June 29th, 1870

Born on June 29th, 1870

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 1870

53

Vladimir Lenin

Russian politician, communist theorist and the founder of the Soviet Union, one of the initiators and organizers of the Red Terror

*April 10th, 1870, Ulyanovsk †January 21st, 1924, Bolshiye Gorki

51

Ella Harper

American circus performer

*January 5th, 1870, Sumner County †December 19th, 1921, Nashville

83

Wilhelm Anschütz

German university professor

*September 24th, 1870, Halle (Saale) †September 15th, 1954, Kiel

67

Alfred Adler

Austrian psychotherapist (1870–1937)

*February 7th, 1870, Rudolfsheim †May 28th, 1937, Aberdeen

78

Franz Lehár

Komárom-born Austrian music composer (1870–1948)

*April 30th, 1870, Komárom †October 24th, 1948, Bad Ischl

81

Maria Montessori

Italian pedagogue and physician (1870-1952)

*August 31st, 1870, Chiaravalle †May 6th, 1952, Noordwijk

83

Ivan Bunin

Russian writer and poet (1870–1953)

*October 22nd, 1870, Voronezh †November 8th, 1953, 16th arrondissement of Paris

81

Michael Rostovtzeff

Russian historian of ancient history

*October 29th, 1870, Zhytomyr †October 20th, 1952, New Haven

71

Jean Perrin

French physicist (1872-1942)

*September 30th, 1870, Lille †April 17th, 1942, New York City

70

Julián Besteiro

Spanish academic and politician

*September 21st, 1870, Madrid †September 27th, 1940, Carmona

64

Emil Młynarski

Polish conductor, violinist, composer and pedagogue

*July 18th, 1870, Kybartai †April 5th, 1935, Warsaw

83

Albert Meyer

Swiss politician, editor of Neue Zürcher Zeitung and member of the Swiss Federal Council (1870-1953)

*March 13th, 1870, Fällanden †October 22nd, 1953, Zürich

71

Arthur Willard Pryor

American bandleader, composer, virtuoso trombonist with the Sousa Band

*September 22nd, 1870, St. Joseph †June 18th, 1942, West Long Branch

76

Henry Handel Richardson

Australian author

*January 3rd, 1870, Melbourne †March 20th, 1946, Fairlight

66

Winthrop Ames

American playwright

*November 25th, 1870, Easton †November 3rd, 1937, Boston

93

Friedrich Karl Arnold Schwassmann

German astronomer (1870-1964)

*March 25th, 1870, Hamburg †January 19th, 1964, Hamburg

80

Marie-Louise Pailleron

French author (1870–1951)

*May 7th, 1870, Paris †February 12th, 1951, Paris

76

Christian X of Denmark

King of Denmark (1912–1947) and Iceland (1918–1944)

*September 26th, 1870, Charlottenlund Palace †April 20th, 1947, Amalienborg

74

Gustav Bauer

German trade unionist and chancellor (1870–1944)

*January 6th, 1870, Ozyorsk †September 16th, 1944, Berlin

74

Joseph C. Lincoln

Novelist, short story writer, poet

*February 13th, 1870, Brewster †March 10th, 1944

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Leap year

No: With 365 days 1870 is a normal year and no leap year.

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