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
Died in 1941 1941 Highlights
About June 29, 1941
Day of the Week: Sunday
How Long Ago? 82 years, 9 months and 26 days
Leap Year: No
Generation: Silent Generation
Chinese Zodiac: Snake
Star Sign: Cancer
