A bit of June 29th history…
1613 - Shakespeare’s Globe Theater in London burns down during a performance of Henry VIII (pictured)
1767 - British pass Townshend Revenue Act, levying taxes on America, helping to intensify opposition to British rule
1888 - 1st known recording of classical music made, Handel’s Israel in Egypt on a wax cylinder
1940 - US passes Alien Registration Act requiring aliens to register
2006 - US Supreme Court rules that President GW Bush’s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunal violates US and international law
2008 - Thomas Beatie, world’s first pregnant man, gives birth to daughter
2009 - Financier Bernard Madoff sentenced to 150 years in prison, US maximum, for his massive Ponzi scheme
2015 - Beijing Times reports 30% of the Great Wall has disappeared due to natural forces and the stealing of bricks
A bit of June 29th history… 1613 - Shakespeare’s Globe Theater...
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