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Monday, 29 June 2026
1980 NYC transit fare rises from 50. to 60. 
1980 Heal Gahagan Douglas, (Rep-D-Ca), lost to Nixon, dies at 79
1981 Ayatollah Mohammad Beheshti, Iran Islamic Rep Party founder, bombed
1982 Prince Chuck and Lady Di name their baby "William"
1982 Gerard[us M] Rutten, director (Sterren stralen overal), dies.
1983 Bridge section along I-95 in Greenwich, Ct collapsed results in the deaths of 3.
1983 NASA launches Galaxy-A
1985 Discovery ferried back to Kennedy Space Center via Bergstrom AFB, Tx.
1985 James Craig, actor (Human Comedy, Kismet), dies of lung cancer at 74.
1986 Kenneth and Nellie Pike challenge Ala Dem runoff win by AG C Graddick.
1987 E F Helin discovers asteroid #3680 Sasha.
1988 Mike Tyson sues to break contract with manager Bill Cayton.
1988 Kurt Raab, writer/actor (Boarding School, Stationmaster's Wife), dies
1989 Joris Ivens, director (Indonesia), dies at 90
1990 17th annual Daytime Emmy Awards
1990 Estelle Lamont, entertainer, dies.
1991 In Southern California a 5.8 quake killed one person at Arcadia and one person died from a heart attack at Glendale. At least 100 people were injured.
1991 Ernie McCormick, cricketer (12 Tests for Australia), dies
1992 In Big Bear, California a 6.7 quake at 15 05 30 resulted in some people injured, substantial damage and landslides in the Big Bear Lake and Big Bear City areas
1992 In Landers, California a 7.6 quake at 11 57 34 killed one person at Yucca Valley, two people died of heart attacks, more than 400 people were injured.
1992 Mikhail Tai, World chess champion (1960-61), dies at 55.
1993 Boris Christoff, Bulgaria/Italian bass (Don Carlos), dies at 79
1994 Fredericka Carolyn Washington, actress (Black and Tan), dies at 90.
1995 Donald Sinclair, vet, dies at 83.
1996 George Ghita Ionescu, academic, dies at 83
2005 Queen Elizabeth II conducts the International Fleet Review of 167 international warships in the Solent, as part of the Trafalgar 20 celebrations
2006 Israel launches Operation Summer Rains, an offensive against militants in Gaza.
2007 In the aftermath of Greece's worst heatwave in a century, at least 11 people are reported dead from heatstroke, approximately 200 wildfires break out nationwide, and the country's electricity grid nearly collapses due to record breaking demand.
2012 A series of car bombs in Iraq results in the deaths of 14 and injures 50 people.
2017 Wilshire Grand Center is recorded as becoming the tallest building in Los Angeles and in the US west of the Mississippi at 1100 ft.
2017 Chinaââ¬â¢s president, Xi Jinping begins 3 day trip to Hong Kong to mark 20 years since the territory handed back to China
2017 "Spider-man: Homecoming" directed by Jon Watts starring Tom Holland, Michael Keaton and Robert Downey Jr . premieres in Los Angeles.
2018 Lone gunman attacks offices of Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis, Maryland, killing nine
2018 Power company uncovers Neolithic wooden trackway 2300 years old in Suffolk, England. One of the largest archaeological digs in Europe at 16000 square meters.
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