June 29
1520 - Montezuma II, the ninth and final emperor of the Aztecs, died in Tenochtitlan under unclear circumstances. (Some say he was killed by his own subjects; others, say by the Spanish.)
1613 - London's Globe Theatre, where many of William Shakespeare's plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of "Henry VIII."
1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Acts, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties -- except for tea.)
1776 - The Virginia state constitution was adopted, and Patrick Henry was made governor.
1927 - The first trans-Pacific airplane flight was completed as U.S. Army Air Corps Lt. Lester J. Maitland and Lt. Albert F. Hegenberger arrived at Wheeler Field in Hawaii aboard the Bird of Paradise, an Atlantic-Fokker C-2, after flying 2,400 miles from Oakland, California in 25 hours, 50 minutes.
1946 - Authorities in British-ruled Palestine arrested more than 2,700 Jews in an attempt to stamp out extremists.
1967 - Jerusalem was reunified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector.
1970 - The United States ended a two-month military offensive into Cambodia.
1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" punishment, prompting some states to revise their laws.
1978 - Actor Bob Crane of "Hogan's Heroes" fame was found bludgeoned to death in an apartment in Scottsdale, Arizona, where he was appearing in a play; he was 49.
1995 - The space shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite to ever orbit the Earth.
2003 - Actress Katherine Hepburn died.
2006 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.
2009 - Disgraced financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multi-billion dollar fraud. (Madoff died in prison in April 2021.)
2013 - Paying tribute to his personal hero, President Barack Obama met privately in Johannesburg, South Africa, with Nelson Mandela's family as the world anxiously awaited news on the condition of the hospitalized 94-year-old anti-apartheid leader. (Mandela was discharged from the hospital on September 1, 2013; he died the following December.)
2018 - Canada released a list of items, including ketchup, lawn mowers and playing cards, that would be targeted with billions of dollars in retaliatory tariffs against the United States in response to the Trump administration's duties on Canadian steel and aluminum.
2022 - R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in prison for using his R&B superstardom to subject young fans to sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking the previous year.
Birthdays
29 - Camila Mendes (actress)
32 - Kawhi Leonard (basketball player)
40 - Aundrea Fimbres (singer)
41 - Lily Rabe (actress)
41 - Colin Jost (TV host/comedian)
45 - Nicole Scherzinger (singer)
45 - Sam Farrar (musician)
50 - Lance Barber (actor)
52 - Christina Chang (actress)
55 - Brian D'Arcy James (actor)
56 - Melora Hardin (actress)
59 - Kathleen Wilhoite (actress)
60 - Judith Hoag (actress)
61 - Amanda Donohoe (actress)
62 - Sharon Lawrence (actress)
62 - Kimberlin Brown (actress)
68 - Maria Conchita Alonso (actress)
70 - Don Dokken (singer)
76 - Richard Lewis (comedian)
79 - Gary Busey (actor)
80 - Garland Jeffreys (singer)
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Today in Sports History - June 29
1897 - The Chicago Cubs scored 36 runs in a game against Louisville, setting a record for runs scored by a team in a single game.
1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.
1958 - Brazil defeated Sweden 5-2 to win the World Cup soccer tournament.
1986 - Argentina defeats West Germany 3-2 in front of nearly 115,000 fans in Mexico City to win the World Cup.
1994 - The Milwaukee Bucks select Purdue forward Glenn Robinson with the first pick in the NBA Draft.
1995 - The IBF strips George Foreman of his heavyweight championship after he refuses to defend against Axel Schulz.
1998 - With negotiations on a new labor agreement at a standstill, the National Basketball Association (NBA) announced that a lockout would be imposed at midnight.
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