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Here is a list of things which happened on the 29th of June over the years:
The Virginia state constitution was adopted. (1776)
Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada’s worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec. (1864)
France annexes Tahiti. (1880)
The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York both opened. (1928)
The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System. (1956)
The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute “cruel and unusual punishment”. (1972)
A divided Supreme Court ruled that women have a constitutional right to abortion, but the justices also weakened the right as defined by the Roe v. Wade decision. (1992)
President George W. Bush transferred presidential powers to Vice President Dick Cheney for more than two hours during a routine colon screening that ended in a clean bill of health. (2002)
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law. (2006)
The first Apple iPhones went on sale. (2007)