29 Jun 0226
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Cao Pi dies after an illness; his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei. |
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29 Jun 1149
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Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. |
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29 Jun 1194
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Sverre is crowned King of Norway. |
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29 Jun 1312
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Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned
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29 Jun 1377
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French invasion fleet lands at Rye England
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29 Jun 1428
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Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good
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29 Jun 1444
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Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll. |
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29 Jun 1529
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Emperor Karel V and Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona
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29 Jun 1534
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Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada
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29 Jun 1534
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Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island. |
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29 Jun 1540
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English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic
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29 Jun 1613
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The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground. |
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29 Jun 1613
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Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down
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29 Jun 1644
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Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil. |
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29 Jun 1659
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At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy. |
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29 Jun 1682
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Sofia names herself regent of Russia
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29 Jun 1694
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Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports
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29 Jun 1755
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515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic
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29 Jun 1762
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Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II
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29 Jun 1767
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British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America
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29 Jun 1776
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First privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War fought at Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey |
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29 Jun 1776
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Father Francisco Palou founds Mission San Francisco de Asis in what is now San Francisco, California. |
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29 Jun 1776
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Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay
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29 Jun 1776
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Va state constitution adopted & Patrick Henry made governor
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29 Jun 1786
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Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario. |
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29 Jun 1800
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Freemason lodge establishes in Alkmaar
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29 Jun 1807
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Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos. |
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29 Jun 1850
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British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse
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29 Jun 1850
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Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece. |
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29 Jun 1854
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Netherlands allows corporal punishment
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29 Jun 1854
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Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million
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29 Jun 1857
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Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)
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29 Jun 1858
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Great fire in London harbor
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29 Jun 1858
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Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia
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29 Jun 1862
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Day 5 of the 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station
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29 Jun 1863
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Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault
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29 Jun 1863
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George A Custer (23) appointed Union Brigadier General
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29 Jun 1863
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Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, PN
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29 Jun 1863
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Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa
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29 Jun 1864
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Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec. |
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29 Jun 1864
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Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed
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29 Jun 1867
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Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs
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29 Jun 1874
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Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year. |
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29 Jun 1880
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France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)
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29 Jun 1880
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France annexes Tahiti. |
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29 Jun 1881
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Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud
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29 Jun 1881
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In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam. |
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29 Jun 1888
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George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music. |
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29 Jun 1889
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Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population. |
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29 Jun 1891
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National Forest Service organized
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29 Jun 1891
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29 Jun 1895
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Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government. |
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29 Jun 1897
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Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball)
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29 Jun 1899
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Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage
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29 Jun 1903
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British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo
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29 Jun 1904
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2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe
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29 Jun 1906
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12th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club - Illinois
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29 Jun 1911
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Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes Premier
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29 Jun 1913
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2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek / Serbian troops
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29 Jun 1913
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Beginning of the 2nd Balkan War
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29 Jun 1914
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Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia. |
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29 Jun 1914
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G Neujmin discovers asteroid #791 Ani
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29 Jun 1915
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The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history. |
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29 Jun 1916
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The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising. |
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29 Jun 1916
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Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time
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29 Jun 1921
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34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60)
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29 Jun 1922
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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". |
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29 Jun 1922
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K Reinmuth discovers asteroid #979 Ilsewa
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29 Jun 1926
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Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history
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29 Jun 1926
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Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada. |
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29 Jun 1927
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The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii. |
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29 Jun 1927
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First test of Wallace Turnbull's controllable-pitch propeller. |
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29 Jun 1927
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1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii
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29 Jun 1928
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The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened. |
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29 Jun 1929
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1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field, California
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29 Jun 1929
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Mexico and Vatican sign Concord
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29 Jun 1931
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Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini
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29 Jun 1931
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29 Jun 1932
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USSR and China sign no attack treaty
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29 Jun 1933
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Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title
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29 Jun 1936
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Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures"
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29 Jun 1936
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Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines
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29 Jun 1939
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4th Dutch government of Colijn falls
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29 Jun 1939
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Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe
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29 Jun 1940
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Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard
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29 Jun 1940
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Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan
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29 Jun 1940
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US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register
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29 Jun 1941
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DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record
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29 Jun 1943
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Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe
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29 Jun 1943
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Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)
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29 Jun 1943
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US forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea
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29 Jun 1944
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German counter attack at Caen
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29 Jun 1944
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Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead
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29 Jun 1944
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Rommel and von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden
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29 Jun 1944
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Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk
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29 Jun 1944
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US 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg
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29 Jun 1945
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20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)
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29 Jun 1945
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Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union. |
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29 Jun 1945
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Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR
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29 Jun 1946
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"Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater NYC after 264 performances
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29 Jun 1946
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"Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 219 performances
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29 Jun 1946
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Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist
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29 Jun 1946
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British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv
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29 Jun 1947
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Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak
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29 Jun 1949
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South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
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29 Jun 1949
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US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II
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29 Jun 1950
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US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)
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29 Jun 1950
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West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine
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29 Jun 1952
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1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany
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29 Jun 1953
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XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting
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29 Jun 1954
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Atomic Energy Comm voted against reinstating Dr J Robert Oppenheimer
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29 Jun 1955
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Argentine state of siege ends
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29 Jun 1956
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Prime Minister Drees refuses resignation of Queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)
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29 Jun 1956
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The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System. |
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29 Jun 1956
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Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif
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29 Jun 1956
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Federal interstate highway system act signed
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29 Jun 1957
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Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave USSR communist party
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29 Jun 1958
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Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm
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29 Jun 1959
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Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, and peace, in charity"
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29 Jun 1959
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Pope John XXIII encyclical "On truth, unity, & peace, in charity"
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29 Jun 1960
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Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open
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29 Jun 1960
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KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks)
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29 Jun 1961
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Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season
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29 Jun 1961
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Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)
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29 Jun 1962
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Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run
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29 Jun 1962
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JFK dines with Premier MacMillan in London
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29 Jun 1962
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1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner
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29 Jun 1963
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"Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances
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29 Jun 1963
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SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien
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29 Jun 1963
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Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits the UK charts
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29 Jun 1964
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1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "The Cage" released
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29 Jun 1964
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Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate
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29 Jun 1965
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USAF Captain Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15
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29 Jun 1966
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In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time
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29 Jun 1966
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KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins
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29 Jun 1966
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US bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities
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29 Jun 1967
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Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem
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29 Jun 1967
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Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge
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29 Jun 1969
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1st Jewish worship service at White House
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29 Jun 1970
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US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia
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29 Jun 1971
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Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense
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29 Jun 1971
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Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days
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29 Jun 1972
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Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual
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29 Jun 1972
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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. |
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29 Jun 1972
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Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel & unusual punishment"
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29 Jun 1972
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USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)
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29 Jun 1974
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Military coup in Ethiopia
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29 Jun 1974
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Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Perón, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later. |
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29 Jun 1974
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Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet. |
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29 Jun 1975
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3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner
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29 Jun 1975
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8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec)
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29 Jun 1975
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Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer. |
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29 Jun 1976
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The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom. |
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29 Jun 1976
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The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin |
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29 Jun 1976
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Seychelles gains independence from Britain
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29 Jun 1977
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Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR
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29 Jun 1977
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Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults
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29 Jun 1978
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VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East
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29 Jun 1979
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"Moonraker" premieres in US
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29 Jun 1979
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San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
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29 Jun 1980
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"Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances
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29 Jun 1980
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Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament
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29 Jun 1981
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Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed
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29 Jun 1981
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Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR
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29 Jun 1982
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Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended
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29 Jun 1983
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Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races
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29 Jun 1983
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Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB
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29 Jun 1984
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Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990
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29 Jun 1984
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Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski
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29 Jun 1984
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USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI
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29 Jun 1985
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NASA launches Intelsat VA
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29 Jun 1985
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STS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad
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29 Jun 1986
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Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany)
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29 Jun 1986
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Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic
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29 Jun 1986
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Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver
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29 Jun 1986
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Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues
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29 Jun 1987
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Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning
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29 Jun 1989
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Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time
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29 Jun 1989
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Susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year
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29 Jun 1990
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New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak
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29 Jun 1990
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Marla Maples father sues the National Enquirer for $12M
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29 Jun 1991
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"Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 216 performances
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29 Jun 1991
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6.0 earthquake hits Southern California
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29 Jun 1992
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"Salome" opens at Circle in the Square Theater NYC for 9 performances
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29 Jun 1992
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2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits Southern California
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29 Jun 1992
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NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers
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29 Jun 1994
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Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected Premier of Japan
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29 Jun 1994
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US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees
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29 Jun 1995
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George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz
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29 Jun 1995
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Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs. Calgary Stampeders)
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29 Jun 1995
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Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. |
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29 Jun 1995
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The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937. |
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29 Jun 1997
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"American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances
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29 Jun 1997
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"London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 performances
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29 Jun 1997
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18th US Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh
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29 Jun 1997
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Greg Norman wins PGA St. Jude Classic
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29 Jun 1997
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Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic
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29 Jun 1997
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Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)
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29 Jun 2002
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Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel. |
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29 Jun 2006
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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. |
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29 Jun 2007
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Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone. |
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29 Jun 2014
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The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq. |
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