June 29

2024 Calendar

June 29 is the 180th day of the year (181st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 185 days remaining until the end of the year.

Events

Up to 1900

67 – Paul the Apostle, preacher, teacher and writer (b. 5)
226 – Cao Pi, Emperor of the Kingdom of Wei
1059 – Bernard II, Duke of Burgundy (b. 995)
1149 – Raymond of Poitiers (b. 1115)
1252 – King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)
1509 – Lady Margaret Beaufort, mother of King Henry VII of England (b. 1443)
1520 – Moctezuma II, Aztec ruler (b. 1466)
1575 – Baba Nobuharu, Japanese samurai (b. 1515)
1763 – Hedvig Charlotta Nordenflycht, Swedish writer (b. 1718)
1779 – Anton Raphael Mengs, German painter (b. 1728)
1831 – Heinrich Friedrich Karl von und zum Stein, Prussian politician (b. 1757)
1837 – Nathaniel Macon, American politician (b. 1758)
1840 – Lucien Bonaparte, French politician (b. 1775)
1852 – Henry Clay, United States Senator (b. 1777)
1855 – John Gorrie, American physician and humanitarian (b. 1803)
1861 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806)
1875 – Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)
1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist and educator (b. 1825)
1895 – Floriano Peixoto, President of Brazil (b. 1839)
1900 – Ivan Mikheevich Pervushin, Russian mathematician (b. 1827)

1901 – 2000

1925 – Christian Michelsen, Prime Minister of Norway (b. 1857)
1928 – Alvaro de Castro, Prime Minister of Portugal (b. 1878)
1933 – Olaf Bull, Norwegian poet (b. 1893)
1933 – "Fatty" Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)
1940 – Paul Klee, Swiss painter (b. 1879)
1941 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860)
1950 – Melitta Bentz, German businesswoman and inventor of the coffee filter (b. 1873)
1955 – Max Pechstein, German painter (b. 1881)
1957 – Malcolm Lowry, English writer (b. 1909)
1958 – Karl Arnold, German politician (b. 1901)
1967 – Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)
1967 – Jayne Mansfield, American actress and singer (b. 1933)
1969 – Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919)
1975 – Tim Buckley, American singer-songwriter (b. 1947)
1977 – Magda Lupescu, former Queen of Romania (b. 1895)
1978 – Bob Crane, American actor (b. 1928)
1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (b. 1919)
1994 – Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908)
1994 – Jack Unterweger, Austrian writer and murderer (b. 1950)
1995 – Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)
1997 – William Hickey, American actor (b. 1927)
1998 – Horst Jankowski, German pianist (b. 1936)
1999 – Karekin I, Catholicos (Head) of the Armenian Apostolic Church (b. 1950)

From 2001

2002 – Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)
2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American actress and singer (b. 1928)
2003 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
2006 – Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b. 1919)
2008 – Don S. Davis, American actor (b. 1942)
2013 – Margherita Hack, Italian astrophysicist (b. 1922)
2013 – Jim Kelly, American actor and martial artist (b. 1946)
2014 – Damian D'Oliveira, South African-English cricketer (b. 1960)
2014 – Dermot Healy, Irish poet, novelist and actor (b. 1947)
2015 – Josef Masopust, Czech footballer (b. 1931)
2015 – Charles Pasqua, French politician (b. 1927)
2015 – Jackson Vroman, American-Lebanese basketball player (b. 1981)
2016 – Inocente Carreño, Venezuelan composer (b. 1919)
2016 – Vasyl Slipak, Ukrainian opera singer (b. 1974)
2016 – Xu Jiatun, Chinese politician and dissident (b. 1916)
2016 – Gunnar Garbo, Norwegian politician (b. 1924)
2016 – Ojo Maduekwe, Nigerian politician (b. 1945)
2017 – John Monckton, American swimmer (b. 1938)
2017 – Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur (b. 1943)
2017 – Dave Semenko, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1957)
2018 – Kwesi Amissah-Arthur, Ghanaian economist and politician (b. 1951)
2018 – Matt Cappotelli, American professional wrestler (b. 1979)
2018 – Arvid Carlsson, Swedish pharmacologist (b. 1923)
2018 – Liliane Montevecchi, French-Italian dancer and actress (b. 1932)
2019 – Jeon Mi-seon, South Korean actress (b. 1970)
2019 – Gunilla Pontén, Swedish fashion designer (b. 1929)

Births

1901 – 1925

1901 – Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
1901 – Putte Kock, Swedish footballer, ice hockey and contract bridge player (d. 1979)
1903 – Alan Blumlein, English engineer (d. 1942)
1906 – Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian physicist and mathematician (d. 1945)
1907 – Junji Nishikawa, Japanese footballer (d. unknown)
1908 – Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
1910 – Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
1911 – Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
1911 – Bernard Herrmann, American composer (d. 1975)
1912 – Lucie Aubrac, French Resistance activist (d. 2007)
1912 – José Pablo Moncayo, Mexican composer and conductor (d. 1958)
1913 – Earle Meadows, American pole vaulter (d. 1992)
1914 – Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
1915 – Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
1919 – Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
1919 – Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (d. 2006)
1920 – César Rodriguez Alvarez, Spanish footballer (d. 1995)
1920 – Ray Harryhausen, American movie maker (d. 2013)
1921 – Jean Kent, English actress (d. 2013)
1921 – Reinhard Mohn, German publisher (d. 2009)
1922 – Vasko Popa, Yugoslav poet (d. 1991)
1924 – Philip H. Hoff, American politician, former Governor of Vermont (d. 2018)
1924 – Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
1925 – Giorgio Napolitano, 11th President of Italy

1926 – 1950

1926 – Jaber Al-Ahmed Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
1926 – Jorge Enrique Adoum, Ecuadorean writer (d. 2009)
1928 – Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2006)
1930 – Ernst Albrecht, German politician (d. 2014)
1931 – Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
1932 – Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British politician
1933 – John Bradshaw, American author (d. 2016)
1936 – Harmon Killebrew, American Baseball Hall of Famer (d. 2011)
1939 – Amarildo Tavares da Silveira, Brazilian footballer
1941 – Kwame Ture, (born "Stokely Carmichael"), civil rights activist (d. 1998)
1943 – Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
1943 – Louis Nicollin, French entrepreneur (d. 2017)
1944 – Gary Busey, American actor
1944 – Sean Patrick O'Malley, Archbishop of Boston, Massachusetts
1944 – Roger Wootton, English aeronautical engineer and balloonist (d. 2017)
1945 – Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan politician and former President
1946 – Ernesto Pérez Balladares, 46th President of Panama
1946 – Egon von Fürstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
1948 – Ian Paice, British musician (Deep Purple)
1949 – Dan Dierdorf, American football player
1949 – Joan Clos i Matheu, 116th Mayor of Barcelona

1951 – 1975

1951 – Don Rosa, American cartoonist
1952 – Joe Johnson, English snooker player
1956 – Pedro Santana Lopes, former Prime Minister of Portugal
1957 – Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, President of Turkmenistan
1957 – Michael Nutter, 98th Mayor of Philadelphia
1958 – Rosa Mota, Portuguese runner
1958 – Dieter Althaus, German politician
1958 – Ralf Rangnick, German football manager
1959 – Atsushi Uchiyama, Japanese footballer
1959 – Gary Rydstrom, American sound designer
1961 – Sharon Lawrence, American actress
1962 – Joan Laporta, Spanish lawyer and politician
1962 – George D. Zamka, American colonel, pilot and astronaut
1963 – Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
1968 – Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
1970 – Mike Vallely, American Professional Skateboarder
1971 – Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
1971 – Matthew Good, Canadian rock musician and activist
1971 – Nawal Al-Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
1972 – Samantha Smith, American social activist and actress (d. 1985)

From 1976

1977 – Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
1978 – Nicole Scherzinger, American actress and singer (Pussycat Dolls)
1979 – Tomoyuki Sakai, Japanese footballer
1980 – Katherine Jenkins, Welsh singer
1981 – Nino, Greek singer
1981 – Nicolas Vuyovich, Argentine Formula One driver
1984 – Christopher Egan, Australian actor
1984 – Derek Lee Rock, American musician
1984 – Emil Hallfredsson, Icelandic footballer
1986 – José Manuel Jurado, Spanish footballer
1987 – Jena Lee, French singer
1988 – Troy Deeney, English footballer
1988 – Ever Banega, Argentine footballer
1988 – Adrian Mannarino, French tennis player
1990 – Kim Little, Scottish footballer
1990 – Yann M'Vila, French footballer
1991 – Suk Hyun-Jun, South Korean footballer
1991 – Kawhi Leonard, American basketball player
1991 – Addison Timlin, American actress
1992 – Adam G. Sevani, American dancer and actor
1993 – George Sampson, English dancer and actor
1993 – Fran Kirby, English footballer
1993 – Lorenzo James Henrie, American actor
1994 – Shin Dong-ho, South Korean singer (U-KISS)
1994 – Leandro Paredes, Argentine footballer
2000 – Red Gerard, American snowboarder

Deaths

Observances

Independence Day (Seychelles)
Veterans Day (Netherlands)
Roman Catholic Feast Day of Saint Peter and Paul