June 29 in History

Historical Events on June 29

1444 Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.

1644 Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.

1945 Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.

1950 U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.

1972 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.

1975 Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.

1976 The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

2007 Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

2014 The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

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Famous Birthdays on June 29

1900 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

1967 Jeff Burton

1968 Theoren Fleury

1978 Nicole Scherzinger

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Famous Deaths on June 29

1520 Moctezuma II

1967 Jayne Mansfield

1995 Lana Turner

2003 Katharine Hepburn

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