THIS DAY IN HISTORY 29/06 JUNE 29TH
1880 – France annexes Otaheite (Tahiti)
1949 – South Africa begins implementing apartheid; no mixed marriages
1976 – Seychelles gains independence from Britain
1976 – The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
1990 – World’s first female diocesan Anglican bishop appointed, New Zealand
2008 – Thomas Beatie, the world’s first pregnant man, gives birth to a daughter.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS
1930 – Robert Evans, NYC, director/actor (Love Story, Godfather, Chinatown)
1943 – Little Eva (Eva Boyd), Belhaven, North Carolina, American pop singer (Locomotion)
1947 – Richard Lewis, NYC, comedian (Marty Gold-Anything But Love)
FAMOUS DEATHS
1923 – Fritz Mauthner, German author/phitlosopher (skepticism), dies at 73
1969 – Moise K Tsjombe, premier Congo/Zaire
1992 – Mohammed Boudiaf, president of Algeria, assassinated
1995 – Lana Turner, actress (Madame X), dies of cancer at 75
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