June 29
1520 - Montezuma II, the ninth and last emperor of the Aztecs, died in Tenochtitlan under unclear circumstances (some say he was killed by his own subjects; others, by the Spanish).
1613 - London's Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties -- except for tea.)
1776 - The Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was named governor.
1927 - The first trans-Pacific airplane flight was completed as U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger arrived at Wheeler Field in Hawaii aboard the Bird of Paradise, an Atlantic-Fokker C-2, after flying 2,400 miles from Oakland, California, in 25 hours, 50 minutes.
1946 - Authorities in British-ruled Palestine arrested more than 2,700 Jews in an attempt to stamp out extremists.
1951 - Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was ordained as a priest.
1967 - Actress Jayne Mansfield, 34, and two male companions died when their car struck a trailer truck east of New Orleans.
1967 - Jerusalem was re-unified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector.
1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" punishment. (The ruling prompted states to effectively impose a moratorium on executions until their capital punishment laws could be revised.)
1992 - A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to abortion, but the justices also weakened the right as defined in the Roe v. Wade decision.
1995 - The space shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit Earth.
1995 - A department store in Seoul, South Korea collapsed, killing more than 500 people.
2001 - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was elected to a second term.
2003 - Actress Katharine Hepburn died at age 96.
2006 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.
2007 - The Apple iPhone made its debut.
2009 - Financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud.
2010 - Talk show host Larry King announced he would step down from his CNN show in the autumn after 25 years on the air.
2011 - In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati handed the administration a victory by agreeing that the government could require a minimum amount of insurance for Americans.
2020 - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he had a plan to cut the city police department budget by $1 billion; the announcement came a week after a “defund the police” protest became a full-blown occupation outside City Hall. (The City Council would approve a plan to shift $1 billion from policing to education and social services in the coming year.)
2020 - A divided Supreme Court reasserted a commitment to abortion rights, striking down a Louisiana law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
2020 - Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer who terrorized Northern California in the 1970s, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder in exchange for a life sentence instead of a possible death penalty.
2020 - Comedy writer, actor and director Carl Reiner died at age 98.
Birthdays
27 - Camila Mendes (actress)
30 - Kawhi Leonard (basketball player)
38 - Aundrea Fimbres (singer)
39 - Lily Rabe (actress)
39 - Colin Jost (actor/comedian)
43 - Nicole Scherzinger (singer)
43 - Luke Kirby (actor)
44 - Will Kemp (actor)
48 - Lance Barber (actor)
50 - Christina Chang (actress)
53 - Brian D'Arcy James (actor)
54 - Melora Hardin (actress)
57 - Kathleen Wilhoite (actress)
58 - Judith Hoag (actress)
59 - Amanda Donohoe (actress)
60 - Sharon Lawrence (actress)
60 - Kimberlin Brown (actress)
66 - Maria Conchita Alonso (actress)
68 - Don Dokken (singer)
74 - Richard Lewis (comedian)
77 - Gary Busey (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 29
1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.
1958 - Brazil won its first World Cup title with a 5-2 victory over host nation Sweden on the strength of two goals by 17-year-old Pele.
1986 - Argentina defeats West Germany 3-2 to win the World Cup in Mexico City.
1986 - Sparky Anderson becomes the first major league manager to win 600 games in each league.
1994 - The Milwaukee Bucks select Purdue forward Glenn Robinson with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1995 - George Foreman is stripped of the IBF heavyweight championship after refusing to fight Axel Schulz.
1998 - With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight.
2004 - Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks became the fourth pitcher in major league history to record 4,000 career strikeouts.
1520 - Montezuma II, the ninth and last emperor of the Aztecs, died in Tenochtitlan under unclear circumstances (some say he was killed by his own subjects; others, by the Spanish).
1613 - London's Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII.
1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties -- except for tea.)
1776 - The Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was named governor.
1927 - The first trans-Pacific airplane flight was completed as U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger arrived at Wheeler Field in Hawaii aboard the Bird of Paradise, an Atlantic-Fokker C-2, after flying 2,400 miles from Oakland, California, in 25 hours, 50 minutes.
1946 - Authorities in British-ruled Palestine arrested more than 2,700 Jews in an attempt to stamp out extremists.
1951 - Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was ordained as a priest.
1967 - Actress Jayne Mansfield, 34, and two male companions died when their car struck a trailer truck east of New Orleans.
1967 - Jerusalem was re-unified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector.
1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" punishment. (The ruling prompted states to effectively impose a moratorium on executions until their capital punishment laws could be revised.)
1992 - A divided U.S. Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to abortion, but the justices also weakened the right as defined in the Roe v. Wade decision.
1995 - The space shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit Earth.
1995 - A department store in Seoul, South Korea collapsed, killing more than 500 people.
2001 - U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was elected to a second term.
2003 - Actress Katharine Hepburn died at age 96.
2006 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.
2007 - The Apple iPhone made its debut.
2009 - Financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud.
2010 - Talk show host Larry King announced he would step down from his CNN show in the autumn after 25 years on the air.
2011 - In the first ruling by a federal appeals court on President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul, a panel in Cincinnati handed the administration a victory by agreeing that the government could require a minimum amount of insurance for Americans.
2020 - New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio said he had a plan to cut the city police department budget by $1 billion; the announcement came a week after a “defund the police” protest became a full-blown occupation outside City Hall. (The City Council would approve a plan to shift $1 billion from policing to education and social services in the coming year.)
2020 - A divided Supreme Court reasserted a commitment to abortion rights, striking down a Louisiana law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals.
2020 - Former police officer Joseph James DeAngelo, the Golden State Killer who terrorized Northern California in the 1970s, pleaded guilty to 13 counts of murder in exchange for a life sentence instead of a possible death penalty.
2020 - Comedy writer, actor and director Carl Reiner died at age 98.
Birthdays
27 - Camila Mendes (actress)
30 - Kawhi Leonard (basketball player)
38 - Aundrea Fimbres (singer)
39 - Lily Rabe (actress)
39 - Colin Jost (actor/comedian)
43 - Nicole Scherzinger (singer)
43 - Luke Kirby (actor)
44 - Will Kemp (actor)
48 - Lance Barber (actor)
50 - Christina Chang (actress)
53 - Brian D'Arcy James (actor)
54 - Melora Hardin (actress)
57 - Kathleen Wilhoite (actress)
58 - Judith Hoag (actress)
59 - Amanda Donohoe (actress)
60 - Sharon Lawrence (actress)
60 - Kimberlin Brown (actress)
66 - Maria Conchita Alonso (actress)
68 - Don Dokken (singer)
74 - Richard Lewis (comedian)
77 - Gary Busey (actor)
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Today in Sports History - June 29
1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.
1958 - Brazil won its first World Cup title with a 5-2 victory over host nation Sweden on the strength of two goals by 17-year-old Pele.
1986 - Argentina defeats West Germany 3-2 to win the World Cup in Mexico City.
1986 - Sparky Anderson becomes the first major league manager to win 600 games in each league.
1994 - The Milwaukee Bucks select Purdue forward Glenn Robinson with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1995 - George Foreman is stripped of the IBF heavyweight championship after refusing to fight Axel Schulz.
1998 - With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight.
2004 - Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks became the fourth pitcher in major league history to record 4,000 career strikeouts.