June 29th, 1860

Born on June 29th, 1860

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 59,000 days old!

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... 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, 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 (pictured) 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, 2014

The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declares its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.

June 29th, 2012

A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.

June 29th, 2007

Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.

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

Same Day
Who's birthday is on June 29th?

30

Oliver Tree

American singer, record producer and comedian

*June 29th, 1993, Santa Cruz

35

Gzuz

German rapper

*June 29th, 1988, Hamburg

29

Elina Born

Estonian singer

*June 29th, 1994, Lehtse

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

*June 29th, 1930, New York City †October 26th, 2019, Beverly Hills

65

Ralf Rangnick

German association football manager (born 1958)

*June 29th, 1958, Backnang

98

Giorgio Napolitano

President of Italy from 2006 to 2015

*June 29th, 1925, Naples †September 22nd, 2023, Rome

54

Aleks Paunovic

Canadian actor

*June 29th, 1969, Winnipeg

82

Rafael Kubelík

Czech conductor, violinist and composer

*June 29th, 1914, Býchory †August 11th, 1996, Kastanienbaum

62

Jörg Meuthen

German university teacher and economist, politician

*June 29th, 1961, Essen

44

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

French writer and aviator (1900–1944)

*June 29th, 1900, 2nd arrondissement of Lyon †July 31st, 1944, île de Riou

69

George Washington Goethals

United States Army officer and civil engineer

*June 29th, 1858, Brooklyn †January 21st, 1928, Manhattan

55

Brian d'Arcy James

American actor and musician

*June 29th, 1968, Saginaw

90

Andrew Tombes

American actor (1885-1976)

*June 29th, 1885, Ashtabula †March 17th, 1976, New York City

41

Lily Rabe

American actress

*June 29th, 1982, New York City

65

Dieter Althaus

German politician

*June 29th, 1958, Heilbad Heiligenstadt

38

Giacomo Leopardi

Italian poet, philosopher, and writer (1798-1837)

*June 29th, 1798, Recanati †June 14th, 1837, Naples

77

Oriana Fallaci

Italian journalist and writer (1929-2006)

*June 29th, 1929, Florence †September 15th, 2006, Florence

64

Bernard Herrmann

American composer and conductor

*June 29th, 1911, New York City †December 24th, 1975, Los Angeles

45

Nicole Scherzinger

American singer, songwriter, dancer, actress, and television personality

*June 29th, 1978, Honolulu

76

Gerhard Auer

German rower

*June 29th, 1943, Teplá †September 21st, 2019, Rodalben

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Born in 1860

44

Anton Chekhov

Russian dramatist and author (1860–1904)

*January 29th, 1860, Taganrog †July 2nd, 1904, Badenweiler

50

Gustav Mahler

Austrian late-Romantic composer (1860–1911)

*July 7th, 1860, Kaliště †May 18th, 1911, Vienna

47

Klara Hitler

Mother of Adolf Hitler

*August 12th, 1860, Weitra †December 21st, 1907, Urfahr

74

Jane Addams

American activist, sociologist and writer

*September 6th, 1860, Cedarville †June 21st, 1935, Chicago

67

Willem Einthoven

Dutch physiologist

*May 21st, 1860, Semarang City †September 28th, 1927, Leiden

78

Owen Wister

American writer

*July 14th, 1860, Germantown †July 21st, 1938, Kingston

75

Harry B. Smith

U.S. writer, lyricist and composer

*December 28th, 1860, Buffalo †January 1st, 1936, Atlantic City

77

J. M. Barrie

Scottish writer and playwright

*May 9th, 1860, Kirriemuir †June 19th, 1937, Marylebone

44

Theodor Herzl

Father of modern political Zionism (1860–1904)

*May 2nd, 1860, Pest †July 3rd, 1904, Reichenau an der Rax

85

George F. Marion

American stage and screen actor (1860-1945)

*July 16th, 1860, San Francisco †November 30th, 1945, Carmel-by-the-Sea

43

Niels Ryberg Finsen

Faroese physician and scientist of Icelandic descent

*December 15th, 1860, Tórshavn †September 24th, 1904, Copenhagen

76

Charles Curtis

Vice president of the United States from 1929 to 1933

*January 25th, 1860, Topeka †February 8th, 1936, Washington, D.C.

48

Isaac Albéniz

Spanish composer (1860-1909)

*May 29th, 1860, Camprodon †May 18th, 1909, Cambo-les-Bains

86

Ernest Thompson Seton

British/American author, artist and naturalist, and one of the founders of the scouting movement

*August 14th, 1860, South Shields †October 23rd, 1946, Seton Village

64

Hjalmar Branting

Prime Minister of Sweden (1860-1925)

*November 23rd, 1860, Klara Church Parish †February 24th, 1925, Stockholm City

59

Friedrich Naumann

German politician, editor (1860-1919)

*March 25th, 1860, Störmthal †August 24th, 1919, Travemünde

92

Vittorio Emanuele Orlando

Italian diplomat (1860–1952)

*May 19th, 1860, Palermo †December 1st, 1952, Rome

89

James Ensor

Belgian painter (1860–1949)

*April 13th, 1860, Ostend †November 19th, 1949, Ostend

82

Otto Jespersen

Danish linguist

*July 16th, 1860, Randers †April 30th, 1943, Roskilde

88

D'Arcy Wentworth Thompson

Scottish biologist, mathematician, and classics scholar (*1860 – †1948)

*May 2nd, 1860, Edinburgh †June 21st, 1948, St Andrews

Birthdays of famous people

Public holidays on June 29th

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

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Leap year

Yes: 1860 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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