June 29 - The Day in History

June 29 : General Interest 1995: U.S. space shuttle docks with Russian space station On this day in 1995, the American space shuttle Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir to form the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth... read more American Revolution 1776 : South Carolina's Edward Rutledge opposes independence http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/south-carolinas-edward-rutledge-opposes-independence Automotive 1967 : Actress Jayne Mansfield dies in car crash http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/actress-jayne-mansfield-dies-in-car-crash Civil War 1862 : Rebels inflict attack Yankees at the Battle of Savage's Station http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-savages-station Cold War 1989 : Congress votes new sanctions against Chinabr> http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/congress-votes-new-sanctions-against-china Crime 2001 : Boston doctor found guilty of killing wife http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/boston-doctor-found-guilty-of-killing-wife Disaster 1995 : Seoul department store collapses http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/seoul-department-store-collapses General Interest 1941 : Germans advance in USSR http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-advance-in-ussr 1966 : Vietnam air war escalates http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/vietnam-air-war-escalates 1972 : Supreme Court strikes down death penalty http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/supreme-court-strikes-down-death-penalty 1974 : Isabela Peron takes office as Argentine president http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/isabela-peron-takes-office-as-argentine-president Hollywood 2003 : Katharine Hepburn dies at age 96 http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/katharine-hepburn-dies-at-age-96 Literary 1613 : The Globe Theater burns down http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-globe-theater-burns-down Music 1967 : The Stones fight the law, and the law wins http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/the-stones-fight-the-law-and-the-law-wins Old West 1835 : Texan William Travis prepares for war with Mexico http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/texan-william-travis-prepares-for-war-with-mexico Presidential 1943 : FDR writes to Manhattan Project physicist Dr. Robert Oppenheimer http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/fdr-writes-to-manhattan-project-physicist-dr-robert-oppenheimer Sports 1958 : Pele helps Brazil to World Cup title http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/pele-helps-brazil-to-world-cup-title Vietnam War 1964 : First New Zealand troops arrive http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-new-zealand-troops-arrive 1970 : U.S. ground troops return from Cambodia http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/us-ground-troops-return-from-cambodia World War I 1915 : Austria-Hungary protests shipment of U.S. munitions to Britain http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/austria-hungary-protests-shipment-of-us-munitions-to-britain World War II 1941 : Germans capture Lvov-and slaughter ensues http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/germans-capture-lvov-and-slaughter-ensues

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