Observance
June 29, 2025-June 29, 2025 -
Global, Global
· National Camera Day
· World Industrial Design Day
· International Mud Day
· St Peter’s Day
· Hug Holiday
· International Day of the Tropics
· International Fisherman Day
· 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground
· 1620 – English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.
· 1922 – France grants "one square kilometer" at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
· 1927 – The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
· 1952 – The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
· 1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
· 1976 – The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
· 1987 – Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
· 1995 – Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time
· 2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone
Birth Anniversary
· 1893 – Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian economist and statistician (died 1972)
· 1945 – Chandrika Kumaratunga, Sri Lankan journalist and politician, 5th President of Sri Lanka
· 1954- Oprah Winfrey's birthday
Death Anniversary
· 1990 – Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (born 1916)
· 2022 – Hershel W. Williams, American Marine Corps warrant officer, last living Medal of Honor recipient from World War II (born 1923)
29 Jun 25
00:00 - 23:59
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