June 29th, 1761

Born on June 29th, 1761

Age in days, weeks and months
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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

Same year
Born in 1761

70

James Hoban

Irish architect

*November 30th, 1761, County Kilkenny †December 8th, 1831, Washington, D.C.

83

Marie Harel

Inventor of Camembert Cheese

*April 28th, 1761, Crouttes †November 9th, 1844, Vimoutiers

69

Pius VIII

Pope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830

*November 20th, 1761, Cingoli †November 30th, 1830, Rome

46

Selim III

Ottoman sultan (1761-1808)

*December 24th, 1761, Istanbul †July 29th, 1808, Constantinople

72

William Carey

English Baptist missionary and Particular Baptist minister (1761-1834)

*August 17th, 1761, Northamptonshire †June 9th, 1834, Kolkata

57

August von Kotzebue

German dramatist and writer

*May 3rd, 1761, Weimar †March 23rd, 1819, Mannheim

43

Jean-Charles Pichegru

French general (1761-1804)

*February 16th, 1761, Les Planches-près-Arbois †April 5th, 1804, Paris

71

Gottlob Ernst Schulze

German philosopher (1761-1833)

*August 23rd, 1761, Heldrungen †January 14th, 1833, Göttingen

77

René-Pierre Choudieu

French politician (1761-1838)

*September 20th, 1761, Angers †December 9th, 1838, Paris

54

Samuel Dexter

American politician (1761–1816) who served in Congress and in Presidential Cabinets of John Adams and Thomas Jefferson.

*May 14th, 1761, Boston †May 4th, 1816, Cambridge

38

Landgravine Juliane of Hesse-Philippsthal

Regent of Schaumburg-Lippe from 1787 to 1799

*June 8th, 1761, Zutphen †November 9th, 1799, Bückeburg

60

John Rennie

Engineer from Scotland (1761-1821)

*June 7th, 1761, East Lothian †October 4th, 1821, London

45

Sophie Mereau

German writer, editor

*March 27th, 1761, Altenburg †October 31st, 1806, Heidelberg

63

Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck

Dutch ambassador and Grand pensionary of Holland (1761-1825)

*October 31st, 1761, Deventer †February 15th, 1825, Amsterdam

74

Friedrich Vieweg

German publisher (1761-1835)

*March 11th, 1761, Halle (Saale) †December 25th, 1835, Brunswick

68

Diego Muñoz Torrero

Spanish politician (1761-1829)

*January 21st, 1761, Cabeza del Buey †March 16th, 1829, Oeiras e São Julião da Barra

51

Jan Willem de Winter

Dutch admiral (1761–1812)

*March 23rd, 1761, Kampen †June 2nd, 1812, Paris

57

Marie-Gabrielle Capet

French painter (1761-1818)

*September 6th, 1761, Lyon †November 1st, 1818, Paris

60

Dorothea von Medem

Baltic noble

*February 3rd, 1761, Mežotne †August 20th, 1821, Löbichau

67

Nicolas Frochot

French politician

*March 20th, 1761, Dijon †July 29th, 1828, Rouvres-sur-Aube

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1761 is a normal year and no leap year.

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