Page 7: Historical Events In June - 29

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

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

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  On this day in history jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79   

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

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 this day in history.   

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

1981  Mohammed Hussein Beheshti, Iran ayatollah/politician, murdered on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history voting Rights Act of 1965 extended   

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

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

1984  USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI on June - 29.   

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA on June - 29.   

1985  On June - 29 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 June - 29.   

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  On June - 29 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 June - 29 mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73   

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

1995  Lana (Julia Jean) Turner actress and WWII poster girl died on June - 29.   

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

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

1482  Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517) was born on this day in history.   

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

1596  Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) was born on this day in history.   

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  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  On June - 29 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 this day in history.   

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

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 June - 29.   

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