June 29: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Christianity, Gregorian calendar); Independence Day in Seychelles (1976)
- 1149 – Second Crusade: An army led by Nur ad-Din Zangi destroyed the forces of Antioch led by Prince Raymond.
- 1444 – Albanians led by Skanderbeg scored a resounding victory in their rebellion against the Ottoman Empire.
- 1776 – Lieutenant José Joaquin Moraga and Father Francisco Palóu founded Mission San Francisco de Asís (pictured), the oldest surviving building in San Francisco.
- 1985 – The European Economic Community adopted the Flag of Europe, a flag previously adopted by the Council of Europe in 1955.
- 1995 – The Shuttle–Mir Program began when Space Shuttle Atlantis became the first space shuttle to dock with the Russian space station Mir.
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