Page 7: Historical Events In June - 29

1971  Georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43 on this day in history.   

1972  Supreme Court-death penalty usually was "cruel &unusual punishment" on this day in history.   

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

1978  Bob Crane, actor (Hogan's Heroes), murdered at 59 on June - 29.   

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  On June - 29 gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies   

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

1984  USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI on this day in history.   

1985  On June - 29 nASA launches Intelsat VA   

1985  STS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad on June - 29.   

1985  Vancouver businessman Jimmy Pattison pays $2.229,000 for a yellow Rolls-Royce formerly owned by the Beatles on this day in history.   

1986  Ida Mae McKenzie, entertainer, dies on June - 29.   

1989  On this day in history susan Lucci loses the daytime emmy for 10th straight year   

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 June - 29.   

1992  Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73 on this day in history.   

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 June - 29.   

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 June - 29.   

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 June - 29 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  On this day in history the Dutch cabinet Balkenende II resigns after the political party of D'66 drops its support.   

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1397  On June - 29 birth of john II of Aragon (d. 1479)   

1482  Maria of Aragon, queen of Portugal (d. 1517) was born on June - 29.   

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

1596  On this day in history birth of emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)   

1738  On this day in history birth of constantin Reindl, composer   

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  John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868) was born on this day in history.   

1021  On June - 29 notker Labeo, tutor in convent Sankt Gallen, dies   

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

1252  Death of King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218) on June - 29.   

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

1306  Musho [Hokai], Zen teacher/found subtemple at Jochiji, dies on June - 29.   

1315  Death of Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235) on June - 29.   

1458  On this day in history mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies   

1509  On this day in history death of margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)