Monday, June 29, 2015

History for June 29

History for June 29 - On-This-Day.com
William Mayo 1861, Antoine de Saint-Exupery 1900, John Toland 1912 


Slim Pickens 1919, Stokeley Carmichael 1941, Gary Busey 1944 


Little Eva Boyd 1945, Fred Grandy 1948, Sharon Lawrence 1961 


1767 - The British Parliament approved the Townshend Revenue Acts. The acts imposed import duties on glass, lead, paint, paper and tea shipped to America. 


1804 - Privates John Collins and Hugh Hall of the Lewis and Clark Expedition were found guilty by a court-martial consisting of members of the Corps of Discovery for getting drunk on duty. Collins received 100 lashes on his back and Hall received 50. 


1903 - The British government officially protested Belgian atrocities in the Congo. 


1917 - The Ukraine proclaimed independence from Russia. 


1925 - Marvin Pipkin filed for a patent for the frosted electric light bulb. 


1926 - Fascists in Rome added an hour to the work day in an economic efficiency measure. 


1953 - The Federal Highway Act authorized the construction of 42,500 miles of freeway from coast to coast. 


1956 - Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller were married. They were divorced on January 20, 1961. 


1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment." The ruling prompted states to revise their capital punishment laws. 

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