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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1976  Seychelles gains independence from Britain on this day in history.   

1976  On this day in history leonora Summers, entertainer, dies   

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

1977  On June - 29 anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70   

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

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

1979  On this day in history ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies   

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

1982  On June - 29 voting Rights Act of 1965 extended   

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

1983  On this day in history challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB   

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

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA on June - 29.   

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

1985  Vancouver businessman Jimmy Pattison pays $2.229,000 for a yellow Rolls-Royce formerly owned by the Beatles on this day in history.   

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

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 this day in history 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 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 June - 29 ottawa rocker Alanis Morrissette performs eight songs from her hit album Jagged Little Pill before 150,000 people in London's Hyde Park   

1996  Alexander George Ogston, biochemist, dies at 85 on June - 29.   

1997  On this day in history william Hickey, actor (Prizzi's Honor), dies of emphysema at 68   

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 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 June - 29.   

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  Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) was born on June - 29.   

1738  On this day in history birth of constantin Reindl, composer   

1783  August Alexander Klengel, composer was born on June - 29.   

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

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

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

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

1252  On this day in history death of king Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)   

1293  Hendrik van Gent, Flemish neo-Augustian philosopher/theologist, dies on June - 29.   

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

1315  Death of Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235) on this day in history.   

1458  Mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies on this day in history.   

1509  Death of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443) on this day in history.