Today is Sunday, June 29, the 180th day of 2014. There are 185 days left in the year. June 29, 1974 Isabel Martinez de Peron was sworn in as acting president of Argentina, two days before the death of her ailing husband, President Juan Peron. 1613 Londons original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeares plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of Henry VIII. 1767 Britain approved the Townshend Revenue Act, which imposed import duties on glass, paint, oil, lead, paper and tea shipped to the American colonies. (Colonists bitterly protested, prompting Parliament to repeal the duties — except for tea.) 1880 France annexed Tahiti, which became a French colony on December 30, 1880. 1913 the Second Balkan War broke out as Bulgaria attacked Serbia and Greece, its former allies from the First Balkan War.
Posted on: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 18:34:04 +0000
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