Summary of the Day ✨ 29 June (29/06)
On this day, ISIS declared its caliphate in the Middle East while Apple released its revolutionary iPhone, as a deadly derecho devastated the eastern United States and the Supreme Court limited Bush’s Guantanamo policies amid Korean naval tensions.
Historical Events 📜
- 2014: The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
- 2012: A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
- 2007: Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
- 2006: Hamdan 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.
- 2002: Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
- 1995: Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
- 1995: The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho District of Seoul, South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.
- 1987: Vincent van Gogh’s painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
- 1976: The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1976: The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
- 1975: Pope Paul VI ordains some 350 priests in St. Peter’s Square in the largest ordination in history
- 1974: Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill.
- 1974: Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
- 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.
- 1972: A Convair CV-580 and De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter collide above Lake Winnebago near Appleton, Wisconsin, killing 13.
Famous Births 👶
- 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: Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player
- 1996: Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player
- 1994: Camila Mendes, American actress and model
- 1993: Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
- 1993: Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter
- 1991: Suk Hyun-jun, South Korean footballer
- 1991: Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
- 1991: Addison Timlin, American actress
- 1990: Kim Little, Scottish footballer
Notable 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)
- 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)
- 2016: Jan Hettema, Springbok cyclist and five times South African National Rally Champion (born 1933)
- 2015: Hisham Barakat, Egyptian lawyer and judge (born 1950)
- 2015: Josef Masopust, Czech footballer and coach (born 1931)
- 2015: Charles Pasqua, French businessman and politician, French Minister of the Interior (born 1927)
Holidays & Observances 🎉
- Christian feast day:
Cassius of Narni - 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)