Page 7: Historical Events In June - 29

1971  On June - 29 georgi T Dobrovolsky, cosmonaut (Soyuz 11-land accident), dies at 43   

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

1972  On this day in history uSSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)   

1975  On this day in history 20.57 cm (8.10") of rainfall, Litchville, N. Dakota (state 24-hr rec)   

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

1976  On June - 29 seychelles gains independence from Britain   

1976  Leonora Summers, entertainer, dies on this day in history.   

1977  Supreme Court ruled out death penalty for rapists of adults on this day in history.   

1977  On June - 29 anton D Hildebrand, children's book writer (Monus), dies at 70   

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

1982  Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended on this day in history.   

1982  On this day in history gerard[us PM] Knuvelder, literature historian (Anthology), dies   

1983  Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB on June - 29.   

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

1985  NASA launches Intelsat VA on this day in history.   

1985  STS 51-F vehicle moves to the launch pad on this day in history.   

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

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  Marla Maples father sues the National Enquirer for $12M on June - 29.   

1990  Irving Wallace, author (Book of Lists, Peoples Almanac), dies at 74 on June - 29.   

1992  On this day in history mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated at 73   

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

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 this day in history.   

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 June - 29.   

1996  On this day in history alexander George Ogston, biochemist, dies at 85   

1997  William Hickey, actor (Prizzi's Honor), dies of emphysema at 68 on June - 29.   

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  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 June - 29.   

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

1517  On this day in history birth of rembert Dodoens, [Rembertus Dodonaeus], physician/botanist   

1596  Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680) was born on June - 29.   

1738  Constantin Reindl, composer was born on this day in history.   

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

1798  Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837) was born on June - 29.   

1803  John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868) was born on this day in history.   

1021  On this day in history notker Labeo, tutor in convent Sankt Gallen, dies   

1059  On this day in history death of bernard II, Duke of Saxony   

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

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 June - 29 death of ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)   

1458  On June - 29 mapheus Vegius, [Maffeo Vegio], Italian lawyer/humanist/poet, dies   

1509  Death of Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443) on June - 29.