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 June - 29.   

1972  On this day in history 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 June - 29.   

1975  On June - 29 jerry Verno, actor (River of Unrest, Ourselves Alone), dies at 79   

1976  Seychelles gains independence from Britain on June - 29.   

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

1977  On this day in history supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults   

1977  Anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70 on this day in history.   

1978  On this day in history vP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East   

1978  On June - 29 bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59   

1979  Ben Barnett, cricketer (4 Tests for Australia 1938), dies on June - 29.   

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

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

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

1983  On June - 29 challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB   

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

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA on this day in history.   

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 this day in history ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies   

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

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  Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73 on this day in history.   

1994  On June - 29 cameron Mitchell, actor (Man on Tightrope), dies of lung cancer at 76   

1995  Lana (Julia Jean) Turner actress and WWII poster girl died on this day in history.   

1995  On June - 29 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 June - 29 lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75   

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  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  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 June - 29.   

1482  On June - 29 birth of maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517)   

1517  Rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist was born on this day in history.   

1596  On June - 29 birth of emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)   

1738  On June - 29 birth of constantin Reindl, composer   

1783  August Alexander Klengel, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1803  John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868) was born on June - 29.   

1021  On June - 29 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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