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On This Day: June 29

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On June 29, 1995, the shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
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On June 29, 1868, George Ellery Hale, the American astronomer, was born. Following his death on Feb. 21, 1938, his obituary appeared in The Times.

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On This Date

1951	Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI, was ordained as a priest.
1958	Brazil won their first World Cup title with a 5-2 victory over host country Sweden in Stockholm on the strength of two goals by 17-year-old Pele.
1967	Actress Jayne Mansfield, 34, and two male companions died when their car struck a trailer truck east of New Orleans.
1972	The Supreme Court ruled the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment."
1992	A divided Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to abortion, but the justices also weakened the right as defined in the Roe v. Wade decision.
2001	U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan was elected to a second term.
2003	Actress Katharine Hepburn died at age 96.
2004	Randy Johnson of the Arizona Diamondbacks became the fourth pitcher in major league history to record 4,000 career strikeouts.
2006	The Supreme Court ruled 5-3 that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U.S. and international law.
2007	The Apple iPhone went on sale.
2009	Financier Bernard Madoff received a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud.
2010	Talk show host Larry King announced he would step down from his CNN show in the autumn after 25 years on the air.

Current Birthdays

Actress Melora Hardin ("The Office") turns 44 years old today.

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Singer Nicole Scherzinger (Pussycat Dolls) turns 33 years old today.

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1944	Gary Busey, Actor, turns 67
1947	Richard Lewis, Comedian, turns 64
1948	Fred Grandy, Actor ("The Love Boat"), former congressman, turns 63
1948	Ian Paice, Rock musician (Deep Purple), turns 63
1949	Dan Dierdorf, Football Hall of Famer, turns 62
1953	Don Dokken, Rock singer (Dokken), turns 58
1953	Colin Hay, Rock singer (Men at Work), turns 58
1957	Maria Conchita Alonso, Actress, turns 54
1961	Sharon Lawrence, Actress ("NYPD Blue"), turns 50
1965	Matthew Weiner, Producer, writer ("Mad Men," "The Sopranos"), turns 46

Historic Birthdays

George Ellery Hale6/29/1868 - 2/21/1938American astronomer; developed the Hale telescope.Go to obituary »

38	Giacomo Leopardi 6/29/1798 - 6/14/1837 Italian poet, scholar and philosopher
59	Pietro Angelo Secchi 6/29/1818 - 2/26/1878 Italian Jesuit and astrophysicist
69	George Goethals 6/29/1858 - 1/21/1928 American army engineer; directed construction of the Panama Canal
64	Ludwig Beck 6/29/1880 - 7/20/1944 German general; opposed Hitler
77	Robert Schuman 6/29/1886 - 9/4/1963 French statesman
96	James Van Der Zee 6/29/1886 - 5/15/1983 African-American photographer
56	Helen Hokinson 6/29/1893 - 11/1/1949 American cartoonist
44	Antoine Saint-Exupery 6/29/1900 - 7/31/1944 French aviator and writer
66	Leroy Anderson 6/29/1908 - 5/18/1975 American conductor, arranger and composer
59	Frank Loesser 6/29/1910 - 7/28/1969 American composer, librettist and lyricis