June 29
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"On 29 June 2014, Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announced the establishment of a new caliphate. Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi was appointed its caliph, and the group formally changed its name to the "Islamic State"." --Sholem Stein |
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Art and culture
- 1613 – The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
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Births
- 1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
- 1911 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
- 1920 - Ray Harryhausen, American special effects creator (d. 2013)
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Deaths
- 1933 - Fatty Arbuckle, American actor (b. 1887)
- 1940 - Paul Klee, Swiss artist (b. 1879)
- 1967 - Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
- 1975 - Tim Buckley, American musician (b. 1947)
- 1991 - Henri Lefebvre, French Marxist intellectual (b. 1901)
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