June 29 Historical Events
The following events took place on June 29. The list is arranged in chronological order.
Found 43 events. Showing 31 - 43.
- 1972The 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.
- 1974Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Perón, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
- 1974Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
- 1975Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of Apple I computer.
- 1976The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1976The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin
- 1995Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
- 1995The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
- 2002Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
- 2006Hamdan 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.
- 2007Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
- 2012A derecho strikes the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
- 2014The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
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