Page 7: Historical Events In June - 29

1971  Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43 on June - 29.   

1972  On this day in history supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment"   

1972  USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1976  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1978  On June - 29 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  Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered on June - 29.   

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

1982  Gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies on June - 29.   

1983  On this day in history 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  On June - 29 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  On June - 29 ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies   

1989  Susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year on June - 29.   

1990  Marla Maples father sues the National Enquirer for $12M on this day in history.   

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 June - 29.   

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

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 June - 29.   

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  On June - 29 william Hickey, actor (Prizzi's Honor), dies of emphysema at 68   

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 June - 29 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 June - 29 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 June - 29.   

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  On June - 29 birth of john Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)   

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

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

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

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

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

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