June 29
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[edit] Events
- 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
- 1659 - The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.
- 1786 - Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
- 1880 - France annexes Tahiti.
- 1914 - Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
- 1916 - Sir Roger Casement, Irish Nationalist and British diplomat is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
- 1945 - Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union.
- 1956 - The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
- 1974 - Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband President Juan Peron had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
- 1976 - The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 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.
[edit] Births
- 1861 - William Mayo, American physician (d. 1939)
- 1865 - William Edgar Borah, isolationist Republican Senator (d. 1940)
- 1883 - Lothrop Stoddard, American historian and racial theorist (d. 1950)
- 1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- 1912 - John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
- 1941 - Stokely Carmichael, Black Power activist (d. 1998)
[edit] Deaths
- 1852 - Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777)
- 1895 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (b. 1825)
