Historical Events for 29th June 2021

1377 – French raid at Rye, England
1850 – British ex-Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel falls off his horse; dies three days later
1895 – US National Championship Women’s Tennis: Juliette Atkinson beats defending champion Helen Hellwig 6-4, 6-2, 6-1
1941 – DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler’s record
1979 – San Diego Chicken reborn at Jack Murphy Stadium
1985 – STS 51-F vehicle moves to launch pad
1986 – FIFA World Cup Final, Estadio Azteca, Mexico City: Argentina beats West Germany, 3-2 in front of 114,600
1986 – US Senior Open Men’s Golf, Scioto CC: Dale Douglass wins by 1 stroke ahead of Gary Player for his lone Champions Tour major title
2012 – 16 Naxalite Maoist insurgents in India are killed by police
2017 – Kylie Jenner and Kendall Jenner apologize and remove t-shirts from sale featuring Tupac Shakur and others, after accused of exploiting their legacies

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