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On June 29, 226: Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.

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Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.

Cao Rui, courtesy name Yuanzhong, was the second emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. His parentage is in dispute: his mother, Lady Zhen, was Yuan Xi's wife, but she later remarried Cao Pi, the first ruler of Wei. Based on conflicting accounts of his age, Pei Songzhi calculated that, in order to be Cao Pi's son, Cao Rui could not have been 36 when he died as recorded, so the recorded age was in error; late-Qing scholars Lu Bi (卢弼) and Mao Guangsheng (冒广生) argued instead that Cao Rui was Yuan Xi's son.

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Born on June 29

Sam Lavagnino 2006– American voice actor (born 2006)
Jude Bellingham 2003– English footballer (born 2003)
Matt Rempe 2002– Canadian ice hockey player (born 2002)
Julian Champagnie 2001– American basketball player (born 2001)
Gunnar Henderson 2001– American baseball player (born 2001)
Aaron Schoupp 2001– Australian rugby league footballer
Michael Porter Jr. 1998– American basketball player (born 1998)
Joseph Manu 1996– New Zealand and Maori international rugby league footballer
Camila Mendes 1994– American actress (born 1994)
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Harrison Gilbertson 1993– Australian actor (born 1993)
Oliver Tree 1993– American singer (born 1993)
Suk Hyun-jun 1991– South Korean footballer (born 1991)
Kawhi Leonard 1991– American basketball player (born 1991)
Addison Timlin 1991– American actress (born 1991)
Kim Little 1990– Scottish footballer (born 1990)
Yann M'Vila 1990– French footballer (born 1990)
Éver Banega 1988– Argentine footballer (born 1988)
José Manuel Jurado 1986– Spanish footballer (born 1986)

People

Died on June 29

Sandy Gall British journalist (1927–2025)
Princess Lalla Latifa Princess consort of Morocco from 1961 to 1999
Alan Arkin American actor and filmmaker (1934–2023)
Hershel W. Williams U.S. Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient (1923–2022)
Donald Rumsfeld American politician and naval officer (1932–2021)
Carl Reiner American actor (1922–2020)
Stepa J. Groggs American hip-hop group
Hachalu Hundessa Ethiopian singer (1986–2020)
Steve Ditko American comics artist (1927–2018)
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Louis Nicollin French entrepreneur
Dave Semenko Canadian ice hockey player (1957–2017)
Jan Hettema South African cyclist (1933–2016)
Hisham Barakat Egyptian prosecutor general (1950–2015)
Josef Masopust Czech footballer and manager (1931–2015)
Charles Pasqua French politician (1927–2015)
Damian D'Oliveira English cricketer
Dermot Healy Irish writer (1947–2014)
Peter Fitzgerald Irish footballer (1937–2013)

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  1. 226 Cao Rui succeeds his father as emperor of Wei.

    Emperor of Cao Wei from 226 to 239

    Cao Rui, courtesy name Yuanzhong, was the second emperor of the state of Cao Wei during the Three Kingdoms period. His parentage is in dispute: his mother, Lady Zhen, was Yuan Xi's wife, but she later remarried Cao Pi, the first ruler of Wei. Based on conflicting accounts of his age, Pei Songzhi calculated that, in order to be Cao Pi's son, Cao Rui could not have been 36 when he died as recorded, so the recorded age was in error; late-Qing scholars Lu Bi (卢弼) and Mao Guangsheng (冒广生) argued instead that Cao Rui was Yuan Xi's son.

  2. 1149 Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.

    Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149

    Raymond of Poitiers was Prince of Antioch from 1136 to 1149. He was the younger son of William IX, Duke of Aquitaine, and his wife Philippa, Countess of Toulouse, born in the very year that his father the Duke began his infamous liaison with Dangereuse de Chatelherault.

  3. 1170 A major earthquake hits Syria, badly damaging towns such as Hama and Shaizar and structures such as the Krak des Chevaliers and the cathedral of St. Peter in Antioch.

    Extreme level earthquake in Syria

    One of the largest earthquakes to hit Syria occurred early in the morning of 29 June 1170. It formed part of a sequence of large earthquakes that propagated southwards along the Dead Sea Transform, starting with the 1138 Aleppo earthquake, continuing with the 1157 Hama, 1170 and 1202 Syria events. 7 on the moment magnitude scale, with the maximum intensity of X (Extreme) on the Mercalli intensity scale.

  4. 1194 Sverre is crowned King of Norway, leading to his excommunication by the Catholic Church and civil war.

    King of Norway from 1184 to 1202

    Sverre Sigurdsson was the king of Norway from 1184 to 1202.

  5. 1444 Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.

    Albanian warlord and military commander (1405–1468)

    Gjergj Kastrioti was an Albanian nobleman and military leader who led the League of Lezhë in the Ottoman-Albanian Wars until his death. Skanderbeg is considered to be a major figure of medieval Albanian history and today is the national hero of Albania.

  6. 1457 The Dutch city of Dordrecht is devastated by fire
  7. 1534 Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
  8. 1613 The Globe Theatre in London, built by William Shakespeare's playing company, the Lord Chamberlain's Men, burns to the ground.
  9. 1620 English crown bans tobacco growing in England, giving the Virginia Company a monopoly in exchange for tax of one shilling per pound.
  10. 1644 Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge.
  11. 1659 At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
  12. 1764 One of the strongest tornadoes in history strikes Woldegk, Germany, killing one person while leveling numerous mansions with winds estimated greater than 300 miles per hour (480 km/h).
  13. 1786 Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
  14. 1807 Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
  15. 1850 Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
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  1. 1864 At least 99 people, mostly German and Polish immigrants, are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster after a train fails to stop for an open drawbridge and plunges into the Rivière Richelieu near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
  2. 1874 Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" leveling complaints against King George. Trikoupis is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
  3. 1880 France annexes Tahiti, renaming the independent Kingdom of Tahiti as "Etablissements de français de l'Océanie".
  4. 1881 In Sudan, Muhammad Ahmad declares himself to be the Mahdi, the messianic redeemer of Islam.
  5. 1888 George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music.
  6. 1889 Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population at the time.
  7. 1915 The North Saskatchewan River flood of 1915 is the worst flood in Edmonton history.
  8. 1916 British diplomat turned Irish nationalist Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
  9. 1922 France grants "one square kilometer" at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
  10. 1927 The Bird of Paradise, a U.S. Army Air Corps Fokker tri-motor, completes the first transpacific flight, from the mainland United States to Hawaii.
  11. 1945 The Soviet Union annexes the Czechoslovak province of Carpathian Ruthenia.
  12. 1950 Korean War: U.S. President Harry S. Truman authorizes a sea blockade of Korea.
  13. 1952 The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952.
  14. 1956 The Federal Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed by U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
  15. 1971 Prior to re-entry (following a record-setting stay aboard the Soviet Union's Salyut 1 space station), the crew capsule of the Soyuz 11 spacecraft depressurizes, killing the three cosmonauts on board. Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov and Viktor Patsayev are the first humans to die in space.

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