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June 29

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113

Second Balkan War

113 years ago

Born this day

1900

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Would be 126

Oldest record

700th

Murad I

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Famous births28

1326 · 700 yrs

Murad I

Murad I (Ottoman Turkish: مراد اول; Turkish: I. Murad), nicknamed Hüdavendigâr, (from Persian: خداوندگار, romanized: Khodāvandgār, lit.

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RoyaltyDied aged 62

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1398 · 628 yrs

John II of Aragon

John II (Spanish: Juan II, Catalan: Joan II, Aragonese: Chuan II and Basque: Joanes II; 29 June 1398 – 20 January 1479), called the Great (el Gran) or the Faithless (el Sense Fe), was King of Aragon from 1458 until his death in 1479.

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RoyaltyDied aged 80

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1765 · 261 yrs

Pyotr Bagration

Prince Pyotr Ivanovich Bagration (10 July 1765 – 24 September 1812) was a Russian general and prince of Georgian origin, prominent during the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars. Bagration, a member of the Bagrationi dynasty, was born in Kizlyar.

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MilitaryDied aged 47

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1798 · 228 yrs

Giacomo Leopardi

Count Giacomo Taldegardo Francesco di Sales Saverio Pietro Leopardi (29 June 1798 – 14 June 1837) was an Italian poet, philosopher, essayist, and philologist.

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LiteratureDied aged 38

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1844 · 182 yrs

Peter I of Serbia

Peter I (Serbo-Croatian: Петар I Карађорђевић, romanized: Petar I Karađorđević; 11 July 1844 – 16 August 1921) was King of Serbia from 15 June 1903 to 1 December 1918. On 1 December 1918, he became King of the Serbs, Croats and Slovenes, and he held that title until his death three years later.

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RoyaltyDied aged 77

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1880 · 146 yrs

Ludwig Beck

Ludwig August Theodor Beck (German:; 29 June 1880 – 20 July 1944) was a German general who served as Chief of the German General Staff from 1933 to 1938. Beck was one of the main conspirators of the 20 July plot to assassinate Adolf Hitler.

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1886 · 140 yrs

Robert Schuman

Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Robert Schuman (French:;29 June 1886 – 4 September 1963) was a Luxembourg-born French statesman. Schuman was a Christian democratic (Popular Republican Movement) political thinker and activist.

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1900 · 126 yrs

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

Antoine Marie Jean-Baptiste Roger, vicomte de Saint-Exupéry (29 June 1900 – c. 31 July 1944), known simply as Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (UK:, US:; French: ), was a French writer, poet, journalist and aviator.

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1911 · 115 yrs

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld

Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld (later Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands; 29 June 1911 – 1 December 2004) was Prince of the Netherlands from 6 September 1948 to 30 April 1980 as the husband of Queen Juliana. They had four daughters together, including Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands.

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1911 · 115 yrs

Bernard Herrmann

Bernard Herrmann (born Maximillian Herman; June 29, 1911 – December 24, 1975) was an American composer and conductor best known for his work in film scoring. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest film composers of all time.

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1925 · 101 yrs

Giorgio Napolitano

Giorgio Napolitano (Italian:; 29 June 1925 – 22 September 2023) was an Italian politician who served as the president of Italy from 2006 to 2015.

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1929 · 97 yrs

Oriana Fallaci

Oriana Fallaci (Italian:; 29 June 1929 – 15 September 2006) was an Italian journalist and author. As a teenager she joined the Italian resistance movement during World War II, and later had a long and successful journalistic career.

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Famous deaths17

1779 · 247 yrs

Anton Raphael Mengs

Anton Raphael Mengs (12 March 1728 – 29 June 1779) was a Czech-Born German Neoclassical painter of Danish descent.

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ArtDied aged 51

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1861 · 165 yrs

Elizabeth Barrett Browning

Elizabeth Barrett Browning (née Moulton-Barrett; 6 March 1806 – 29 June 1861) was an English poet of the Victorian era, popular in Britain and the United States during her lifetime and frequently anthologised after her death.

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LiteratureDied aged 55

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1875 · 151 yrs

Ferdinand I of Austria

Ferdinand I and V (German: Ferdinand Karl Leopold Joseph Franz Marcellin; 19 April 1793 – 29 June 1875) was Emperor of Austria (as Ferdinand I), King of Hungary (as Ferdinand V), and the ruler of the other states of the Habsburg monarchy from March 1835 until his abdication in December 1848.

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RoyaltyDied aged 82

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1889 · 137 yrs

Maria Mitchell

Maria Mitchell ( mə-RY-ə; August 1, 1818 – June 28, 1889) was an American astronomer, librarian, naturalist, and educator. In 1847, she discovered a comet named 1847 VI (modern designation C/1847 T1) that was later known as "Miss Mitchell's Comet" in her honor.

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ScienceDied aged 70

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1895 · 131 yrs

Thomas Henry Huxley

Thomas Henry Huxley (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) was an English biologist and anthropologist who specialised in comparative anatomy. He has become known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.

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ScienceDied aged 70

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1913 · 113 yrs

Tobias Asser

Tobias Michael Carel Asser (Dutch:; 28 April 1838 – 29 July 1913) was a Dutch lawyer and legal scholar.

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LawDied aged 75

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1925 · 101 yrs

Christian Michelsen

Peter Christian Hersleb Kjerschow Michelsen (15 March 1857– 29 June 1925), better known as Christian Michelsen, was a Norwegian shipping magnate and statesman. He was the first prime minister of independent Norway from 1905 to 1907.

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PoliticsDied aged 68

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1941 · 85 yrs

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

Ignacy Jan Paderewski (Polish:; 6 November 1860 – 29 June 1941) was a Polish pianist, composer, philanthropist, and statesman. As a politician and diplomat, Paderewski was vital to securing international recognition of the newly formed Second Polish Republic in 1919.

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MusicDied aged 80

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1967 · 59 yrs

Jayne Mansfield

Jayne Mansfield (born Vera Jayne Palmer; April 19, 1933 – June 29, 1967) was an American actress, Playboy Playmate, and singer. Mansfield was a sex symbol of the 1950s and early 1960s, and was known for her numerous publicity stunts, her buxom figure, and her personal life.

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1995 · 31 yrs

Lana Turner

Julia Jean "Lana" Turner ( LAH-nə; February 8, 1921 – June 29, 1995) was an American actress. Over a career spanning nearly five decades, she achieved fame as both a pin-up model and a film actress, as well as for her highly publicized personal life.

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2000 · 26 yrs

Vittorio Gassman

Vittorio Gassman (Italian pronunciation:; born Gassmann; 1 September 1922 – 29 June 2000), popularly known as Il Mattatore, was an Italian actor, director, and screenwriter. He is considered one of the greatest Italian actors, whose career includes both important productions as well as dozens of divertissements.

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2002 · 24 yrs

Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney (May 23, 1928 – June 29, 2002) was an American pop and jazz singer and actress.

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Events5

1913 · 113 yrs

Second Balkan War

The Second Balkan War (29 June – 10 August 1913) was a conflict fought between the Tsardom of Bulgaria and its former Balkan League allies, Serbia, Montenegro and Greece, who were later joined by Romania and the Ottoman Empire.

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War

1956 · 70 yrs

Interstate Highway System

The Dwight D. Eisenhower National System of Interstate and Defense Highways, commonly known as the Interstate Highway System, or the Eisenhower Interstate System, is a network of controlled-access highways that forms part of the National Highway System in the United States.

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History

1958 · 68 yrs

1958 FIFA World Cup Final

The 1958 FIFA World Cup final took place in Råsunda Stadium, Solna (near Stockholm), Sweden, on 29 June 1958 to determine the champion of the 1958 FIFA World Cup. Brazil won the World Cup by defeating Sweden, and thus won their first World Cup title.

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Sports

1986 · 40 yrs

1986 FIFA World Cup Final

The final match of the 1986 FIFA World Cup, the thirteenth edition of FIFA's football competition for men's national teams, was played at Estadio Azteca in Mexico City on 29 June 1986, and was contested between Argentina and West Germany.

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Sports

2008 · 18 yrs

UEFA Euro 2008 finals

The UEFA Euro 2008 final was the final match of UEFA Euro 2008, the thirteenth edition of the European Championship, UEFA's competition for national football teams. The match was played at the Ernst-Happel-Stadion in Vienna, Austria, on 29 June 2008, and was contested between Germany and Spain.

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