Portal:Biography/Selected anniversaries/June 29
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[edit] Births
- 1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
- 1911 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
- 1920 - Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker
- 1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian Politician and lifetime senator
- 1928 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
- 1941 - Kwame Ture (Stokely Carmichael), American civil rights activist and Black Panther member (d. 1998)
- 1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian musician and activist
[edit] Deaths
- 69 - Saint Peter, (pictured) Apostle and First Bishop of Rome
- 1852 - Henry Clay, U.S. Senator (b. 1777)
- 1861 - Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet (b. 1806)
- 1940 - Paul Klee, Swiss artist (b. 1879)
- 1967 - Jayne Mansfield, American actress (b. 1933)
- 1993 - Héctor Lavoe, Puerto Rican singer (b. 1946)
- 2003 - Katharine Hepburn, American actress (b. 1907)
