Page 7: Historical Events In June - 29

1971  On this day in history georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43   

1972  Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment" on June - 29.   

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

1975  20.57 cm (8.10") of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec) on June - 29.   

1975  Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79 on June - 29.   

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  Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70 on June - 29.   

1978  On June - 29 vP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East   

1978  Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59 on this day in history.   

1979  On June - 29 ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies   

1981  On June - 29 mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered   

1982  Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies   

1983  On June - 29 challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB   

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

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA on June - 29.   

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

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

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  Marla Maples father sues the National Enquirer for $12M on June - 29.   

1990  Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 on June - 29.   

1992  Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73 on this day in history.   

1994  Cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76 on this day in history.   

1995  On this day in history lana (Julia Jean) Turner actress and WWII poster girl died   

1995  On this day in history 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 this day in history lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75   

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

1996  On June - 29 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  On this day in history the Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigns after the political party of D'66 drops its support.   

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1397  John II of Aragon (d. 1479) was born on this day in history.   

1482  On this day in history birth of maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517)   

1517  On June - 29 birth of rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist   

1596  On June - 29 birth of emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)   

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

1783  On this day in history birth of august Alexander Klengel, composer   

1798  Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837) was born on this day in history.   

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

1021  On this day in history notker Labeo, tutor in convent Sankt Gallen, dies   

1059  Death of Bernard II, Duke of Saxony on this day in history.   

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

1293  Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies on this day in history.   

1306  On June - 29 musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies   

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

1458  On June - 29 mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies   

1509  On June - 29 death of margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)