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What happened in history on this day: June 29?
On June 29 in ...
- 1776 - Virginia state constitution is adopted and Patrick Henry is made governor.
- 1862 - Day five of the Seven Days - Battle of Savage's Station.
- 1863 - Very first First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa.
- 1863 - Confederate General Robert Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania.
- 1864 - Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed.
- 1898 - In Near Islands, Alaska, a magnitude 7.6 earthquake occurs.
- 1899 - Brazo River in Texas, USA, floods 12 miles wide causing $10 million in damage.
- 1927 - First manned flight from West Coast of USA arrives in Hawaii.
- 1929 - First high-speed jet wind tunnel completed, at Langley Field, California, USA.
- 1931 - 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record high).
- 1936 - Empire State Building emanates high definition TV, 343 lines of picture definition.
- 1936 - Pope Pius XI issues encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures".
- 1940 - US passes Alien Registration Act requiring aliens to register.
- 1945 - The Washington Post reports RAF officers found colossal airfield near Oslo, Norway, with 40 7000-mile range Heinkel bombers, which had been in preparation for bombing New York.
- 1949 - US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II.
- 1950 - First American combat troops arrive in the Republic of Korea.
- 1952 - First aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn - USS Oriskany.
- 1954 - Atomic Energy Commission voted against, reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer.
- 1956 - The US Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
- 1961 - Launch of Transit 4a, with first nuclear power supply (SNAP-3).
- 1964 - US Civil Rights Act of 1964 passes after 83-day filibuster in Senate.
- 1966 - US bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities.
- 1969 - First Jewish worship service at White House, Washington, DC.
- 1970 - US ends two month military offensive into Cambodia.
- 1972 - US Supreme Court rules death penalty usually was "cruel and unusual punishment".
- 1975 - 20.57 cm (8.10 inches) of rainfall, Litchville, North Dakota (state 24-hour record).
- 1982 - US Voting Rights Act of 1965 is extended.
- 1984 - USSR offers to start talking about banning Strategic Defence Initiative.
- 1988 - The United States Supreme Court upholds the law allowing special prosecutors to investigate suspected crimes by executive branch officials.
- 1995 - American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth. This is the second time ships from two countries had linked up in space.
- 2002 - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.
- 2003 - Thirteen are killed in a porch collapse in Chicago, Illinois.
- 2007 - Apple's new iPhone is released in the USA.
- 2009 - Bernard Madoff is sentenced to 150 years in prison for "extraordinarily evil" crimes in Wall Street's biggest and most brazen investment fraud.
- 2010 - The S&P 500 stock market index drops to its lowest level in eight months, 1050.47. The Dow Jones industrial average loses 268.22 points, or 2.65 percent, to 9,870.30. The Nasdaq Composite Index drops 85.47 points, or 3.85 percent, to 2,135.18.
Births on June 29
- 1863 - Birth of James Harvey Robinson in Bloomington, Illinois, USA; historian (Ordeal of Civilization).
- 1907 - Birth of Joan Davis in Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA; actress (I Married Joan).
- 1908 - Birth of John Hench, in Iowa, USA; joined Disney Studios in 1939 as artist and story editor, designed Disneyland projects, Walt Disney World plans, Tokyo Disneyland, Disney's California Adventure, Animal Kingdom, named a Disney Legend in 1990.
- 1915 - Birth of Ruth Warrick in Saint Joseph, Missouri, USA; singer, actress (Citizen Kane, The Guiding Light, As the World Turns, Peyton Place, Phoebe Tyler - All My Children).
- 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).
- 1924 - Birth of Ezra Laderman in New York City, New York, USA; composer (Jacob and the Indians).
- 1925 - Birth of Cara Williams AKA Bernice Kamiat in Brooklyn, New York, USA; actress (Pete and Gladys TV show, Cara Williams Show, Rhoda (1974)).
- 1929 - Birth of Johnny Ace in Memphis, Tennessee, USA; ballad singer ("My Song").
- 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).
- 1948 - Birth of Fred Grandy in Sioux City, Iowa, USA; actor (Gopher - The Love Boat), politician (Representive-Republican-Iowa), radio host.
- 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
- 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).
- 1979 - Death of Lowell George at age 34, American rock musician (Mothers of Invention, Little Feat) (born 1945).
- 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").
- 2007 - Death of George McCorkle, founder of The Marshall Tucker Band (born 1947).
- 2022 - Death of Sonny Barger at age 83; leader and president of Hells Angels motorcycle club.
- 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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