Year 1801
The first census was carried out in Britain.
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29 June: What Happened On This Day in History
Curated historical timeline of momentous political pacts, freedom struggle uprisings, constitutional developments, scientific breakthroughs, and prominent birthdays recorded on 29 June.
Year 1975
Steve Wozniak tested his first prototype of the Apple I computer.
Year 1986
Argentina won the 1986 FIFA World Cup.
Year 2002
Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
Year 2006
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.
Year 2007
Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone.
Year 2012
A derecho sweeps across the eastern United States, leaving at least 22 people dead and millions without power.
Year 2014
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant self-declared its caliphate in Syria and northern Iraq.
Year 2020
India banned 59 chinese app including Tiktok and uc browser.
Born 1864
Ashutosh Mukherjee, a prolific Bengali educator, jurist, barrister, and mathematician.
Born 1893
Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, an Indian scientist, and statistician.
Born 1908
Pratap Singh Rao Gaekwad, the last ruling Maharaja of Baroda.
Born 1936
Buddhadeb Guha, a Bengali fiction writer.
Born 1945
Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, the fifth President of Sri Lanka.
Born 1993
Harrison Gilbertson, Australian actor
Born 1994
Camila Mendes, American actress and model
Born 1996
Joseph Manu, New Zealand rugby league player
Born 1998
Michael Porter Jr., American basketball player
Born 2006
Sam Lavagnino, American child voice actor
Died 1873
Michael Madhusudan Dutt, a Bengali poet, writer, and dramatist.
Died 1895
Thomas Henry Huxley, an English biologist, and anthropologist.
Died 1966
Damodar Dharmananda Kosambi, an Indian mathematician, statistician, philologist, historian, and polymath.
Died 2011
K. D. Sethna, Indian poet, scholar, writer, philosopher, and cultural critic (b. 1904)