June 29 in History – What happened on 29 June in Past

✅ Published on June 29th, 2021 in June in History

29 June - Today in History - Important historical events happened on this day in India and World History

According to Gregory calendar, on June 29, the day number in a year is 180 and if it is a leap year then the day number is 181. June 29 has a special significance in India and world history, because many such incidents have occurred on this day which have been recorded forever in the pages of history. Let's know some such important events which will increase your general knowledge. The facts collected will be as follows: People born on this day, demise of famous people, war treaty, freedom of any country, invention of new technologies, change of power, important National and International Day etc.

June 29 in History - Top Historical Events ⚡

Year	Event / Incidence / Incident
1149	Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi. Raymond of Poitiers (c. 1115 – 29 June 1149) was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very year that his father the Duke began his infamous liaison with Dangereuse de Chatelherault.
1149	Second Crusade-An army led by Nur ad-Din Zangi destroyed theforces of Antioch led by Prince Raymond.
1194	Sverre is crowned King of Norway. Sverre Sigurdsson was the King of Norway from 1184 to 1202. He married Margareta Eriksdotter, the daughter of the Swedish king Eric IX, by whom he had the daughter Kristina Sverresdotter.
1444	Skanderbeg defeated an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll. Skanderbeg was a 15th-century Albanian nobleman. The Battle of Torvioll, also known as the Battle of Lower Dibra, was fought on the Plain of Torvioll, in what is modern-day Albania. Skanderbeg was an Ottoman captain of Albanian origin who decided to go back to his native land and take the reins of a new Albanian rebellion.
1444	Albanians led by Skanderbeg scored a resounding victory intheir rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.
1444	Alexander Baig defeated the army of the Ottoman Empire.
1534	Jacques Cartier was the first European to reach Prince Edward Island. Prince Edward Island is a province of Canada consisting of the island of the same name, as well as several much smaller islands.It is one of the three Maritime Provinces and is the smallest province in both land area and population. It is the only province of Canada to have no land boundary.
1613	The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground aftera cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance ofWilliam Shakespeare's Henry VIII and ignited the theatre's roof.
1613	William Shakespeare's Globe Theater was damaged by fire.
1644	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. The Battle of Cropredy Bridge was a battle of the English Civil Wars, between a Parliamentarian army under Sir William Waller and the Royalist army of King Charles.
1659	Russo-Polish War: The hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky and hisallies defeated the armies of Russian Tsardom led by Aleksey Trubetskoyat the Battle of Konotop in the present-day Sumy Oblast of Ukraine.
1764	A level 5 tornado reached Germany.
1767	The British passed the Townshend Revenue Act and taxed America.
1776	The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary Warwas fought at the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet near Cape May, New Jersey.
1776	Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and Father Francisco Palóufounded Mission San Francisco de Asís, the oldest surviving building in San Francisco.
1797	The first ascent of the great mountain \ 4,622 \ was made in Adirondack, New York.
1855	Daily Telegraph newspaper started publication in London.
1863	The first National Bank opened in Davenport Iowa.
1864	Canada's worst railway accident took place when a passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec.
1864	Nearly 100 people were killed when a train fell into the Richelieu River on the Grand Trunk railway line near Mont St Hilary town in Quebec, Canada.
1880	France annexes Tahiti. Tahiti is the largest island in the Windward group of French Polynesia; an overseas collectivity of the French Republic, sometimes referred to as an overseas country.[3] The island is located in the archipelago of the Society Islands in the central Southern Pacific Ocean, and is divided into two parts
1881	In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam. Muhammad Ahmad bin Abd Allah was a religious leader of the Samaniyya order in Sudan. His proclamation came during a period of widespread resentment among the Sudanese population of the oppressive policies of the Turco-Egyptian rulers, and capitalized on the messianic beliefs popular among the various Sudanese religious sects of the time.
1889	Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to beannexed by Chicago, forming the largest city in area in the UnitedStates and second largest in population.
1905	The Automobile Association was established in the United Kingdom.
1913	Bulgaria's war with Greece, Serbia, Monte Negro, Romania and the Osmani regime began in what is known as the Second Balkan War.
1914	During the second day of the anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo, numerous buildings owned by ethnic Serbs were vandalized and looted.
1932	The Soviet Union and China signed the Non-aggression Pact.
1950	In one of the greatest upsets in sporting history, the United States defeated England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
1961	Renowned freedom fighter, politician and first defense minister Sardar Baldev Singh passed away.
1967	Actress Jayne Mansfield, her boyfriend Sam Brody, and theirdriver were killed in a car accident outside of New Orleans, while herchildren Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska Hargitay escaped with only minorinjuries.
1974	Isabel Perón was sworn in as the first female President ofArgentina, replacing her ill husband Juan Perón, who died two dayslater.
1974	Russian dancer Mikhail Baryshnikov defected from the SovietUnion while on tour with the Bolshoi Ballet in Toronto.
1974	Maria Estella Isabel Martinez de Perón became the first female president of Argentina.
1974	Disneyland became the first public attraction in Anaheim, California, USA.
1976	The Seychelles became independent from the United Kingdom. Seychelles , officially the Republic of Seychelles is an archipelago in the Indian Ocean. The 115-island country, whose capital is Victoria, lies 1,500 kilometres (932 mi) east of mainland Southeast Africa. Other nearby island countries and territories include Zanzibar to the west and Comoros, Mayotte, Madagascar, Réunion, and Mauritius to the south.
1976	The day is celebrated as Independence Day in this country since the Seychelles Islands gained independence.
1985	The European Economic Community adopted the Flag of Europe, aflag previously adopted by the Council of Europe in 1955.
1991	After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Organization of Cooperation of Eastern Countries \ 'Kamcon \' was dissolved.
1992	A bodyguard killed Algerian President Mohammad Bodiaf.
1995	Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time. STS-71 was the third mission of the US/Russian Shuttle-Mir Program and the first Space Shuttle docking to Russian space station Mir. The shuttle delivered a relief crew of two cosmonauts Anatoly Solovyev and Nikolai Budarin to the station and recovered Increment astronaut Norman Thagard.
1995	The Shuttle–Mir Program began when Space Shuttle Atlantis became the first space shuttle to dock with the Russian space stationMir.
2002	North and South Korean patrol boats clashed along a disputedmaritime boundary near Yeonpyeong Island in the Yellow Sea.
2006	The US Supreme Court delivered its decision in Hamdan v.Rumsfeld, ruling that military commissions set up by the Bushadministration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay violated both US andinternational law.
2007	Apple Inc. released its first mobile phone, the phone. iPhone is a line of smartphones designed and marketed by Apple Inc. They run Apple's iOS mobile operating system. The most recent iPhone models are the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus.
2008	Thomas, the world's first pregnant man, gave birth to a daughter.
2008	Thomas Beatty gave birth to a daughter, the world's first pregnant man.
2012	Around 15,000 anti-nuclear agitators surrounded the office of Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in Tokyo.
2013	California lifts ban on gay marriage.

Famous Birthdays of June 29 😀:

Year	Name / Profession / Country
1835	Celia Thaxter / Poet / United States of America
1991	Suk Hyun-jun / Footballer / South Korea
1953	Colin Hay / Singer / Australia
1921	Frédéric Dard / Writer / France
1897	Fulgence Charpentier / Journalist / Canada
1746	Joachim Heinrich Campe / Author / Germany
1971	Matthew Good / Singer / Canada
1912	John Toland / Author / United States of America
1919	Ernesto Corripio y Ahumada / Cardinal / Mexico
1934	Corey Allen / Actor / United States of America
1925	Giorgio Napolitano / Politician / Italy
1928	Radius Prawiro / Politician / Indonesia
1967	Seamus McGarvey / Cinematographer / Ireland
1929	Pat Crawford Brown / Actress / United States of America
1517	Rembert Dodoens / Physician / Belgium
1993	Fran Kirby / Footballer / United Kingdom
1980	Martin Truex Jr. / Racing Car Driver / United States of America
1967	Jeff Burton / Racing Car Driver / United States of America
1863	Wilbert Robinson / Baseball Player / United States of America
1965	Tripp Eisen / Guitarist / United States of America
1949	Dan Dierdorf / Footballer / United States of America
1833	Peter Waage / Chemist / Norway
1910	Burgess Whitehead / Baseball Player / United States of America
1948	Ian Paice / Writer / United Kingdom
1957	Terry Wyatt / Academic / United Kingdom
1922	Vasko Popa / Poet / Serbia
1956	Pyotr Vasilevsky / Footballer / Belarus
1982	Dusty Hughes / Baseball Player / United States of America
1920	Ray Harryhausen / Producer / United States of America
1935	Katsuya Nomura / Baseball Player / Japan

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