Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 29
June 29: Holy Day of Obligation of Saints Peter and Paul (Roman Catholicism).
- 1184 - Sverre was crowned King of Norway.
- 1613 - The original Globe Theatre in London burned to the ground after a cannon employed for special effects misfired during a performance of Henry VIII and ignited the theatre's roof.
- 1874 - Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis published a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to blame?", laying out his complaints against King George.
- 1922 - France granted 1 km² (100 hectares) at Vimy Ridge (pictured) to Canada in perpetuity in recognition of Canada's efforts during the Battle of Vimy Ridge in World War I.
- 1995 - The Sampoong Department Store collapsed in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
- 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.