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History Events on June 29

By  Diane McArtor-Stidd  29 Jun   90 Views

History Events on June 29

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In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.

#Muhammad_Ahmad

In 1881

The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

#Seychelles

In 1976

George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.

#George_Edward_Gouraud

In 1888

Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.

#Carpathian_Ruthenia

In 1945

The Globe Theatre in London burns to the ground.

#Globe_Theatre

In 1613

Cao Pi dies after an illness; his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.

#Cao_Pi

In 226

Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.

#Raymond_of_Poitiers

In 1149

The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.

#1976_Conference_of_Communist_and_Workers_Parties_of_Europe

In 1976

Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.

#Charilaos_Trikoupis

In 1874

Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.

#Alexander_Macdonell_(bishop)

In 1786

Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.

#St-Hilaire_train_disaster

In 1864

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.

#Federal_Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956

In 1956

Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

#Apple_Inc.

In 2007

The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.

#Sampoong_Department_Store_collapse

In 1995

Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.

#Mikhail_Baryshnikov

In 1974

The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.

#Bird_of_Paradise_(aircraft)

In 1927

Sverre is crowned King of Norway.

#Sverre_of_Norway

In 1194

A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.

#Derecho

In 2012

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.

#Hyde_Park_Township,_Cook_County,_Illinois

In 1889

Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.

#Steve_Wozniak

In 1975

France annexes Tahiti.

#Tahiti

In 1880

Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.

#Second_Battle_of_Yeonpyeong

In 2002

Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.

#Skanderbeg

In 1444

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

#Islamic_State_of_Iraq_and_the_Levant

In 2014

Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.

#Autocephaly

In 1850

The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.

#North_Saskatchewan_River_flood_of_1915

In 1915

Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.

#Charles_I_of_England

In 1644

British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.

#Diplomat

In 1916

Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.

#Korean_War

In 1950

Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.

#Space_Shuttle_program

In 1995

Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.

#Jacques_Cartier

In 1534

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.

In 2006

Vincent Van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.

In 1987

Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Peron is terminally ill.

In 1974

The United States Supreme Court rules in the case Furman v. Georgia that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments, and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.

In 1972

France grants 1 km2 at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".

In 1922

Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.

In 1807

At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.

In 1659

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