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This is a list of selected June 29 anniversaries that appear in the "On this day" section of the Main Page. To suggest a new item, in most cases, you can be bold and edit this page. Please read the selected anniversaries guidelines before making your edit. However, if your addition might be controversial or on a day that is or will soon be on the Main Page, please post your suggestion on the talk page instead.

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June 29: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Roman Catholicism)

Space Shuttle Atlantis & the Mir Space Station

1613 – The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of William Shakespeare's Henry VIII and ignited the theatre's roof.

1659 – Russo-Polish War: The hetman of Ukraine Ivan Vyhovsky and his allies defeated the armies of Russian Tsardom led by Aleksey Trubetskoy at the Battle of Konotop in the present-day Sumy Oblast of Ukraine.

1880 – Pomare V, King of Tahiti, was forced to cede the sovereignty of Tahiti and its dependencies to France.

1995 – Shuttle-Mir Program: During the STS-71 mission, Space Shuttle Atlantis became the first space shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir (pictured).

2006 – The U.S. Supreme Court delivered its decision in Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, ruling that military commissions set up by the Bush administration to try detainees at Guantanamo Bay violated both U.S. and international law.

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 {{*mp}} [[1874]] &ndash; [[Greeks|Greek]] politician '''[[Charilaos Trikoupis]]''' published a [[manifesto]] in the [[Athens]] daily ''Kairoi'' entitled "Who's to blame?", laying out his complaints against [[George I of Greece|King George]].<!--Tagged with {{unreferenced}}
 {{*mp}} [[1922]] &ndash; [[France]] granted 1 [[Square kilometre|km²]] (100 [[hectare]]s) at '''[[Canadian National Vimy Memorial|Vimy Ridge]]''' to [[Canada]] in perpetuity in recognition of Canada's efforts during the [[Battle of Vimy Ridge]] in [[World War I]].<!--Need to verify date
+{{*mp}} [[1976]] &ndash; The '''[[Seychelles]]''' became independent from the [[United Kingdom]].<!--Tagged with {{refimprove}}
 {{*mp}} [[1995]] &ndash; The '''[[Sampoong Department Store collapse]]d''' in the Seocho-gu district of [[Seoul]], [[South Korea]], killing 501 and injuring 937.<!--Tagged with {{unreferenced}}
 {{*mp}} [[1184]] &ndash; '''[[Sverre of Norway|Sverre]]''' was crowned [[Norwegian monarchy|King of Norway]].
-{{*mp}} [[1659]] &ndash; The [[hetman]] of [[Ukraine]] [[Ivan Vyhovsky]] and his allies defeated the armies of [[Tsardom of Russia|Russian Tsardom]] led by [[Aleksey Trubetskoy]] at the '''[[Battle of Konotop]]'''.
 {{*mp}} [[1933]] &ndash; [[Italy|Italian]] [[Boxing|boxer]] '''[[Primo Carnera]]''' [[knockout|knocked out]] [[United States|American]] [[Jack Sharkey]] to become the [[heavyweight]] [[List of heavyweight boxing champions|boxing champion]] of the world.
+{{*mp}} [[1956]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signed the [[Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956]], officially creating the '''[[Interstate Highway System| U.S. Interstate Highway System]]''', one of the largest [[public works]] projects in history.
-{{*mp}} [[1976]] &ndash; The '''[[Seychelles]]''' became independent from the [[United Kingdom]].
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 {{*mp}} [[1613]] &ndash; The original '''[[Globe Theatre]]''' in [[London]] burned to the ground after a cannon employed for [[special effect]]s misfired during a performance of [[William Shakespeare|William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[Henry VIII (play)|Henry VIII]]'' and ignited the theatre's roof.
+{{*mp}} [[1659]] &ndash; [[Russo-Polish War (1654–1667)|Russo-Polish War]]: The [[hetman]] of [[Ukraine]] [[Ivan Vyhovsky]] and his allies defeated the armies of [[Tsardom of Russia|Russian Tsardom]] led by [[Aleksey Trubetskoy]] at the '''[[Battle of Konotop]]''' in the present-day [[Sumy Oblast]] of [[Ukraine]].
 {{*mp}} [[1880]] &ndash; [[Pomare V]], [[List of rulers of Tahiti|King of Tahiti]], was forced to cede the sovereignty of '''[[Tahiti]]''' and its dependencies to [[France]].
-{{*mp}} [[1956]] &ndash; [[President of the United States|U.S. President]] [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signed the [[Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956]], officially creating the '''[[Interstate Highway System| U.S. Interstate Highway System]]''', one of the largest [[public works]] projects in history.
 {{*mp}} [[1995]] &ndash; '''[[Shuttle-Mir Program]]''': During the [[STS-71]]<!--Not bolded, tagged with {{citations missing}}--> mission, [[Space Shuttle Atlantis|Space Shuttle ''Atlantis'']] became the first [[Space Shuttle program|space shuttle]] to dock with the [[Russia]]n [[space station]] ''[[Mir]]'' ''(pictured)''.
 {{*mp}} [[2006]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of the United States|U.S. Supreme Court]] delivered its decision in '''''[[Hamdan v. Rumsfeld]]''''', ruling that [[Guantanamo military commission|military commission]]s set up by the [[Presidency of George W. Bush|Bush administration]] to try [[Guantanamo Bay detention camp|detainees at Guantanamo Bay]] violated both U.S. and [[international law]].