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June 29

June 29 carries 10 recorded events spanning between 1534 and 2007. Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.

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Compiled & reviewed by · Last reviewed July 13, 2026

What happened on June 29?

June 29 is the 180th day of the year. It marks 10 notable events in history, dated between 1534 and 2007. Famous people born on June 29 include Giorgio Napolitano, Pedro Montt and Yann M'Vila.

The shape of the day

50 years on from Seychelles, June 29 is a date with an anniversary worth pausing on. Most of the weight falls in the 20th century, where conflict is a recurring thread.

Cancer is the sign for June 29 — read more on the Cancer page, or see June's birthstone & birth flower.

Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1534

    Jacques Cartier

    Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.

  2. 1613

    Globe Theatre

    The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.

  3. 1764

    1764 Woldegk tornado

    One of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions with winds estimated greater than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h).

  4. 1889

    Hyde Park Township, Illinois

    Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.

  5. 1950

    Korean War

    Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.

  6. 1971

    Soviet Union

    Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space.

  7. 1972

    Supreme Court of the United States

    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.

  8. 1976

    Seychelles

    The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

  9. 1987

    Vincent van Gogh

    Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.

  10. 2007

    Apple Inc.

    Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

Famous birthday twins

Born on June 29

Giorgio Napolitano

b. 1925

Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy

Pedro Montt

b. 1849

Chilean lawyer and politician, 15th President of Chile

Yann M'Vila

b. 1990

French footballer

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

b. 1900

French poet and pilot

Anne-Sophie Mutter

b. 1963

German violinist

Frédéric Bastiat

b. 1801

French economist and theorist

Robert Schuman

b. 1886

Luxembourgian-French lawyer and politician, Prime Minister of France

Sławomir Mrożek

b. 1930

Polish-French author and playwright

Deaths

  • 2013Margherita Hack
  • 2003Katharine Hepburn
  • 2000Vittorio Gassman
  • 1967Jayne Mansfield
  • 1940Paul Klee
  • 1252Abel, King of Denmark

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)

Historical facts, event summaries, and biographical lines above are adapted from Wikipedia under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (CC BY-SA) license. DateLore adds curation, structure, and original editorial commentary. DateLore is not affiliated with the Wikimedia Foundation.

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