Tukuk-OS📅 June 29
14 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on June 29? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2020 — Reddit banned r/The_Donald, a pro-Trump subreddit, for rule violations and antagonizing the company.
- 2003 — An overloaded balcony collapsed in Chicago, United States, killing 13 people and injuring 57 others.
- 1995 — Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
- 1971 — The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression during preparations for reentry, killing Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Viktor Patsayev—the only human deaths to have occurred in space.
- 1967 — Actress Jayne Mansfield (pictured), her boyfriend Sam Brody, and their driver were killed in a car accident outside of New Orleans, while her children Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska Hargitay escaped with only minor injuries.
- 1950 — The United States defeated England during the FIFA World Cup in one of the greatest upsets in the competition's history.
United States men's national soccer teamUnited States v England (1950 FIFA World Cup)England national football team
- 1927 — The United States Army Air Corps aircraft Bird of Paradise landed at Wheeler Field on the Hawaiian island of Oahu to complete the first transpacific flight.
United States Army Air CorpsBird of Paradise (aircraft)Wheeler Army Airfield
- 1913 — More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of American Civil War veterans ever held.
- 1889 — Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest city by area in the United States and the second-largest by population.
- 1864 — A passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, killing as many as 99 people and injuring 100 others in Canada's worst railway accident.
- 1832 — Black Hawk War: Three men working in a cornfield were attacked by Sauk Native Americans, resulting in two deaths.
- 1776 — The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, was fought near Cape May, New Jersey (map of location, pictured).
PrivateerAmerican Revolutionary WarBattle of Turtle Gut Inlet
- 1764 — One of the strongest tornadoes in history struck Woldegk in present-day northeastern Germany, killing one person.
- 1613 — The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the roof.
Births
- 2007 — Casey Phair, South Korean footballer
- 2006 — Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor
- 2003 — Jude Bellingham, English footballer
- 2002 — Matt Rempe, Canadian ice hockey player
- 2001 — Julian Champagnie, American basketball player
- 2001 — Gunnar Henderson, American baseball player
- 2001 — Aaron Schoupp, Australian rugby league player
- 1998 — Gjon's Tears, Swiss singer-songwriter
- 1998 — Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player
- 1996 — Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994 — Camila Mendes, American actress and model
- 1994 — Leandro Paredes, Argentine footballer
Deaths
- 2025 — Sandy Gall, Malaysian-Scottish journalist and author (born 1927)
- 2024 — Princess Lalla Latifa, Princess Dowager of Morocco (born 1946)
- 2023 — Alan Arkin, American actor (born 1934)
- 2022 — Hershel W. Williams, American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (born 1923)
- 2021 — Donald Rumsfeld, American captain and politician, 13th United States Secretary of Defense (born 1932)
- 2020 — Carl Reiner, American actor, director, producer, and screenwriter (born 1922)
- 2020 — Stepa J. Groggs, American rap artist (born 1988)
- 2020 — Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer, songwriter (born 1986)
- 2019 — Florijana Ismaili, Swiss footballer (born 1995)
- 2018 — Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator (born 1927)
- 2017 — Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur and chairman of Montpellier HSC from 1974 to his death (born 1943)
- 2017 — Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (born 1957)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Cassius of Narni
- Christian feast day: Hemma of Gurk
- Christian feast day: Mary, mother of John Mark
- Christian feast day: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Western Christianity), and its related observances: Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja)
- Christian feast day: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Western Christianity), and its related observances: l-Imnarja (Malta)
- Christian feast day: June 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- Engineer's Day (Ecuador)
- Independence Day (Seychelles), celebrates the independence of Seychelles from the United Kingdom in 1976.
- Veterans' Day (Netherlands)
- National Statistics Day (India)
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