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What happened on 29 June?

10 events from the Ever-When timeline, ranked by how much they mattered.

  1. 2007 iPhone launched Apple's smartphone changes the personal-computing landscape.
  2. 2014 Rise of ISIS Islamic State sweeps across northern Iraq and Syria before being slowly rolled back.
  3. 1913 Second Balkan War Bulgaria attacks former allies; loses most territorial gains.
  4. 1520 Death of Moctezuma II The Aztec emperor dies in Spanish captivity during the Spanish conquest.
  5. 1881 Mahdist War / Fall of Khartoum Sudanese Islamist revolt led by Muhammad Ahmad, the self-declared Mahdi; defeated General Gordon at Khartoum in 1885 and was finally crushed at Omdurman.
  6. 1767 The Townshend Acts tax the colonies Britain tries taxation by another route: duties on glass, paint, paper and tea imported into America, collected by a new customs board in Boston. The colonies answer with boycotts
  7. 1881 Mahdist War / Fall of Khartoum begins Conventional start of Mahdist War / Fall of Khartoum.
  8. 1958 Pelé wins the World Cup at seventeen Two goals in the final against Sweden from a teenager nobody outside Brazil had heard of six weeks earlier.
  9. 1986 Argentina win the 1986 World Cup Captained by a Maradona at the height of his powers, Argentina beat West Germany 3-2 in the Azteca final to win their second World Cup.
  10. 2004 Knuck If You Buck (Crime Mob) Atlanta teenagers' crunk mosh classic.
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