On This Day in History - June 29

Once again, it should be reiterated, that this does not pretend to be a very extensive history of what happened on this day (nor is it the most original - the links can be found down below). If you know something that I am missing, by all means, shoot me an email or leave a comment, and let me know!

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June 29, 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.

This historic moment of cooperation between former rival space programs was also the 100th human space mission in American history. At the time, Daniel Goldin, chief of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), called it the beginning of "a new era of friendship and cooperation" between the U.S. and Russia. With millions of viewers watching on television, Atlantis blasted off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in eastern Florida on June 27, 1995.

Just after 6 a.m. on June 29, Atlantis and its seven crew members approached Mir as both crafts orbited the Earth some 245 miles above Central Asia, near the Russian-Mongolian border. When they spotted the shuttle, the three cosmonauts on Mir broadcast Russian folk songs to Atlantis to welcome them. Over the next two hours, the shuttle's commander, Robert "Hoot" Gibson expertly maneuvered his craft towards the space station. To make the docking, Gibson had to steer the 100-ton shuttle to within three inches of Mir at a closing rate of no more than one foot every 10 seconds.

The docking went perfectly and was completed at 8 a.m., just two seconds off the targeted arrival time and using 200 pounds less fuel than had been anticipated. Combined, Atlantis and the 123-ton Mir formed the largest spacecraft ever in orbit. It was only the second time ships from two countries had linked up in space; the first was in June 1975, when an American Apollo capsule and a Soviet Soyuz spacecraft briefly joined in orbit.

Once the docking was completed, Gibson and Mir's commander, Vladimir Dezhurov, greeted each other by clasping hands in a victorious celebration of the historic moment. A formal exchange of gifts followed, with the Atlantis crew bringing chocolate, fruit and flowers and the Mir cosmonauts offering traditional Russian welcoming gifts of bread and salt. Atlantis remained docked with Mir for five days before returning to Earth, leaving two fresh Russian cosmonauts on the space station. The three veteran Mir crew members returned with the shuttle, including two Russians and Norman Thagard, a U.S. astronaut who rode a Russian rocket to the space station in mid-March 1995 and spent over 100 days in space, a U.S. endurance record. NASA's Shuttle-Mir program continued for 11 missions and was a crucial step towards the construction of the International Space Station now in orbit.

A solar eclipse was recorded by someone in Ireland in 512. Jacques Cartier found Prince Edward Island in Canada. The Globe Theater, legendary for playing many of Shakespeare's plays, burned down. South Africa began formally implementing apartheid laws on this date in 1949. Brazil defeated Sweden 5-2 in Stockholm to win the World Cup. The Beatles first song, "From Me to You" hit the British charts. In Vietnam, the United States bombed Hanoi for the first time. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards were imprisoned on drug charges.  The Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty was "cruel and unusual". There was a military coup in Ethiopia. The Voting Rights Act of 1965 was extended in 1982. Argentina won it's second World Cup title.

Here's a more detailed look at events that transpired on this date throughout history:

512 - A solar eclipse is recorded by a monastic chronicler in Ireland.

1149 - Raymond of Antioch is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din.

1194 - Sverre is crowned King of Norway.

1236 - Ferdinand III of Castile and Leon took Cordoba in Spain.

1312 - Roman Catholics German King Henry VII crowned

1377 - French invasion fleet lands at Rye England

1428 - Jacoba of Bavaria signs cease fire with Philip the Good

1529 - Emperor Karel V & Pope Clemens VII sign Treaty of Barcelona

1534 - Jacques Cartier discovered Prince Edward Island in Canada

1540 - English ex chancellor Thomas Cromwell sentenced as heretic

1613 -  London's Globe Theatre burned down during a performance of Shakespeare's Henry VIII.

1652 - Massachusetts declared itself an independent commonwealth.

1659 - The Russians, led by prince Trubetskoy are defeated by the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky in the Battle of Konotop.

1682 - Sofia names herself regent of Russia

1694 - Dutch fleet attacks French grain transports

1749 - New Governor, Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers, arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).

1755 - 515 prominant filipinos baptized as Catholic

1762 - Russian Czar Peter III divorces his wife Catharina II

1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America.

1776 - Mission Dolores founded by SF Bay

1776 - Virginia state constitution adopted and Patrick Henry made governor

1786 - Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.

1800 - Free mason lodge establishes in Alkmaar

1804 - Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50.

1850 - British ex-premier sir Robert Peel falls off his horse

1850 - Autocephaly Officially Granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to The Church of Greece.

1854 - Netherlands allows corporal punishment

1857 - Battle at Chinhat (Indies rebel under Barkat Ahmed beat British)

1858 - Great fire in London harbor

1858 - Treaty of Algun, China cedes north bank of Amur River to Russia

1860 - The first iron-pile lighthouse was completed at Minot’s Ledge, MA.

1862 - Day 5 of 7 Days-Battle of Savage's Station Va

1863 - Battle at Westminster Maryland: Federal assault

1863 - George A Custer (23) appointed Union Brig-general

1863 - Lee orders his forces to concentrate near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

1863 - Very first First National Bank opens in Davenport, Iowa

1864 - Grand Trunk Railway accident; 100 killed

1867 - Pope Pius IX declares Gorcumse holy martyrs

1874 - Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.

1880 - France annexed Otaheite (Tahiti)

1881 - Pope Leo XIII publishes encyclical Diuturnum illud

1888 - First (known) recording of classical music made, Handel's Israel in Egypt on wax cylinder.

1888 - Professor Frederick Treves performed the first appendectomy in England.

1891 - 100°F (SF, CA)

1891 - National Forest Service organized

1891 - Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.

1895 - Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.

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. They won, 36-7.

1899 - Brazo River in Texas floods 12 miles wide causing $10 mil damage

1901 - The first edition of "Editor & Publisher" was issued.

1903 - The British government officially protested Belgian atrocities in the Congo.  

1904 - 2 prehistoric bones found in Weerdingerveen, Drenthe

1905 - Russian troops intervened as riots erupted in ports all over the country. Many ships were looted.

1906 - 12th US Golf Open: Alex Smith shoots a 295 at Onwentsia Club Ill

1911 - Freiherr Gautsch von Frankenthurn becomes premier

1913 - 2nd Balkan War begins-Bulgaria overthrows Greek/Serbian troops

1914 - Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.

1916 - Boeing aircraft flies for 1st time

1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia.

1921 - 34th Wimbledon Womens Tennis: Suzanne Lenglen beats E Ryan (62 60)

1922 - France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes."

1925 - Canada House opens in London, England.

1925 - Marvin Pipkin filed for a patent for the frosted electric light bulb.

1926 - Fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure.

1926 - Carter Woodson wins Springarn Medal for research of Black history

1926 - Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.

1927 - 1st flight from West Coast arrives in Hawaii

1927 - First test of Wallace Turnbull's Controllable pitch propeller.

1928 - The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened.

1929 - 1st high-speed jet wind tunnel completed Langley Field Ca

1929 - 31.1°C (88°F) hoogste temperatuur op deze dag in De Bilt

1929 - Mexico & Vatican sign Concord

1931 - 109°F (43°C), Monticello, Florida (state record)

1931 - Pope Pius XI encyclical on Nun abbiamo bisogno Mussolini

1932 - USSR and China sign no attack treaty

1932 - Siam’s army seized Bangkok and announced an end to the absolute monarchy.

1932 - "Vic and Sade" debuted on NBC radio.

1933 - Primo Carnera KOs Jack Sharkey in 6 for heavyweight boxing title

1936 - Empire State Building emanates high definition TV-343 lines

1936 - Pope Pius XI encyclical to US bishops "On motion pictures"

1939 - 4th Dutch government of Colijn falls 1939 - Dixie Clipper completes 1st commercial plane flight to Europe

1940 - Anjer (Carnation) Day-anniversary of Prince Bernhard

1940 - US passes Alien Registration Act requiring Aliens to register

1940 - Batman Comics, mobsters rubbed out a circus highwire team known as the Flying Graysons, leaving their son Dick (Robin) an orphan

1941 - Joe DiMaggio got a base hit in his 42nd consecutive game. He broke George Sisler's record from 1922.

1942 - Dmitri Shostakovitch's 7th Symphony, premieres

1943 - Pope Pius XII encyclical Mystic Corporis (mystic body of Christ)

1943 - US forces landed at Nassau Bay, near Salamaua, New Guinea

1943 - Germany begins withdrawing U-boats from North Atlantic in anticipation of the Allied invasion of Europe

 1944 - German counter attack at Caen

1944 - Nazi Paul Touvier shoots 7 Jews dead

1944 - Rommel & von Rundstedt travel to Berchtesgaden

1944 - Soviet Armys join in Bobroesjk 1944 - US 7th army corp conquers Cherbourg

1945 - 20.6 cm rainfall at Litchville North Dakota (state record)

1945 - Ruthenia, formerly in Czechoslovakia, becomes part of Ukrainian SSR

1945 - Carpathian Ruthenia was annexed by Soviet Union.

1946 - "Are You with It?" closes at Century Theater NYC after 264 perfs

1946 - "Billion Dollar Baby" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 219 perfs

1946 - Black Sabbath-Brits arrest 2700 Jews in Palestine as alleged terrorist

1946 - British mandatory government of Palestine arrests 100 leaders of Yishnuv and more than 2,700 Jews in Palestine in an attempt to end alleged terrorism.

1947 - Yanks beat Senators 3-1 starting a 19 game win streak

1949 - South Africa began implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages

1949 - US troops withdraw from Korea after WW II

1950 - US beats England 1-0 in a world cup soccer game (next win in 1994)

1950 - West Indies beat England by 326 runs thanks Ramadhin & Valentine  

1950 - U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorized a sea blockade of Korea.

1951 - The United States invited the Soviet Union to the Korean peace talks on a ship in Wonson Harbor.

1952 - First aircraft carrier to sail around Cape Horn-Oriskany

1952 - 7th US Women's Open Golf Championship won by Louise Suggs

1953 - XETV TV channel 6 in Tijuana-San Diego, CA (IND) begins broadcasting

1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast.

1954 - The Atomic Energy Commission voted against reinstating Dr. J. Robert Oppenheimer's access to classified information.

1955 - The Soviet Union sent tanks to Poznan, Poland, to put down anti-Communist demonstrations.

1955 - Argentine state of siege ends

1956 - Charles Dumas, makes 1st high jump over 7' (2.13 m)-LA, Calif

1956 - Federal interstate highway system act signed

1956 - PM Drees refuses resignation of queen Juliana (Greet Hofmans)

1956 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married. They were divorced on January 20, 1961.

1957 - Malenkov, Molotov, Kaganowitsj & Sjepilov leave USSR communist party

1958 - Brazil beats Sweden 5-2 in soccer's 6th World Cup at Stockholm

1959 - Pope John XXIII 1st encyclical "On truth, unity, & peace, in charity"

1960 - KYA-AM in SF changes call letters to KDBQ (for 2 weeks)

1961 - Launch of Transit 4a, with 1st nuclear power supply (SNAP-3)

1961 - Willie Mays is 4th major leaguer with 3 or more HRs twice in a season

1962 - First flight Vickers (British Aerospace) VC-10 long-range airliner

1962 - Frank Howard, hits the 5,000th Dodger home run

1963 - "Little Me" closes at Lunt-Fontanne Theater NYC after 257 performances

1963 - Beatles' 1st song "From Me to You" hits UK charts

1963 - SVB, Students Unions, established under Barrel Regtien

1964 - 1st draft of Star Trek's pilot "Cage" released

1964 - Civil Rights Act of 1964 passed after 83-day filibuster in Senate

1965 - USAF Capt Joseph Henry Engle reaches 85,530 m in X-15

1966 - In the Vietnam War, US planes bombed Hanoi & Haiphong for 1st time

1966 - KBSC (now KVEA) TV channel 52 in Corona-Los Angeles, CA begins

1966 - The U.S. bombed fuel storage facilities near the North Vietnamese cities of Hanoi and Haiphong.

1967 - Israel removed barricades, re-unifying Jerusalem.

1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws.  

1967 - Keith Richards is sentenced to 1 year in jail on drugs charge

1968 - "Tip-Toe Thru' The Tulips With Me" by Tiny Tim peaks at #17

1969 - First Jewish worship service at White House

1969 - On Billy Williams Day in Chicago, the Cubs outfielder passes Stan Musial's NL record for consecutive games played (896)

1970 - US ends 2 month military offensive into Cambodia

1971 - Rolling Stones Mick Jagger & Keith Richards sentenced on drug offense

1971 - Soyuz 11 docks with Salyut 1 for 22 days

1972 - Supreme Court rules (5-4) in Furman v. Georgia that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual" prompting some states to revise their laws.

1972 - USSR launches Prognoz 2 into earth orbit (549/200,000 km)

1974 - Military coup in Ethiopia

1975 - 3rd du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): JoAnne Carner

1975 - 8.10" (20.57 cm) of rainfall, Litchville No Dakota (state 24-hr rec)

1976 - Seychelles gains independence from Britain

1976 - The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.

1977 - Supreme Court rules out death penalty for rapists of adults

1977 - Willie Stargell hits his 400th career HR

1978 - VP Walter F Mondale begins trip to Mid-East

1979 - "Moonraker" premieres in US 1979 - San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium

1980 - "Sweeney Todd" closes at Uris Theater NYC after 557 performances

1981 - Bomb attack on headquarters of Islamic Party in Teheran, 72 killed

1981 - Hu Yaobang succeeds Hua Guofeng as leader of China PR

1982 - Voting Rights Act of 1965 extended

1982 - Israel invaded Lebanon.

1983 - Angel Cordero wins his 5,000th horse races

1983 - Challenger flies back to Kennedy Space Center via Kelly AFB

1984 - Orel Hershiser begins string of making every sched start until 1990

1984 - Pete Rose plays in record 3,309th game, surpassing Carl Yastrzemski

1984 - USSR offers to start talking about banning SDI

1985 - NASA launches Intelsat VA

1985 - STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad

1986 - Argentina defeated West Germany, 3-2, to win the World Cup Final.

1986 - Boston Red Sox trade for Tom Seaver

1986 - Sparky Anderson is 1st to win 600 games as manager in both leagues

1987 - Phil's Steve Bedrosian is 1st to record 12 saves in 12 attempts

1987 - Vincent Van Gogh’s "Le Pont de Trinquetaille" was bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.

1988 - Emmy 15th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 9th time

1989 - Emmy 16th Daytime Award presentation - Susan Lucci loses for 10th time

1989 - Susan Lucci loses daytime emmy for 10th straight year

1990 - Marla Maples father sues National Enquirer for $12M

1990 - NY Mets tie their team career high 11 game win streak

1990 - A's Dave Stewart no-hits Blue Jays & Dodger's Fernando Valenzuela no-hits St Louis 6-0, 1st time no-hitters in both leagues

1991 - "Jackie Mason - Brand New" closes at Neil Simon NYC after 216 perfs

1991 - 6.0 earthquake hits southern Calif

1991 - Britain's Nick Brown, 591st rank beats 10th-seeded Goran Ivanisevic 4-6, 6-3, 7-6, 6-3 in 2nd round at Wimbledon

1992 - "Salome" opens at Circle in Sq Theater NYC for 9 performances

1992 - 2 earthquakes including 7.4 hits southern Calif

1992 - A's Dennis Eckersley sets record of 26th straight save of season

1992 - NHL decided Eric Lindross goes to Flyers instead of Rangers

1994 - Socialist, Tomiichi Murayama, elected premier of Japan

1994 - US reopens Guantanamo Naval Base to process refugees

1995 - The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit Earth.

1995 - George Foreman loses IBF boxing title, refused to fight Axel Schulz

1995 - Memphis Mad Dogs 1st CFL game (vs Calgary Stampeders)

1995 - The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.

1996 - Andrea Leah Plummer, of Tennessee, crowned 39th America's Junior Miss

1996 - Superman's Action Comic #1 (1938) auctioned at Sotheby at $61,900
1997 - "American Daughter" closes at Cort Theater NYC after 88 performances

1997 - "London Assurance" closes at Criterion Theater NYC after 72 perfs

1997 - Progress M-35 Soyuz Launch (Russia)

1997 - Tyrenda Williams, 18, of Alabama, crowned 40th America's Junior Miss

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.

2000 - In Santa Rosa, CA, the official groundbreaking ceremony took place for the Charles M. Schulz Museum.

2000 - Eminem's mother goes to court claiming defamation of character in a $10 million civil suit, after taking exception to the line "My mother smokes more dope than I do" from her son's single 'My Name Is'

2002 - U.S. Vice President Dick Cheney, serves as Acting President for two and a half hours, while President George W. Bush undergoes a colonoscopy procedure.

2002 - Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.

2003 - Actress Katharine Hepburn died.

2006 - Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.

2007 - Two car bombs are found in the heart of London at Picadilly  Circus.

2007 - The Apple iPhone went on sale.

2008 - Thomas Beatie, the world's first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter.

2012 - 16 Naxalite Maoist insurgents in India are killed by police

2012 - Three bombs in Balid, Iraq, kill 6 people and injure 45

2012 - 15,000 Japanese anti-nuclear protesters blockade the Japanese Prime Minister's office in Tokyo





The following links are to web sites that were used to complete this blog entry:

http://www.historyorb.com/today/events.php

http://on-this-day.com/onthisday/thedays/alldays/jun22.htm

http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history

http://www.infoplease.com/dayinhistory