So you want to have a drink but you aren't sure why? Here are some GREAT reasons to call your friends over and have a party.

June 29th


- Christian Feast Day
- Haro Wine Festival (Haro, La Rioja)
- l-Imnarja (Malta)
- Independence Day, celebrates the independence of Seychelles from United Kingdom in 1976.
- Veterans Day (Netherlands)

June 29th


- 2007 - Two car bombs are found at Piccadilly Circus, in the heart of London.
- 2006 - Hamdan v. Rumsfeld: The U.S. Supreme Court rules that President George W. Bush's plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violates U.S. and international law.
- 2002 - Naval clashes between South Korea and North Korea lead to the death of six South Korean sailors and sinking of a North Korean vessel.
- 1995 - Space Shuttle program: STS-71 Mission (Atlantis docks with the Russian space station Mir for the first time.)
- 1995 - The Sampoong Department Store collapses in the Seocho-gu district of Seoul, South Korea, killing 501 and injuring 937.
- 1976 - The Seychelles become independent from the United Kingdom.
- 1974 - Isabel Perón is sworn in as the first female President of Argentina. Her husband, President Juan Peron, had delegated responsibility due to weak health and died two days later.
- 1974 - Mikhail Baryshnikov defects from the Soviet Union to Canada while on tour with Bolshoi Ballet.
- 1972 - The U.S. Supreme Court rules the death penalty could constitute "cruel and unusual punishment".
- 1956 - The Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1956 is signed, officially creating the United States Interstate Highway System.
- 1945 - Carpathian Ruthenia is annexed by the Soviet Union.
- 1937 - Joseph-Armand Bombardier of Canada receives patent for sprocket and track traction system used in snow vehicles.
- 1928 - The Outerbridge Crossing and Goethals Bridge in Staten Island, New York are both opened.
- 1927 - First test of Wallace Turnbull's controllable pitch propeller.
- 1926 - Arthur Meighen returns to office as Prime Minister of Canada.
- 1925 - Canada House opens in London, England.
- 1922 - France grants 1 km² at Vimy Ridge "freely, and for all time, to the Government of Canada, the free use of the land exempt from all taxes".
- 1916 - The Irish Nationalist and British diplomat Sir Roger Casement is sentenced to death for his part in the Easter Rising.
- 1914 - Jina Guseva attempts to assassinate Grigori Rasputin at his home town in Siberia.
- 1895 - Doukhobors burn their weapons as a protest against conscription by the Tsarist Russian government.
- 1891 - Street railway in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, commences operation.
- 1889 - Hyde Park and several other Illinois townships vote to be annexed by Chicago, forming the largest United States city in area and second largest in population.
- 1880 - France annexes Tahiti.
- 1874 - Greek politician Charilaos Trikoupis publishes a manifesto in the Athens daily Kairoi entitled "Who's to Blame?" in which he lays out his complaints against King George. He is elected Prime Minister of Greece the next year.
- 1864 - Ninety-nine people are killed in Canada's worst railway disaster near St-Hilaire, Quebec.
- 1850 - Coal is discovered on Vancouver Island.
- 1850 - Autocephaly officially granted by the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople to the Church of Greece.
- 1786 - Alexander Macdonell and over five hundred Roman Catholic highlanders leave Scotland to settle in Glengarry County, Ontario.
- 1749 - New Governor Charles de la Ralière Des Herbiers arrives at Isle Royale (Cape Breton Island).
- 1659 - At the Battle of Konotop the Ukrainian armies of Ivan Vyhovsky defeat the Russians led by Prince Trubetskoy.
- 1644 - Charles I of England defeats a Parliamentarian detachment at the Battle of Cropredy Bridge, the last battle won by an English King on English soil.
- 1613 - The Globe Theatre in London, England burns to the ground.
- 1534 - Jacques Cartier is the first European to reach Prince Edward Island.
- 1444 - Skanderbeg defeats an Ottoman invasion force at Torvioll.
- 1194 - Sverre is crowned King of Norway.
- 1149 - Raymond of Poitiers is defeated and killed at the Battle of Inab by Nur ad-Din Zangi.
- 226 - Cao Pi dies after a illness, his son Cao Rui succeeds him as emperor of the Kingdom of Wei.

June 29th


- 2008 - Prince Aristides Stavros of Greece and Denmark, Greek royalty
- 1993 - George Sampson, English dancer and actor
- 1992 - Adam Sevani, American actor and dancer
- 1990 - Yann M'Vila, French footballer
- 1988 - Éver Banega, Argentine footballer
- 1988 - Becky Jane Taylor, English singer
- 1987 - Ana Free, Portuguese singer-songwriter
- 1987 - Luke McLean, Australian-born Italian rugby player
- 1987 - Yasuka Saitou, Japanese actor
- 1986 - Iya Villania, Filipino actress
- 1985 - Quintin Demps, American football player
- 1984 - Han Ji-hye, South Korean actress and model
- 1984 - Christopher Egan, Australian actor
- 1984 - Derek Lee Rock, American drummer (Mêlée, Suburban Legends)
- 1983 - Aundrea Fimbres, American singer (Danity Kane)
- 1981 - Joe Johnson, American basketball player
- 1981 - Nino, Greek singer
- 1981 - Nicolás Vuyovich, Argentine racing driver (d. 2005)
- 1980 - Katherine Jenkins, Welsh mezzo soprano
- 1980 - Mel Peachey, British television personality
- 1980 - Martin Truex Jr, American race car driver
- 1979 - Abz Love (formerly known as Abs Breen), English DJ and singer (Five)
- 1979 - Marleen Veldhuis, Dutch swimmer
- 1979 - Matthew Bode, Australian Rules football player
- 1979 - Bar?? Akarsu, Turkish singer and actor (d. 2007)
- 1978 - Nicole Scherzinger, American singer (Pussycat Dolls) and actress
- 1978 - Sam Farrar, American bassist (Phantom Planet)
- 1977 - Sotiris Liberopoulos, Greek footballer
- 1977 - Zuleikha Robinson, English actress
- 1976 - Bret McKenzie, New Zealand comedian, actor and multi-instrumentalist (Flight of the Conchords)
- 1976 - Daniel Carlsson, Swedish rally driver
- 1973 - George Hincapie, American cyclist
- 1972 - Samantha Smith, American activist (d. 1985)
- 1972 - Nawal Al Zoghbi, Lebanese singer
- 1971 - Kaitlyn Ashley, American pornographic actress
- 1971 - Matthew Good, Canadian singer (Matthew Good Band)
- 1971 - Anthony Hamilton, English snooker player
- 1970 - Mike Vallely, American skateboarder
- 1970 - Emily Skinner, American actress and singer
- 1969 - Claude Béchard, Canadian politician
- 1969 - Ilan Mitchell-Smith, American actor
- 1969 - Toru Hashimoto, Japanese politician
- 1968 - Theoren Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
- 1968 - Judith Hoag, American actress and acting teacher
- 1967 - Seamus McGarvey, Irish cinematographer
- 1967 - Jeff Burton, American racing driver
- 1967 - Murray Foster, Canadian bassist and double-bassist (Moxy Früvous, Great Big Sea)
- 1967 - Melora Hardin, American actress and singer
- 1966 - John Part, Canadian darts player
- 1966 - Yoko Kamio, Japanese manga artist
- 1965 - Tripp Eisen, American guitarist (Static-X)
- 1964 - Stedman Pearson, British singer (Five Star)
- 1963 - Khalid El-Masri, German-born suspected terrorist
- 1963 - Anne-Sophie Mutter, German violinist
- 1962 - Amanda Donohoe, British actress
- 1962 - George Zamka, American astronaut
- 1961 - Greg Hetson, American guitarist (Bad Religion, Circle Jerks)
- 1961 - Sharon Lawrence, American actress
- 1961 - Kimberlin Brown, American actress
- 1958 - Rosa Mota, Portuguese marathon runner
- 1958 - Jeff Coopwood, American actor, broadcaster and singer
- 1957 - María Conchita Alonso, Cuban-Venezuelan singer and actress
- 1957 - Michael Nutter, American politician
- 1957 - Robert Forster, Australian singer-songwriter (The Go-Betweens)
- 1956 - Pedro Guerrero, Dominican baseball player
- 1956 - Pedro Santana Lopes, Portuguese politician, former Prime Minister
- 1955 - Terence M. O'Sullivan, American activist
- 1955 - Charles J. Precourt, American astronaut
- 1954 - Rick Honeycutt, American baseball player
- 1953 - Colin Hay, Scottish-Australian guitarist and singer (Men at Work)
- 1951 - Don Rosa, American illustrator
- 1949 - Joan Clos i Matheu, Spanish politician
- 1949 - Ann Veneman, American politician
- 1948 - Ian Paice, English drummer (Deep Purple)
- 1947 - Michael Carter, British actor
- 1947 - Richard Lewis, American comedian
- 1946 - Egon von Furstenberg, Swiss fashion designer (d. 2004)
- 1946 - Ernesto Pérez Balladares, Panamanian politician
- 1945 - Chandrika Kumaratunga, President of Sri Lanka
- 1944 - Gary Busey, American actor
- 1944 - Sean O'Malley, American Roman Catholic bishop
- 1943 - Little Eva, American singer (d. 2003)
- 1942 - Mike Willesee, Australian television presenter
- 1941 - John Boccabella, American baseball player
- 1941 - Stokely Carmichael, Trinidadian-American activist (d. 1998)
- 1940 - Vyacheslav Artyomov, Russian composer
- 1939 - Alan Connolly, Australian cricketer
- 1939 - Lo Lieh, Hong Kong martial artist and actor (d. 2002)
- 1936 - Harmon Killebrew, American baseball player
- 1935 - Katsuya Nomura, Japanese baseball player and manager
- 1934 - Corey Allen, American filmmaker and actor (d. 2010)
- 1934 - Chuck Schaden, Chicago radio personality and historian
- 1933 - Bob Shaw, baseball player
- 1933 - John Bradshaw, American theologian
- 1932 - Brian Hutton, Baron Hutton, British politician
- 1931 - Ed Gilbert, American actor (d. 1999)
- 1930 - Viola Léger, Acadian-Canadian actress
- 1930 - Robert Evans, American film producer
- 1929 - Pat Crawford Brown, American actress
- 1929 - Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and writer (d. 2006)
- 1928 - Ian Bannen, Scottish actor (d. 1999)
- 1928 - Radius Prawiro, Indonesian politician (d. 2005)
- 1926 - Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of Kuwait (d. 2006)
- 1925 - Giorgio Napolitano, Italian politician, 11th President of the Republic
- 1925 - Hale Smith, American composer and editor (d. 2009)
- 1925 - Cara Williams, American actress
- 1925 - Chan Parker, American memoir writer, wife of Charlie Parker and of Phil Woods (d. 1999)
- 1924 - Flo Sandon's, Italian singer (d. 2006)
- 1924 - Ezra Laderman, American composer
- 1923 - Chou Wen-chung, Chinese-born American composer
- 1922 - Vasko Popa, Yugoslavian poet (d. 1991)
- 1921 - Frédéric Dard, French writer (d. 2000)
- 1920 - Ray Harryhausen, American filmmaker
- 1919 - Slim Pickens, American actor (d. 1983)
- 1919 - Lloyd Richards, American theatre director (d. 2006)
- 1915 - Ruth Warrick, American actress (d. 2005)
- 1914 - Rafael Kubelík, Czech conductor (d. 1996)
- 1914 - Allan Houser, Native American artist (d. 1994)
- 1914 - Christos Papakyriakopoulos, Greek mathematician (d. 1976)
- 1912 - John Toland, American historian (d. 2004)
- 1912 - Émile Peynaud, French oenologist (d. 2004)
- 1911 - Bernard Herrmann, American film composer (d. 1975)
- 1911 - Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (d. 2004)
- 1910 - Frank Loesser, American composer (d. 1969)
- 1910 - Burgess Whitehead, American baseball player (d. 1993)
- 1908 - Leroy Anderson, American composer (d. 1975)
- 1906 - Ivan Chernyakhovsky, Russian general (d. 1945)
- 1903 - Alan Blumlein, English electronics engineer (d. 1942)
- 1901 - Nelson Eddy, American singer and actor (d. 1967)
- 1900 - Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French writer (d. 1944)
- 1897 - Fulgence Charpentier, French-Canadian journalist (d. 2001)
- 1893 - Aarre Merikanto, Finnish composer (d. 1958)
- 1893 - Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, Indian scientist and statistician (d. 1972)
- 1889 - Willie MacFarlane, Scottish golfer (d. 1961)
- 1888 - Joseph 'Squizzy' Taylor, Australian underworld figure (d. 1927)
- 1886 - Robert Schuman, French politician (d. 1963)
- 1881 - Harry Frazee, American baseball team owner (d. 1929)
- 1881 - Curt Sachs, German musicologist (d. 1959)
- 1880 - Ludwig Beck, German general (d. 1944)
- 1868 - George Ellery Hale, American astronomer (d. 1938)
- 1866 - Mykhailo Hrushevsky, Ukrainian statesman (d. 1934)
- 1865 - Shigechiyo Izumi, Japanese supercentenarian (d. 1986)
- 1863 - Wilbert Robinson, American baseball player and hall-of-famer (d. 1934)
- 1861 - William James Mayo, American physician (d. 1939)
- 1858 - George Washington Goethals, American army engineer (d. 1928)
- 1858 - Julia Lathrop, American social reformer and children's rights activist (d. 1932)
- 1849 - John Hunn, American businessman (d. 1926)
- 1803 - John Newton Brown, American publisher (d. 1868)
- 1798 - Giacomo Leopardi, Italian poet (d. 1837)
- 1596 - Emperor Go-Mizunoo of Japan (d. 1680)
- 1517 - Rembert Dodoens, Flemish physician (d. 1585)
- 1482 - Maria of Aragon, Spanish-born wife of King Manuel I of Portugal (d. 1517)
- 1397 - King John II of Aragon (d. 1479)