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June 29, 1997 "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater New York City after 88 performances June 29, 1997 "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater New York City after 72 performances June 29, 1997 18th U.S. Seniors Golf Open: Graham Marsh June 29, 1997 Greg Norman wins PGA St. Jude Classic June 29, 1997 Michelle McGann wins ShopRite LPGA Classic June 29, 1997 Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia) June 29, 1997 Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss June 29, 1996 Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss June 29, 1996 Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900 June 29, 1995 George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz June 29, 1995 Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders) June 29, 1994 Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan June 29, 1994 U.S. reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees June 29, 1992 "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater New York City for 9 performances June 29, 1992 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern California June 29, 1992 A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season June 29, 1992 NHL decides Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers June 29, 1991 "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon New York City after 216 performances June 29, 1991 6.0 earthquake hits southern California June 29, 1991 Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon June 29, 1990 Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M June 29, 1990 New York Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak June 29, 1990 A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays and Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St. Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues June 29, 1989 Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time June 29, 1989 Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year June 29, 1988 Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time June 29, 1987 Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts June 29, 1987 Yanks blow 11-4 lead but trailing 14-11 Dave Winfield's 8th inning grand slammer beats Toronto 15-14; Mattingly also grand slams June 29, 1986 Argentina becomes world champion soccer team (3-2 against W-Germany) June 29, 1986 Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver June 29, 1986 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA Mayflower Golf Classic June 29, 1986 Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues June 29, 1985 NASA launches Intelsat VA June 29, 1985 STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad June 29, 1984 Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990 June 29, 1984 Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski June 29, 1984 U.S.S.R. offers to start talking about banning SDI June 29, 1983 Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races June 29, 1983 Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB June 29, 1982 Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended June 29, 1981 Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed June 29, 1981 Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR June 29, 1980 "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater New York City after 557 performances June 29, 1980 Nancy Lopez wins LPGA Sarah Coventry Golf Tournament June 29, 1979 "Moonraker" premieres in U.S. June 29, 1979 San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium June 29, 1978 VP Walter F. Mondale begins trip to Mid-East June 29, 1977 Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults June 29, 1977 Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR June 29, 1976 Seychelles gains independence from Britain June 29, 1975 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner June 29, 1975 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec) June 29, 1972 Supreme Court rules (5-4) that Death Penalty is cruel and unusual June 29, 1972 U.S.S.R. launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km) June 29, 1971 Rolling Stones Mick Jagger and Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense June 29, 1971 Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days June 29, 1970 U.S. ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia June 29, 1969 1st Jewish worship service at White House June 29, 1969 24th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Donna Caponi Young June 29, 1969 On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896) June 29, 1968 "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at #17 June 29, 1967 Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem June 29, 1967 Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge June 29, 1966 In the Vietnam War, U.S. planes bombed Hanoi and Haiphong for 1st time June 29, 1966 KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, California begins June 29, 1966 U.S. bombs fuel storage facilities near North Vietnamese cities June 29, 1965 USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15 June 29, 1964 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released June 29, 1964 Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate June 29, 1963 "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater New York City after 257 performances June 29, 1963 Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits U.K. charts June 29, 1963 SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien June 29, 1962 1st flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner June 29, 1962 Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run June 29, 1962 John F. Kennedy dines with premier MacMillan in London June 29, 1961 Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3) June 29, 1961 Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more home runs twice in a season June 29, 1960 Joyce Ziske wins LPGA Western Golf Open June 29, 1960 KYA-AM in San Francisco changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks) June 29, 1959 Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, and peace, in charity" June 29, 1958 Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm June 29, 1957 12th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betsy Rawls June 29, 1957 Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj and Sjepilov leave U.S.S.R. Communist Party June 29, 1956 Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, California June 29, 1956 Federal interstate highway system act signed June 29, 1956 PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans) June 29, 1955 Argentine state of siege ends June 29, 1954 Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J Robert Oppenheimer June 29, 1953 XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, California (IND) begins broadcasting June 29, 1952 1st aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany June 29, 1952 7th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs June 29, 1950 U.S. beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994) June 29, 1950 West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin and Valentine June 29, 1949 South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages June 29, 1949 U.S. troops withdraw from Korea after WW II June 29, 1947 2nd U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Betty Jameson June 29, 1947 Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak June 29, 1946 "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater New York City after 264 performances June 29, 1946 "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater New York City after 219 performances June 29, 1946 Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist June 29, 1946 British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv June 29, 1945 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record) June 29, 1945 Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR June 29, 1944 German counter attack at Caen June 29, 1944 Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead June 29, 1944 Rommel and von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden June 29, 1944 Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk June 29, 1944 U.S. 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg June 29, 1943 Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ) June 29, 1943 U.S. forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea June 29, 1943 Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe June 29, 1942 Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony, premieres June 29, 1941 DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record June 29, 1940 Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard June 29, 1940 U.S. passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register June 29, 1940 Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan June 29, 1939 4th Dutch government of Colijn falls June 29, 1939 Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe June 29, 1936 Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines June 29, 1936 Pope Pius XI encyclical to U.S. bishops "On motion pictures" June 29, 1933 Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title June 29, 1932 U.S.S.R. and China sign no attack treaty June 29, 1931 109 degrees F (43 degrees C), Monticello, Florida (state record) June 29, 1931 Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini June 29, 1929 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca June 29, 1929 31.1 degrees C (88 degrees F) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt June 29, 1929 Mexico and Vatican sign Concord June 29, 1927 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii June 29, 1926 Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history June 29, 1921 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60) June 29, 1916 Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time June 29, 1913 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops June 29, 1911 Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes premier June 29, 1906 12th U.S. Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill June 29, 1904 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe June 29, 1903 British government protests against abuser in Belgian Congo June 29, 1899 Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage June 29, 1897 Chicago beats Louisville 36-7 (baseball) June 29, 1891 National Forest Service organized June 29, 1881 Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud June 29, 1880 France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti) June 29, 1867 Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs June 29, 1864 Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed June 29, 1863 Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault June 29, 1863 George A. Custer (23) appointed Union Brig-general June 29, 1863 Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania June 29, 1863 Very 1st First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa June 29, 1862 Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station, Virginia June 29, 1858 Great fire in London harbor June 29, 1858 Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia June 29, 1857 Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British) June 29, 1854 Gadsden Purchase (parts of Az, NM) from Mexico for $10 million June 29, 1854 Netherlands allows corporal punishment June 29, 1850 British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse June 29, 1822 Prince Charles Bonaparte marries niece Zenaide Bonaparte June 29, 1800 Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar June 29, 1776 Mission Dolores founded by San Francisco Bay June 29, 1776 Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor June 29, 1767 British passes Townshend Revenue Act levying taxes on America June 29, 1762 Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II June 29, 1755 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic June 29, 1694 Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports June 29, 1682 Sofia names herself regent of Russia June 29, 1613 Shakespeare's Globe Theater burns down June 29, 1540 English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic June 29, 1534 Jacques Cartier discovers Prince Edward Islands Canada June 29, 1529 Emperor Karel V and Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona June 29, 1428 Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good June 29, 1377 French invasion fleet lands at Rye England June 29, 1312 Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned |