Page 7: Historical Events In June - 29

1971  On June - 29 georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43   

1972  Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment" on this day in history.   

1972  On June - 29 uSSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)   

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

1975  Jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79 on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history seychelles gains independence from Britain   

1976  On June - 29 leonora Summers, entertainer, dies   

1977  On June - 29 supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults   

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

1978  VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East on June - 29.   

1978  On this day in history bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59   

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

1981  On this day in history mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered   

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

1982  Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies on this day in history.   

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

1984  On this day in history uSSR offers to start talking about banning SDI   

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history sTS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad   

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

1986  Ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies on June - 29.   

1989  On this day in history susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year   

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

1990  On this day in history irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74   

1992  On this day in history mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73   

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

1995  On June - 29 lana (Julia Jean) Turner actress and WWII poster girl died   

1995  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 on this day in history.   

1995  Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75 on June - 29.   

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 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  On this day in history 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.   

2006  On June - 29 the Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigns after the political party of D'66 drops its support.   

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

1482  Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517) was born on June - 29.   

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

1596  On this day in history 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 June - 29.   

1803  On this day in history birth of john Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)   

1021  On June - 29 notker Labeo, tutor in convent Sankt Gallen, dies   

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

1252  On June - 29 death of king Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)   

1293  On this day in history hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies   

1306  On this day in history musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies   

1315  On June - 29 death of ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)   

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

1509  On this day in history death of margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)