Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
June 29
| 1236 | Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon take Cordoba in Spain. | |
| 1652 | Massachusetts declares itself an independent commonwealth. | |
| 1767 | The British parliament passes the Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America. | |
| 1862 | Union forces, falling back from Richmond, fight at the Battle of Savage's Station. | |
| 1880 | France annexes Tahiti. | |
| 1888 | Professor Frederick Treves performs the first appendectomy in England. | |
| 1903 | The British government officially protests Belgian atrocities in the Congo. | |
| 1905 | Russian troops intervene as riots erupt in ports all over the country, leaving many ships looted. | |
| 1917 | The Ukraine proclaims independence from Russia. | |
| 1925 | An earthquake ravages Santa Barbara, California. | |
| 1926 | Fascists in Rome add an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure. | |
| 1932 | Siam's army seizes Bangkok and announces an end to the absolute monarchy. | |
| 1938 | Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado, and Olympic National Park, Washington, are founded. | |
| 1950 | President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea. | |
| 1951 | The United States invites the Soviet Union to the Korean peace talks on a ship in Wonson Harbor. | |
| 1955 | The Soviet Union sends tanks to Pozan, Poland, to put down anti-Communist demonstrations. | |
| 1966 | The U.S. Air Force bombs fuel storage facilities near Hanoi, North Vietnam. | |
| 1967 | Israel removes barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem. | |
| 1970 | U.S. troops pull out of Cambodia. | |
| 1982 | Israel invades Lebanon. | |
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Born on June 29 |
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| 1858 | George Washington Goethals, engineer of the Panama Canal. | |
| 1861 | William James Mayo, co-founder of the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota. | |
| 1865 | William E. Borah, Republican senator from Idaho, opponent of the League of Nations. | |
| 1886 | James Van Der Zee, African-American photographer. | |
| 1900 | Antoine de Saint-Exupery, aviator and writer. | |
| 1910 | Frank Loesser, songwriter. | |
| 1930 | Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist. | |
| 1941 | Stokely Carmichael, African-American civil rights leader. | |
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