Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/June 29
June 29: Holy Day of Obligation of Saints Peter and Paul (Roman Catholicism)
- 1922 - France granted 100 hectares at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
- 1956 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956, officially creating the U.S. Interstate Highway System.
- 1995 - During the STS-71 mission, the Space Shuttle Atlantis became the first space shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir (pictured).
- 1995 - The Sampoong Department Store collapsed in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.