At the moment is Sunday, June 29, the a hundred and eightieth day of 2025. There are 185 days left within the yr.
At the moment in historical past:
On June 29, 2007, the primary model of the iPhone went on sale to the general public; over 2.3 billion iPhones have been bought so far.
Additionally on this date:
In 1520, Montezuma II, the ninth and final emperor of the Aztecs, died in Tenochtitlan (tay-nohch-TEET’-lahn) underneath unclear circumstances (some say he was killed by his personal topics; others, by the Spanish).
In 1613, London’s unique Globe Theatre, the place a lot of Shakespeare’s performs have been carried out, was destroyed by a hearth sparked by a cannon shot throughout a efficiency of “Henry VIII.”
In 1767, Britain permitted the Townshend Income Act, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties on every of the merchandise — aside from tea.)
In 1776, the Virginia state structure was adopted, and Patrick Henry was made the state’s governor.
In 1967, Jerusalem was reunified as Israel eliminated barricades separating the Outdated Metropolis from the Israeli sector.
In 1970, the USA ended a two-month navy offensive into Cambodia.
In 1995, the U.S. area shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia’s Mir area station as they orbited the earth.
In 2006, the Supreme Court docket dominated, 5-3, that President George W. Bush’s plan to attempt Guantanamo Bay detainees in navy tribunals violated U.S. and worldwide legislation.
In 2009, disgraced financier Bernard Madoff obtained a 150-year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud. (Madoff died in jail in April 2021.)
In 2022, R. Kelly was sentenced to 30 years in jail for utilizing his R&B superstardom to topic younger followers to sexual abuse. The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeering and intercourse trafficking the earlier yr.
At the moment’s Birthdays:
- Songwriter L. Russell Brown is 85.
- Singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys is 82.
- Actor Gary Busey is 81.
- Former actor and politician Fred Grandy is 77.
- Rock musician Ian Paice (Deep Purple) is 77.
- Singer Don Dokken is 72.
- Rock singer Colin Hay (Males At Work) is 72.
- Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is 70.
- Actor Sharon Lawrence (“NYPD Blue”) is 64.
- Actor Amanda Donohoe is 63.
- Actor Judith Hoag is 62.
- Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is 62.
- Producer-writer Matthew Weiner is 60.
- Actor Melora Hardin is 58.
- Actor Brian D’Arcy James is 57.
- Rap DJ and document producer DJ Shadow is 53.
- Actor Zuleikha Robinson is 48.
- Rock musician Sam Farrar (Maroon 5) is 47.
- Actor Luke Kirby is 47.
- Singer and TV persona Nicole Scherzinger is 47.
- Comic-writer Colin Jost is 43.
- Actor Lily Rabe is 43.
- NBA ahead Kawhi Leonard is 34.
- Actor Camila Mendes (TV: “Riverdale”) is 31.
- Soccer participant Jude Bellingham is 22.