everything).
- 1944 - Birth of Gary Busey in Goose Creek, Texas, USA; actor (The Buddy Holly Story, A Star in Born, Into the West, A Dangerous Life).
- 1947 - Birth of Richard Lewis; comedian/actor (Anything But Love, Curb Your Enthusiasm).
- 1948 - Birth of Fred Grandy in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actor (Gopher - The Love Boat), politician (Representive-Republican-Iowa), radio host.
- 1949 - Birth of Dan Dierdorf; NFL player, sportscaster (Monday Night Football).
- 1957 - Birth of Maria Conchita Alonso; actress (Saints and Sinners).
- 1961 - Birth of Sharon Lawrence; actress (NYPD Blue, Ladies Man).
- 1962 - Birth of Amanda Donohoe; actress (LA Law).
- 1967 - Birth of Melora Hardin in Houston, Texas, USA; actress (Family Tree, Best Times, The Office).
- 1972 - Birth of Samantha Smith in Houlton, Missouri, USA; actress (Elizabeth - Lime Street).
Deaths on June 29
- 1933 - Death of Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle; actor (Keystone Comedies, Mabel and Fatty).
- 1967 - Death of Jayne Mansfield at age 34 in a car accident east of New Orleans, Louisiana, USA; actress.
- 1978 - Death of Bob Crane at age 49, found murdered in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA; actor (Colonel Hogan - Hogan's Heroes, Donna Reed Show).
- 1986 - Robert Drivas, actor (Our Private World), dies at age 47.
- 2002 - Death of Rosemary Clooney at age 74 due to complications from lung cancer in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actress, singer ("Come On-A My House", "Botch-A-Me", "Hey There", "Mambo Italiano").
- 2023 - Death of Alan Arkin at age 89 at home in San Marcos, California, USA; actor (Little Miss Sunshine film (2006, Best Supporting Actor Oscar award winner), Get Smart film (2008), The Heart is a Lonely Hunter film (1968), Argo film (2013), The Russians Are Coming, The Russians Are Coming film (1966)), writer.
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