Today in History
June 29
June 29
1236 | Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon take Cordoba in Spain. | |
1652 | Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth. | |
1767 | The British parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America. | |
1862 | Union forces, falling back from Richmond, fight at the Battle of Savage’s Station. | |
1880 | France annexes Tahiti. | |
1888 | Professor Frederick Treves performs the first appendectomy in England. | |
1903 | The British government officially protests Belgian atrocities in the Congo. | |
1905 | Russian troops intervene as riots erupt in ports all over the country, leaving many ships looted. | |
1917 | The Ukraine proclaims independence from Russia. | |
1925 | An earthquake ravages Santa Barbara, California. | |
1926 | Fascists in Rome add an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure. | |
1932 | Siam’s army seizes Bangkok and announces an end to the absolute monarchy. | |
1938 | Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Olympic National Park, Washington, are founded. | |
1950 | President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea. | |
1951 | The United States invites the Soviet Union to the Korean peace talks on a ship in Wonsan Harbor. | |
1955 | The Soviet Union sends tanks to Poznan, Poland, to put down anti-Communist demonstrations. | |
1966 | The U.S. Air Force bombs fuel storage facilities near Hanoi, North Vietnam. | |
1967 | Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem. | |
1970 | U.S. troops pull out of Cambodia. | |
1982 | Israel invades Lebanon. | |
Born on June 29 | ||
1858 | George Washington Goethals, engineer of the Panama Canal. | |
1861 | William James Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. | |
1865 | William E. Borah, Republican senator from Idaho, opponent of the League of Nations. | |
1886 | James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer. | |
1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery, aviator and writer. | |
1910 | Frank Loesser, songwriter. | |
1930 | Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist. | |
1941 | Stokely Carmichael, African-American civil rights leader. |
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