June 29: Historical Events, Famous Birthdays and Deaths On This Day

1444
Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
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1644
Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
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1945
Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
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1950
U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.
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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.
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1975
Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
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1976
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
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2007
Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
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2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
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