Editing June 29 (section)

==Events==
===Pre-1600===
* [[226]] &ndash; [[Cao Rui]] succeeds his father as emperor of [[Cao Wei|Wei]].
*[[1149]] &ndash; [[Raymond of Poitiers]] is defeated and killed at the [[Battle of Inab]] by [[Nur ad-Din Zangi]].
*[[1170]] &ndash; A [[1170 Syria earthquake|major earthquake hits Syria]], badly damaging towns such as [[Hama]] and [[Shaizar]] and structures such as the [[Krak des Chevaliers]] and the [[Church of Cassian|cathedral of St. Peter]] in [[Antioch]].<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ambraseys |first1=Nicholas N. |title=The 12th century seismic paroxysm in the Middle East: a historical perspective |journal=Annals of Geophysics |date=June 2004 |volume=47 |issue=2/3 |pages=751–756 |url=https://www.earth-prints.org/bitstream/2122/793/1/31Ambraseys.pdf |access-date=10 May 2024}}</ref>
*[[1194]] &ndash; [[Sverre of Norway|Sverre]] is crowned [[King of Norway]], leading to his [[Excommunication (Catholic Church)|excommunication]] by the [[Catholic Church]] and [[civil war]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Sörensen |first=Sigvart |title=Norway |location=New York |publisher=Peter Fenelon Collier |date=1899 |oclc=367389756 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jfACAAAAMAAJ |pages=181–184}}</ref>
*[[1444]] &ndash; [[Skanderbeg]] defeats an Ottoman invasion force at [[Battle of Torvioll|Torvioll]].
*[[1457]] &ndash; The Dutch city of [[Dordrecht]] is devastated by fire<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bouman |first=Jaap |date=2017-05-09 |title=De brand duurde vijf dagen |url=https://www.ad.nl/dordrecht/de-brand-duurde-vijf-dagen~abdda1b4/ |access-date=2021-08-06 |website=[[Algemeen Dagblad]] |language=nl}}</ref>
*[[1534]] &ndash; [[Jacques Cartier]] is the first European to reach [[Prince Edward Island]].
===1601–1900===
*[[1613]] &ndash; The [[Globe Theatre#Shakespeare's Globe Theatres|Globe Theatre]] in London, built by [[William Shakespeare]]{{'s}} [[playing company]], the [[Lord Chamberlain's Men]], burns to the ground.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nagler |first=A.M. |title=Shakespeare's Stage |location=New Haven, Conn. |publisher=Yale University Press |date=1959 |oclc=317900379 |page=8}}</ref>
*[[1620]] &ndash; English crown bans [[History_of_tobacco#European_usage|tobacco growing in England]], giving the [[Virginia Company]] a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the World |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1989 |page=238 |isbn=0-13-133463-8}}</ref> 
*[[1644]] &ndash; [[Charles I of England]] defeats a [[Roundhead|Parliamentarian]] detachment at the [[Battle of Cropredy Bridge]].
*[[1659]] &ndash; At the [[Battle of Konotop (1659)|Battle of Konotop]] the Ukrainian armies of [[Ivan Vyhovsky]] defeat the Russians led by [[Aleksey Trubetskoy|Prince Trubetskoy]].
*[[1764]] &ndash; One of the [[1764 Woldegk tornado|strongest tornadoes in history]] strikes [[Woldegk]], Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions with winds estimated greater than {{convert|300|mph|km/h}}.<ref>{{cite journal |author1=Bernold Feuerstein |author2=Thilo Kühne |title=A violent tornado in mid-18th century Germany: the Genzmer Report |journal=ECSS 2015 - European Conference on Severe Storms at: Wiener Neustadt, Austria |date=September 2015 |volume=8 |doi=10.13140/RG.2.1.3733.8085 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/281862975 |access-date=28 January 2023 |publisher=European Severe Storms Laboratory}}</ref>
*[[1786]] &ndash; [[Alexander Macdonell (bishop of Kingston)|Alexander Macdonell]] and over five hundred [[Roman Catholic]] highlanders leave Scotland to settle in [[Glengarry County, Ontario]].
*[[1807]] &ndash; [[Russo-Turkish War (1806–12)|Russo-Turkish War]]: Admiral [[Dmitry Senyavin]] destroys the [[Ottoman Empire|Ottoman]] fleet in the [[Battle of Athos]].
*[[1850]] &ndash; [[Autocephaly]] officially granted by the [[Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople]] to the [[Church of Greece]].
*[[1864]] &ndash; At least 99 people, mostly [[German people|German]] and [[Polish people|Polish]] [[Immigration|immigrants]], are killed in Canada's worst [[St-Hilaire train disaster|railway disaster]] after a train fails to stop for an open [[drawbridge]] and plunges into the [[Richelieu River|Rivière Richelieu]] near [[Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec|St-Hilaire]], [[Quebec]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/railway-disasters |title=Railway Disasters &#124; The Canadian Encyclopedia |website=www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca}}</ref>
*[[1874]] &ndash; Greek politician [[Charilaos Trikoupis]] publishes a manifesto in the [[Athens]] daily ''Kairoi'' entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against [[George I of Greece|King George]]. Trikoupis is elected [[Prime Minister of Greece]] the next year.
*[[1880]] &ndash; France annexes [[Tahiti]], renaming the independent [[Kingdom of Tahiti]] as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".<ref>{{cite book |last=Fischer |first=Steven R. |title=Island at the End of the World: The Turbulent History of Easter Island |location=London |publisher=Reaktion |date=2005 |isbn=9781861892454 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-wlql7z86CsC |page=124}}</ref>
*[[1881]] &ndash; In Sudan, [[Muhammad Ahmad]] declares himself to be the [[Mahdi]], the messianic redeemer of Islam.
*[[1888]] &ndash; [[George Edward Gouraud]] records [[George Frideric Handel|Handel]]'s ''[[Israel in Egypt]]'' onto a [[phonograph cylinder]], thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
*[[1889]] &ndash; [[Hyde Park Township, Cook County, 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.
===1901–present===
*[[1915]] &ndash; The [[North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915]] is the worst flood in [[Edmonton]] history.
*[[1916]] &ndash; British [[diplomat]] turned [[Irish nationalism|Irish nationalist]] [[Roger Casement]] is sentenced to death for his part in the [[Easter Rising]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Daly |first=Mary E. |title=Roger Casement in Irish and World History |location=Dublin |publisher=Royal Irish Academy |date=2005 |isbn=9781904890041 |pages=126, 250}}</ref>
*[[1922]] &ndash; France grants "one square kilometer" at [[Vimy Ridge]] "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
*[[1927]] &ndash; The ''[[Bird of Paradise (aircraft)|Bird of Paradise]]'', a [[U.S. Army Air Corps]] Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[Soviet Union]] annexes the [[Czechoslovakia|Czechoslovak]] province of [[Carpathian Ruthenia]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Roman |first=Eric |title=Hungary and the Victor Powers, 1945-1950 |location=London |publisher=MacMillan |date=1996 |isbn=9780333673430 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JpUYDAAAQBAJ |page=80}}</ref>
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: U.S. [[Harry S. Truman|President Harry S. Truman]] authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
*[[1952]] &ndash; The first [[Miss Universe]] pageant is held. [[Armi Kuusela]] from Finland wins the title of [[Miss Universe 1952]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/sdut-armi-kuusela-miss-universe-pagaent-first-finland-2014sep05-story.html%3f_amp=true |title=La Jollan was 1st ‘Miss Universe’ – The San Diego Union-Tribune |access-date=2021-06-29 |archive-date=2021-04-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210424224025/https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/entertainment/sdut-armi-kuusela-miss-universe-pagaent-first-finland-2014sep05-story.html?_amp=true |url-status=dead}}</ref>
*[[1956]] &ndash; The [[Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956]] is signed by U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], officially creating the United States [[Interstate Highway System]].
*[[1971]] &ndash; 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.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/remembering-the-crew-of-soyuz-11-the-only-astronauts-to-die-in-space |last=Evans |first=Ben |title=Remembering the Crew of Soyuz 11, the Only Astronauts to Die in Space |publisher=Discover Magazine |date=30 June 2021 |access-date=6 July 2021}}</ref>
*[[1972]] &ndash; The [[United States Supreme Court]] rules in the case ''[[Furman v. Georgia]]'' that arbitrary and inconsistent imposition of the death penalty violates the [[Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Eighth]] and [[Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourteenth]] Amendments and constitutes cruel and unusual punishment.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vollum |first1=Scott |last2=del Carmen |first2=Rolando V. |last3=Frantzen |first3=Durant |last4=San Miguel |first4=Claudia |last5=Cheeseman |first5=Kelly |title=The Death Penalty: Constitutional Issues, Commentaries, and Case Briefs |date=15 March 2014 |location=New York |publisher=Elsevier |isbn=9781455776337 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2TCSAgAAQBAJ |pages=29–32}}</ref>
*  1972   &ndash; A [[Convair CV-240 family|Convair CV-580]] and [[De Havilland Canada DHC-6 Twin Otter]] [[1972 Lake Winnebago mid-air collision|collide]] above [[Lake Winnebago]] near [[Appleton, Wisconsin]], killing 13.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ranter |first=Harro |title=ASN Aircraft accident Convair CV-580 N90858 Appleton, WI |url=https://aviation-safety.net/database/record.php?id=19720629-1 |access-date=2021-06-29 |website=aviation-safety.net |publisher=[[Aviation Safety Network]]}}</ref>
*[[1974]] &ndash; Vice President [[Isabel Perón]] assumes powers and duties as Acting [[President of Argentina]], while her husband President [[Juan Perón]] is terminally ill. 
*  1974   &ndash; [[Mikhail Baryshnikov]] defects from the [[Soviet Union]] to Canada while on tour with the [[Kirov Ballet]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Trumbull |first=Robert |title=Soviet Dancer in Canada Defects on Bolshoi Tour |work=The New York Times |date=July 1, 1974 |pages=43, 61}}</ref>
*[[1976]] &ndash; The [[Seychelles]] become independent from the United Kingdom.
*  1976   &ndash; The [[1976 Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe|Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe]] convenes in [[East Berlin]].
*[[1987]] &ndash; [[Vincent van Gogh]]'s painting, the ''Le Pont de Trinquetaille'', is bought for $20.4&nbsp;million at an auction in [[London]], England.
*[[1995]] &ndash; [[Space Shuttle program]]: [[STS-71]] Mission (''[[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Atlantis]]'') docks with the [[Mir|Russian space station ''Mir'']] for the first time.<ref>{{cite news |last=Broad |first=William J. |title=U.S. Craft Docks Flawlessly With Russian Space Station |work=The New York Times |date=June 30, 1995 |pages=A1, A13}}</ref>
*  1995   &ndash; The [[Sampoong Department Store collapse]]s in the [[Seocho District]] of [[Seoul]], South Korea, killing 502 and injuring 937.
*[[2002]] &ndash; [[Battle of Yeongpyeong (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.
*[[2006]] &ndash; ''[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]'': The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] rules that President [[George W. Bush]]'s plan to try [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|Guantanamo Bay detainees]] in military tribunals violates U.S. and [[international law]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/5129904.stm |title=US court rejects Guantanamo trial |work=BBC News |date=June 29, 2006 |access-date=June 29, 2020}}</ref>
*[[2007]] &ndash; [[Apple Inc.]] releases its first mobile phone, the [[iPhone (1st generation)|iPhone]].<ref>{{cite news |last=Peters |first=Jeremy |title=Long-Awaited iPhone Goes on Sale |work=The New York Times |date=June 29, 2007 |access-date=June 29, 2020 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/29/technology/29cnd-phone.html}}</ref>
*[[2012]] &ndash; A [[derecho]] [[June 2012 North American derecho|sweeps]] across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
*[[2014]] &ndash; The [[Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant]] self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.