What happened on June 29 ?

1397 - King John II of Aragon (d. 1479)

1517 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician and botanist (d. 1585)

1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)

1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)

1803 - John Newton Brown, American publisher, author and theologian (d. 1868)

1849 - John Hunn, American businessman and politician (d. 1926)

1858 - George Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928)

1861 - William Mayo, American physician and founder of the Mayo Clinic (d. 1939)

1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, supercentenarian (disputed) (d. 1986)

1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)

1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)

1880 - Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)

1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)

1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French pilot and writer (d. 1944)

1901 - Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)

1903 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942)

1906 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)

1908 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)

1910 - Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)

1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)

1911 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)

1912 - John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)

1914 - Rafael Kubelik, Czech conductor (d. 1996)

1915 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)

1919 - Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)

1920 - Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker

1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)

1924 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer

1924 - Ezra Laderman, American composer

1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician and lifetime senator

1925 - Cara Williams, American actress

1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)

1928 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)

1929 - Pat Crawford Brown, American television and film actress

1930 - Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress

1932 - Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British Law Lord

1933 - Bob Shaw, baseball player

1933 - John Bradshaw, American educator, theologian, and author

1936 - Harmon Killebrew, baseball player

1939 - Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer

1939 - Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial arts actor (d. 2002)

1941 - Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), American civil rights activist and Black Panther member (d. 1998)

1943 - Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)

1944 - Gary Busey, American actor

1944 - Sean O'Malley, current Archbishop of Boston

1945 - Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka

1946 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)

1946 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares, President of Panama from 1994 to 1999

1947 - Richard Lewis, American Comedian

1948 - Ian Paice, drummer (Deep Purple)

1949 - Joan Clos i Matheu, current mayor of Barcelona

1949 - Ann Veneman, 27th United States Secretary of Agriculture

1952 - Joe Johnson, English snooker player

1953 - Colin Hay, guitarist and singer (Men at Work)

1955 - Charles J. Precourt, Deputy Manager, International Space Station Program, Johnson Space Center

1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, Prime Minister of Portugal

1958 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese athlete

1960 - Evelyn King, American singer

1962 - Amanda Donohoe, British actress

1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist

1963 - Khalid El-Masri, German citizen imprisoned in the "War on Terror"

1964 - Stedman Pearson, British singer

1965 - Tripp Eisen, American musician (Murderdolls, Static-X, and Dope)

1967 - Jeff Burton, auto racer

1968 - Theoren Fleury, Canadian hockey player

1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor

1971 - Kaitlyn Ashley, American pornographic actress

1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician and activist

1971 - Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player

1972 - Samantha Smith, American activist and actress (d. 1985)

1977 - Oleg Korenfeld, poet

1979 - Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer

1979 - Andrew O'Brien, Irish footballer

1980 - Katherine Jenkins, Welsh soprano

1980 - Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver