Born on June 29
June 29 birthdays & history
If you were born on June 29, you share a birthday with Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, Giacomo Leopardi and Giorgio Napolitano. June 29 babies are Cancer, with pearl as their birthstone and the rose as their birth flower. June 29 is the 181st day of the year in leap years (180th in other years).
Famous people born on June 29
- 1900Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot
- 1798Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet and philosopher
- 1925Giorgio Napolitano, Italian journalist and politician, 11th President of Italy
- 2003Jude Bellingham, English footballer
- 1929Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author
- 1978Nicole Scherzinger, American singer-songwriter, dancer, and actress
- 1801Frédéric Bastiat, French economist and theorist
- 1930Sławomir Mrożek, Polish-French author and playwright
- 1988Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
- 1994Leandro Paredes, Argentine footballer
What happened on June 29
- 1850Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
- 1874Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
- 1881In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
- 1952The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
- 1974Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill.
- 1974Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with the Kirov Ballet.
- 1975Pope Paul VI ordains some 350 priests in St. Peter's Square in the largest ordination in history
- 1976The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1976The Conference of Communist and Workers Parties of Europe convenes in East Berlin.
- 1987Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England.
- 1995Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program.
- 1995Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Also observed on June 29
- Engineer's Day (Ecuador)
- Independence Day (Seychelles), celebrates the independence of Seychelles from the United Kingdom in 1976.
- Veterans' Day (Netherlands)
- National Statistics Day (India)
Questions, answered
What star sign is June 29?
People born on June 29 are Cancer. Their birthstone is pearl and their birth flower is the rose.
Which famous people were born on June 29?
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900), Giacomo Leopardi (1798), Giorgio Napolitano (1925), Jude Bellingham (2003), Oriana Fallaci (1929), Nicole Scherzinger (1978) were all born on June 29.
What happened on June 29 in history?
Among other things: in 1987, Vincent van Gogh's painting, the Le Pont de Trinquetaille, is bought for $20.4 million at an auction in London, England; in 1995, Atlantis became the first U.S. Space Shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir as part of the Shuttle–Mir program; in 1995, Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis) docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.
Can I get a newspaper front page from June 29?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any June 29 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “June 29”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.