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June 29: Feast of Saints Peter and Paul (Western Christianity)

Crowd gathered around destroyed Serb property

 1659 – Russo-Polish War: A coalition led by Ukrainian hetman Ivan Vyhovsky defeated the forces of t

 1776 – The first privateer battle of the American Revolutionary War, the Battle of Turtle Gut Inlet, wa
 1864 – A passenger train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River near present-day
worst railway accident.
 1914 – During the second day of anti-Serb riots in Sarajevo (aftermath pictured), numerous building
 Pedro Pacheco de Villena (b. 1488)
 Niels Kaas (d. 1594)
 David Rubinger (b. 1924)
More anniversaries: 
 June 28
 June 29
 June 30

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