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June 29: Day of the Week
June 29, 2024 is the 181st day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 185 days remaining until the end of the year. The day of the week is Saturday.
If you are trying to learn French then this day of the week in French is samedi.
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Zodiac & Birthstone
Cancer is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
June 29 Historical Event(s)
1659
At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
1850
Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
1880
France annexes Tahiti.
1888
George Edward Gouraud records Handel’s Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
1926
Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
1950
The United States defeats England during the 1950 FIFA World Cup.
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.
1995
Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
1995
The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
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.
Who were born on June 29?
1746
Joachim Heinrich Campe, German writer and linguist (d. 1818)
1849
Pedro Montt, President of Chile (d. 1910)
1880
Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
1893
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian scientist and statistician (d. 1972)
1911
Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
1935
Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
1942
Gilberto Gil, Brazilian musician and politician
1953
Don Dokken, American musician (Dokken)
1972
Samantha Smith, American activist (d. 1985)
1988
Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
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