June 29th, 1488

Born on June 29th, 1488

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 196,000 days old!

Why not celebrate an alternative birthday? In 473 days, exactly on November 11th, 2027, people who were born on June 29th, 1488 will be 197,000 days old!

... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 29th?

June 29th, 2003

An overloaded balcony collapsed in Chicago, United States, killing 13 people and injuring 57 others.

June 29th, 1995

Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.

June 29th, 1971

The Soyuz 11 spacecraft experienced uncontrolled decompression during preparations for reentry, killing Soviet cosmonauts Vladislav Volkov, Georgy Dobrovolsky and Viktor Patsayev—the only human deaths to have occurred in space.

June 29th, 1967

Actress Jayne Mansfield (pictured), her boyfriend Sam Brody, and their driver were killed in a car accident outside of New Orleans, while her children Miklós, Zoltán, and Mariska Hargitay escaped with only minor injuries.

June 29th, 1950

The United States defeated England during the FIFA World Cup in one of the greatest upsets in the competition's history.

June 29th, 1927

The United States Army Air Corps aircraft Bird of Paradise landed at Wheeler Field on the Hawaiian island of Oahu to complete the first transpacific flight.

June 29th, 1913

More than 50,000 Union and Confederate veterans gathered at the Gettysburg Battlefield, the largest combined reunion of American Civil War veterans ever held.

June 29th, 1889

Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships voted to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest city by area in the United States and the second-largest by population.

June 29th, 1864

A passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near present-day Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Quebec, killing as many as 99 people and injuring 100 others in Canada's worst railway accident.

June 29th, 1776

The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, was fought near Cape May, New Jersey.

June 29th, 1764

One of the strongest tornadoes in history struck Woldegk in present-day northeastern Germany, killing one person.

June 29th, 1613

The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the roof.

June 29th, 2020

Reddit banned r/The_Donald, a pro-Trump subreddit, for rule violations and antagonizing the company.

June 29th, 1832

Black Hawk War: Three men working in a cornfield were attacked by Sauk Native Americans, resulting in two deaths.

June 29th, 1170

A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on June 29th

Born on June 29th, 1488

71

Pedro Pacheco de Villena

Catholic cardinal

*June 29th, 1488, La Puebla de Montalbán †March 5th, 1560, Rome

Same year
Born in 1488

50

Ferdinand Columbus

Spanish bibliophile and cosmographer, the second son of Christopher Columbus (1488-1539)

*August 15th, 1488, Córdoba †July 12th, 1539, Seville

16

Sidonie of Bavaria

Eldest daughter of Duke Albrecht IV of Bavaria-Munich

*May 1st, 1488, Munich †March 29th, 1505, Munich

72

Caspar Aquila

German religious reformer (1488-1560)

*August 16th, 1488, Augsburg †November 22nd, 1560, Saalfeld

52

Helius Eobanus Hessus

16th-century German poet

*January 6th, 1488, Halgehausen †October 4th, 1540, Marburg

56

Johannes Magnus

Roman Catholic archbishop

*March 19th, 1488, Linköping Cathedral Congregation †March 22nd, 1544, Rome

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Public holidays on June 29th

Fixed holidays (Christian feast day) which are celebrated on June 29th.

Date as a Roman numeral / digit

Leap year

Yes: 1488 is a leap year, therefore has a 29th of February with an additional leap day and a total of 366 days (instead of the usual 365 days in a normal year).

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