June 29th, 1971

Born on June 29th, 1971

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What happened on June 29th, 1971?

June 29th, 1971

Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union’s Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union

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.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soyuz_11

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, 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, 1971

52

Matthew Good

Canadian musician

*June 29th, 1971, Burnaby

52

Monika Gruber

German cabaret artist and actress

*June 29th, 1971, Wartenberg

52

Nawal El Zoghbi

Lebanese actress and singer

*June 29th, 1971, Jal el Dib

52

Christina Chang

American actress

*June 29th, 1971, Taipei

52

Cléber Chalá

Ecuadorian footballer

*June 29th, 1971, Imbabura Province

52

Pavel Liška

Czech actor

*June 29th, 1971, Liberec

52

Michael Hagerty

American television actor and film actor

*June 29th, 1971, Torrance

52

Sharon Conley

American actress

*June 29th, 1971, New York

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

54

Aleks Paunovic

Canadian actor

*June 29th, 1969, Winnipeg

53

Emily Skinner

American singer

*June 29th, 1970, Richmond

29

Elina Born

Estonian singer

*June 29th, 1994, Lehtse

55

Brian d'Arcy James

American actor and musician

*June 29th, 1968, Saginaw

13

Samantha Smith

American peace activist and child actress (1972–1985)

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

65

Ralf Rangnick

German association football manager (born 1958)

*June 29th, 1958, Backnang

62

Jörg Meuthen

German university teacher and economist, politician

*June 29th, 1961, Essen

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

54

Sellig

French humorist and writer

*June 29th, 1969, Lyon

51

DJ Shadow

American trip-hop musician

*June 29th, 1972, Hayward

89

Robert Evans

American film producer (1930–2019)

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

65

Dieter Althaus

German politician

*June 29th, 1958, Heilbad Heiligenstadt

43

Charlamagne tha God

American radio personality

*June 29th, 1980, Moncks Corner

44

Clementine Ford

American actress

*June 29th, 1979, Memphis

49

Tobias Rose

German rower

*June 29th, 1974, Hamburg

98

Giorgio Napolitano

President of Italy from 2006 to 2015

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

48

Alexandre Ruiz

French journalist

*June 29th, 1975, Casablanca

Same year
Born in 1971

52

Kali Rocha

American actress

*December 5th, 1971, Memphis

52

Christina Cox

Canadian actress

*July 31st, 1971, Toronto

52

Billy Bush

American radio and television host (born 1971)

*October 13th, 1971, Los Angeles

53

Helge Sten

Norwegian musician

*January 26th, 1971, Røros Municipality

52

Stephan Groth

Danish-Norwegian singer

*August 10th, 1971, Odense

52

Anna Netrebko

Russian-born Austrian operatic soprano

*September 18th, 1971, Krasnodar

52

Elon Musk

Businessman (born 1971)

*June 28th, 1971, Pretoria

53

Susi Susanti

Indonesian badminton player

*February 11th, 1971, Tasikmalaya City

52

Chen Ying

Badminton player

*December 1st, 1971, Xijiang, Guizhou

52

John 5

American guitarist

*July 31st, 1971, Grosse Pointe

53

Ricky Subagja

Badminton player

*January 27th, 1971, Bandung City

52

Zarinah Abdullah

Badminton player

*July 12th, 1971, Singapore

52

Mario Abdo Benítez

50st President of Paraguay

*November 10th, 1971, Asunción

52

David Gauke

British politician and solicitor (born 1971)

*October 8th, 1971, Ipswich

52

Raoul Bova

Italian actor

*August 14th, 1971, Rome

52

Martin Gerster

German politician

*August 30th, 1971, Biberach an der Riss

52

Justin Trudeau

Prime Minister of Canada since 2015

*December 25th, 1971, Ottawa

52

Valentina Polkhanova

Russian racing cyclist

*August 15th, 1971, Saransk

53

Jeremy Renner

American actor, producer, and musician

*January 7th, 1971, Modesto

53

Ewan McGregor

Scottish-American actor

*March 31st, 1971, Perth

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No: With 365 days 1971 is a normal year and no leap year.

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