Historical Events
- DiMaggio extends hitting streak to 42 breaking Sisler's record
Famous Birthdays
- John Boccabella, American baseball player (Chicago Cubs), born in San Francisco, California
- Kwame Toure [Stokely Carmichael], American activist (Black Power movement), born in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (d. 1998)
- Margitta Gummel-Helmbold, German track & field athlete (Olympic gold GDR women's shot put 1968), born in Magdeburg, Germany (d. 2021)
Famous Deaths
Ignacy Jan Paderewski (1860-1941)
Polish pianist, composer and statesman (Prime Minister of Poland, 1919), dies of pneumonia, in New York, at 80
1941 Highlights
About June 29, 1941
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 81 years, 9 months and 2 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Cancer
