Today in History: June 29, Apple releases the first iPhone to consumers
In the present day is Sunday June the th day of There are days left in the year This day in history On June the first version of the iPhone went on sale to the masses over billion iPhones have been sold to date Also on this date In Montezuma II the ninth and last emperor of the Aztecs died in Tenochtitlan tay-nohch-TEET -lahn under unclear circumstances several say he was killed by his own subjects others by the Spanish Related Articles Fact check Trump makes big false insists about his big domestic approach bill Remember Anna Wintour s shocking first Vogue cover Anna Wintour is seeking a new Vogue editor-in-chief but will maintain editorial control Chief Justice Roberts warns against heated political words about judges Mamdani heads to Harlem after stunning New York City primary results In London s original Globe Theatre where various of Shakespeare s plays were performed was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of Henry VIII In Britain approved the Townshend Revenue Act which imposed import duties on glass paint oil lead paper and tea shipped to the American colonies Colonists bitterly protested prompting Parliament to repeal the duties on each of the products except for tea In the Virginia state constitution was adopted and Patrick Henry was made the state s governor In Jerusalem was reunified as Israel removed barricades separating the Old City from the Israeli sector In the United States ended a two-month military offensive into Cambodia In the U S space shuttle Atlantis docked with Russia s Mir space station as they orbited the earth In the Supreme Court ruled - that President George W Bush s plan to try Guantanamo Bay detainees in military tribunals violated U S and international law In disgraced financier Bernard Madoff received a -year sentence for his multibillion-dollar fraud Madoff died in prison in April In R Kelly was sentenced to years in prison for using his R B superstardom to subject young fans to sexual abuse The singer and songwriter was convicted of racketeering and sex trafficking the previous year In the modern day s Birthdays Songwriter L Russell Brown is Singer-songwriter Garland Jeffreys is Actor Gary Busey is Former actor and politician Fred Grandy is Rock musician Ian Paice Deep Purple is Singer Don Dokken is Rock singer Colin Hay Men At Work is Actor Maria Conchita Alonso is Actor Sharon Lawrence NYPD Blue is Actor Amanda Donohoe is Actor Judith Hoag is Violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter is Producer-writer Matthew Weiner is Actor Melora Hardin is Actor Brian D Arcy James is Rap DJ and record producer DJ Shadow is Actor Zuleikha Robinson is Rock musician Sam Farrar Maroon is Actor Luke Kirby is Singer and TV personality Nicole Scherzinger is Comedian-writer Colin Jost is Actor Lily Rabe is NBA forward Kawhi Leonard is Actor Camila Mendes TV Riverdale is Soccer participant Jude Bellingham is
