June 29th, 1956

Born on June 29th, 1956

Age in days, weeks and months
Wow, over 24,000 days old!

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... in seconds, minutes and hours

What happened on June 29th, 1956?

June 29th, 1956

The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal-Aid_Highway_Act_of_1956

What else 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.

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

Born on June 29th, 1956

67

Nick Fry

British businessman

*June 29th, 1956, Epsom

67

David Burroughs Mattingly

American artist

*June 29th, 1956, Fort Collins

67

Michael McIntyre

British sailor

*June 29th, 1956, Glasgow

67

Pedro Guerrero

Dominican professional baseball player, infielder, outfielder

*June 29th, 1956, San Pedro de Macorís

67

Pedro Santana Lopes

Portuguese politician

*June 29th, 1956, Lisbon

58

Pedro Omar Caino

Argentinian bicycle racer (1956-2014)

*June 29th, 1956, La Paz †August 14th, 2014, La Paz, Entre Ríos

55

Pyotr Vasilevsky

Soviet footballer (1956-2012)

*June 29th, 1956, Minsk †January 9th, 2012, Minsk

55

Christoph Hemrich

German actor

*June 29th, 1956, Mainz †May 20th, 2012, Cologne

67

Janet Tashjian

American writer

*June 29th, 1956, Boston

48

Britta Neander

German musician (1956-2004)

*June 29th, 1956, Hamburg †December 14th, 2004, Berlin

67

Mark Kriski

Canadian weather person

*June 29th, 1956, Nova Scotia

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

65

Ralf Rangnick

German association football manager (born 1958)

*June 29th, 1958, Backnang

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

65

Dieter Althaus

German politician

*June 29th, 1958, Heilbad Heiligenstadt

62

Jörg Meuthen

German university teacher and economist, politician

*June 29th, 1961, Essen

54

Aleks Paunovic

Canadian actor

*June 29th, 1969, Winnipeg

66

Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow

Turkmen politician and president of Turkmenistan (2006–2022)

*June 29th, 1957, Babarap

55

Brian d'Arcy James

American actor and musician

*June 29th, 1968, Saginaw

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

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

68

Fritz Kuhn

German politician

*June 29th, 1955, Bad Mergentheim

98

Giorgio Napolitano

President of Italy from 2006 to 2015

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

53

Emily Skinner

American singer

*June 29th, 1970, Richmond

41

Lily Rabe

American actress

*June 29th, 1982, New York City

45

Nicole Scherzinger

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

*June 29th, 1978, Honolulu

60

Anne-Sophie Mutter

German violinist

*June 29th, 1963, Rheinfelden

69

Leovegildo Lins da Gama Júnior

Brazilian footballer and manager

*June 29th, 1954, João Pessoa

82

Rafael Kubelík

Czech conductor, violinist and composer

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

43

Charlamagne tha God

American radio personality

*June 29th, 1980, Moncks Corner

13

Samantha Smith

American peace activist and child actress (1972–1985)

*June 29th, 1972, Houlton †August 25th, 1985, Auburn

Same year
Born in 1956

68

Peter Hook

English musician

*February 13th, 1956, Salford

67

Charles M. Huber

German actor and politician

*December 3rd, 1956, Munich

68

Sheila McCarthy

Canadian actress

*January 1st, 1956, Toronto

67

Stephan Barratt-Due

Norwegian musician

*June 1st, 1956, Oslo

67

Tom Hanks

American actor and film producer (born 1956)

*July 9th, 1956, Concord

67

Theresa May

Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2016 to 2019

*October 1st, 1956, Eastbourne

68

Liem Swie King

Indonesian badminton player

*February 28th, 1956, Kudus

60

Carrie Fisher

American actress, writer and screenwriter (1956–2016)

*October 21st, 1956, Burbank †December 27th, 2016, UCLA Ronald Reagan Medical Center

23

Ian Curtis

British musician (1956–1980)

*July 15th, 1956, Stretford †May 18th, 1980, Macclesfield

67

Valgerd Svarstad Haugland

Norwegian politician

*August 23rd, 1956, Kvam Municipality

67

Ulrike Meyfarth

German former high jumper

*May 4th, 1956, Frankfurt

67

Martyn Ware

English musician

*May 19th, 1956, Sheffield

68

Gunnar Brands

German classical archaeologist

*March 30th, 1956, Duisburg

67

Justus Carrière

German actor

*May 16th, 1956, Schwerin

68

Michel Houellebecq

French writer

*February 26th, 1956, Saint-Pierre

68

Bryan Cranston

American actor, director, and producer

*March 7th, 1956, Hollywood

62

Minken Fosheim

Norwegian actress (1956-2018)

*March 20th, 1956, Oslo †June 7th, 2018, Oslo

68

Imelda Staunton

English actress (born 1956)

*January 9th, 1956, London

67

Andreas Bornschein

German association football player

*November 29th, 1956, Leipzig

67

Han Jian

Chinese badminton player

*July 6th, 1956, Liaoning

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Public holidays on June 29th

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Born on June 29th, 1956
Future birthdays

Leap year

Yes: 1956 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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