What happened on June 29 ?

69 - Saint Peter, Apostle and First Bishop of Rome

1252 - King Abel of Denmark (b. 1218)

1315 - Ramon Llull, Spanish philosopher (b. 1235)

1509 - Margaret Beaufort, mother of Henry VII of England (b. 1443)

1725 - Arai Hakuseki, Japanese writer and politician (b. 1657)

1744 - André Campra, French composer (b. 1660)

1764 - Ralph Allen, English businessman and politician (b. 1693)

1852 - Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777)

1861 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806)

1873 - Michael Madhusudan Dutt, Bengali poet (b. 1824)

1875 - Emperor Ferdinand I of Austria (b. 1793)

1895 - Thomas Henry Huxley, English scientist (b. 1825)

1919 - José Gregorio Hernández Venezuelan physician (b. 1864)

1933 - Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)

1940 - Paul Klee, Swiss artist (b. 1879)

1941 - Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish pianist and composer (b. 1860)

1960 - Frank Patrick, Professional ice hockey player and coach (b. 1885)

1964 - Eric Dolphy, American jazz musician (b. 1928)

1967 - Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)

1967 - Primo Carnera, Italian boxer (b. 1906)

1969 - Shorty Long, American singer (b. 1940)

1969 - Moise Tshombe, Congolese politician (b. 1919)

1978 - Bob Crane, American actor (murdered) (b. 1928)

1979 - Lowell George, American country-rock singer (Little Feat) (b. 1945)

1982 - Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer (b. 1914)

1990 - Irving Wallace, American author and screenwriter (b. 1916)

1992 - Mohammed Boudiaf, President of Algeria (assassinated) (b. 1919)

1993 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)

1994 - Kurt Eichhorn, German conductor (b. 1908)

1995 - Lana Turner, American actress (b. 1921)

1999 - Allan Carr, American film producer and writer (b. 1937)

2000 - Vittorio Gassman, Italian actor (b. 1922)

2002 - Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress (b. 1928)

2002 - Ole-Johan Dahl, Norwegian computer scientist (b. 1931)

2003 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)

2006 - Randy Walker, American football coach (b. 1954)

2006 Fabián Bielinsky, Argentinean film director (b. 1959)

2006 Lloyd Richards, American actor and director (b.1919)