Page 7: Historical Events In June - 29

1971  Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1972  On June - 29 supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment"   

1972  USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) on June - 29.   

1975  On this day in history 20.57 cm (8.10") of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec)   

1975  On this day in history jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79   

1976  Seychelles gains independence from Britain on June - 29.   

1976  Leonora Summers, entertainer, dies on June - 29.   

1977  Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults on June - 29.   

1977  On this day in history anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70   

1978  On this day in history vP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East   

1978  Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59 on June - 29.   

1979  Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies on this day in history.   

1981  Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered on this day in history.   

1982  Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended on June - 29.   

1982  On June - 29 gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies   

1983  Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB on this day in history.   

1984  On June - 29 uSSR offers to start talking about banning SDI   

1985  On June - 29 nASA launches Intelsat VA   

1985  STS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad on June - 29.   

1985  Vancouver businessman Jimmy Pattison pays $2.229,000 for a yellow Rolls-Royce formerly owned by the Beatles on June - 29.   

1986  On June - 29 ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies   

1989  Susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history marla Maples father sues the National Enquirer for $12M   

1990  Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 on this day in history.   

1992  On June - 29 mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73   

1994  Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76 on June - 29.   

1995  Lana (Julia Jean) Turner actress and WWII poster girl died on June - 29.   

1995  On June - 29 the Memphis Mad Dogs play their first CFL game, against the Calgary Stampeders; part of a failed Canadian Football League attempt to expand to the US.   

1995  On June - 29 lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75   

1996  Ottawa rocker Alanis Morrissette performs eight songs from her hit album Jagged Little Pill before 150,000 people in London's Hyde Park on this day in history.   

1996  On this day in history alexander George Ogston, biochemist, dies at 85   

1997  William Hickey, actor (Prizzi's Honor), dies of emphysema at 68 on this day in history.   

2006  Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The United States Supreme Court rules that the military commissions to be used to try some detainees in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp are illegal on this day in history.   

2006  The Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigns after the political party of D'66 drops its support on this day in history.   

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1397  On this day in history birth of john II of Aragon (d. 1479)   

1482  On June - 29 birth of maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517)   

1517  Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist was born on June - 29.   

1596  Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

1738  Constantin Reindl, composer was born on this day in history.   

1783  August Alexander Klengel, composer was born on this day in history.   

1798  On June - 29 birth of giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)   

1803  John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868) was born on June - 29.   

1021  Notker Labeo, tutor in convent Sankt Gallen, dies on this day in history.   

1059  On this day in history death of bernard II, Duke of Saxony   

1252  Death of King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218) on this day in history.   

1293  On June - 29 hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies   

1306  Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies on June - 29.   

1315  On this day in history death of ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)   

1458  Mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies on June - 29.   

1509  Death of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443) on June - 29.