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June 29 in History
2007
Two car bombs are found at Piccadilly Circus, in the heart of London.
2006
''Hamdan v. Rumsfeld'': The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
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.
1995
The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (''Atlantis'' docks with the Russian space station ''Mir'' for the first time.)
1976
The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1974
Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with Bolshoi Ballet.
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.
1972
The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment".
1956
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
1945
Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
1937
Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Canada receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles.
1928
The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened.
1927
First test of Wallace Turnbull's controllable pitch propeller.
1926
Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
1925
Canada House opens in London, England.
1922
France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
1916
The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
1914
Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
1895
Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
1891
Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.
1889
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.
1880
France annexes Tahiti.
1874
Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily ''Kairoi'' entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
1864
Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
1850
Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island.
1786
Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
1749
New Governor Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).
1659
At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
1644
Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
1613
The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
1534
Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
1444
Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
1194
Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
1149
Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.