It happened on this day, June 29th.
events:
1236 – Fall of Córdoba, capital of the Umayyad Caliphate of Andalusia and its largest base, into the hands of Fernando III, king of the Kingdom of Castile, after “Muhammad bin Yusuf bin Hood” abandoned it even though he could help him.
1732 – The Spanish regain control of the port and city of Oran from the Ottomans, which they had conquered 24 years earlier, and free them from Spanish occupation.
1832 – Mufti Abdul Ghani Al Jamil's revolution begins against the Ottoman governor in Baghdad.
1835 – Muhammad Ali Pasha issues an order creating the Antiquities Authority and the Egyptian Museum, and entrusts their management to “Youssef Zia Effendi” under the supervision of Rifa'a al-Tahtawi.
1913 – The Second Balkan War breaks out, due to Bulgaria's desire to extract the territory of “Northern Macedonia” from Serbia. This war ended 42 days after its outbreak with the signing of the Bucharest Agreement on August 10.
1928 – The discovery of penicillin by Alexander Fleming.
1938 – Legislative Council elections were held in Kuwait, the country's first legislative council. During these elections, 14 members were chosen from 20 candidates.
1949 – The white minority ruling South Africa begins implementing apartheid laws against blacks in what is known as the apartheid policy.
1960 – Cuban President Fidel Castro bans the American oil company “Texaco” and confiscates its properties.
1964 – Cuban President Fidel Castro's sister flees Cuba and makes statements against him.
1965 – American forces sent to Vietnam begin their first combat operations alongside South Vietnamese forces.
1974 – Isabella Perón, widow of President Juan Perón, is sworn in as the first female president of the Argentine Republic.
1986 – The Argentine national football team wins its second World Cup title after defeating the German national team by three goals to two in the thirteenth edition of the World Cup held in Mexico.
1992 – Assassination of Algerian President Mohamed Boudiaf during an official celebration in a theater in Annaba, 166 days after his accession to the presidency.
2008 – The Israeli Cabinet votes by majority to agree to a prisoner exchange with Hezbollah, stipulating the release of five Lebanese prisoners, including Samir Kuntar, in exchange for receiving the bodies of two Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hezbollah in July 2006.
✴️ The Spanish national team wins the thirteenth European Cup after beating the German national team with a single goal in the match played in the Austrian capital, Vienna.
2009 – Iran's Guardian Council confirms the presidential election result with President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad winning, after a partial recount of voters' votes.
2014 – The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant announces the creation of what it calls the “Islamic Caliphate” in the lands it controls in Syria and Iraq under the name Islamic State and names Abu Bakr al- Baghdadi as his successor.
2015 – Israeli occupation forces intercept Freedom Flotilla 3 heading towards the Gaza Strip and take it to the port of Ashdod with all its passengers.
✴️ The assassination of Hisham Barakat, the Egyptian attorney general, following the explosion of a car bomb which targeted his convoy in Cairo.
2017 – Experts from the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons confirm that sarin gas was used in the attack on the town of Khan Shaykhun on April 4, 2017, although the perpetrator has not yet been determined.
2021 – Former South African President Jacob Zuma is sentenced to 15 months in prison for contempt of court.
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Births:
1398 – King Juan II, King of Aragon.
1798 – Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet.
1886 – Robert Schuman, French Prime Minister.
1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer.
1908 – Leroy Anderson, American musician.
1910 – Frank Leuser, American musician.
1925 – Giorgio Napolitano, president of Italy.
1939 – Amarildo, Brazilian footballer.
1940 – Farida Fahmy, Egyptian actress and singer.
1944 – Gary Busey, American actor.
(1945-Chandrika Kumaratungapresident of SriLanka
1952 – Ahmed Al-Ebiary, Egyptian writer.
1962 – Joan Laporta, president of FC Barcelona.
1967 – Melora Harden, American actress.
1971 – Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer.
1976 – Mohamed Bahari, Algerian boxer.
1978 – Nicole Scherzinger, American singer.
1988 – Ever Banega, Argentine footballer.
1992 – Cookie Resurreccion, Spanish footballer.
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Death:
1855 – John Gorrie, Scottish-American physician and inventor.
1861 – Elizabeth Barrett Browning, English poet.
1875 – Emperor Ferdinand I, Emperor of Austria.
1895 – Thomas Henry Huxley, English biologist.
1940 – Paul Klee, German painter.
1941 – Ignacy Jan Paderewski, Polish musician.
1992 – Mohamed Boudiaf, President of Algeria.
1998 – Ahmed Hamani, president of the Association of Algerian Muslim Scholars.
1995 – Lana Turner, American actress.
2008 – Shaker Al-Fahham, Syrian researcher and director of the Arabic Language Academy in Damascus.
2008 – Muhammad Abdel Jaber, Palestinian politician and diplomat.
2010 – Nabila Al-Nabulsi, Syrian actress.
2012 – Jassim Al-Qatami, Kuwaiti politician.
2015 – Hisham Barakat, Egyptian Attorney General.
2020 – Hachalu Hundessa, Ethiopian singer and songwriter.
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Holidays and Occasions:
⬅️ Independence Day in Seychelles.
