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    Photos: Today in History for June 29, 2021

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    • Jun 29, 2021
    • Jun 29, 2021
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    Tony Galento

    Tony Galento

    With bandages on his face and dark sunglasses to cover his battered eyes, "Two Ton" Tony Galento creaked and groaned, but joked just the same about the beating handed to him by World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, at his bar in Orange, N.J., June 29, 1939. The bout at Yankee Stadium on June 28, lasted four rounds, at which pointl the ref stopped the fight. (AP Photo/DK)

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    Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill

    British Prime Minister Winston Churchill holds his Homberg hat against a gust of wind as he arrives at the White House in Washington on June 29, 1954 for his last talk with President Eisenhower on international problems. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)

    • Charles Gorry
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    Moffit

    Moffit

    Billie Jean Moffitt, of Long Beach, Ca., is shown in action against Yola Ramirez of Mexico at the All-England Lawn Tennis championship in Wimbledon, England, June 29, 1961. Ramirez won 11-9, 1-6, 6-2. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle)

    • JIM PRINGLE
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    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X, Muslim leader, addresses a rally in Harlem in New York City on June 29, 1963. (AP Photo)

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    Cars Damaged During Uprising

    Cars Damaged During Uprising

    Wrecked cars outside government house in Santiago,Chile, hit by gunfire during an Army uprising today, June 29,1973, against President Salvador Allende's leftist administration. ( AP Photo )

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    NICARAGUA  1979

    NICARAGUA 1979

    Hoards of people mob a truck loaded with food Friday June 29, 1979 on one of the backroads leading to Managua, Nicaragua. Food is becoming very scarce as the war continues between the Sandinista guerillas and Nicaraguan National Guard. (AP Photo)

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    Ray Simpson, Alex Briley, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Jeff Olson, David Hodo

    Ray Simpson, Alex Briley, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Jeff Olson, David Hodo

    Keeping up with the times and changing their image, the Village People unveiled their New Wave look to the media in New York, June 29, 1981. The once-popular disco group has undergone a transformation in costumes, makeup, staging and song styling. Clockwise from top are: Ray Simpson, Alex Briley, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Jeff Olson and David Hodo. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

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    Australia Boy George

    Australia Boy George

    Boy George answers questions from the media during a press conference at Sebel Town House in Sydney, Australia, June 29, 1984. (AP Photo)

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    WCup Soccer World Cup Greats

    WCup Soccer World Cup Greats

    On June 29, 1986, Diego Maradona of Argentina celebrates with the cup at the end of the World Cup soccer final in Mexico City. Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 to win the trophy.

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    Chavez

    Chavez

    Cesar Chavez, civil rights advocate and United Farm Workers founder, is shown on June 29, 1989. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    • RICHARD DREW
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    Bill Miller, Penny Frazier, Jerry Brown

    Bill Miller, Penny Frazier, Jerry Brown

    High atop a wooden roller coaster at an Oklahoma City amusement park, Bill Miller and Penny Frazier are married by the Rev. Jerry Brown, June 29, 1991. Brown told the couple in his opening remarks that marriage is a lot like a roller coaster, "it's filled with occasional twists and turns." (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

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    Schlafly

    Schlafly

    Anti-abortion demonstrators, including Phyllis Schlafly, foreground, rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1992. The high court upheld most provisions of a restrictive Pennsylvania abortion law. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)

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    Iowa Great Flood of 1993

    Iowa Great Flood of 1993

    Shannon Rennert, of Moline, Ill., left, and Jim Sappington, of East Lawn, Ill., walk down a flooded street, Tuesday, June 29, 1993, Pleasant Valley, Iowa. Water from the Mississippi River is flooding many of the homes along its banks. Rennert and Sappington were in Pleasant valley to help Rennerts brother move his belongings. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)

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    George W. Bush

    George W. Bush

    President Bush speak to reporters during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House Thursday, June 29, 2006 in Washington. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, saying in a strong rebuke that the trials were illegal under U.S. and international law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    • CHARLES DHARAPAK
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    Vicki Hirmer

    Vicki Hirmer

    Vicki Hirmer, right, of AT&T, finishes handing out bottles of water to the line of people camped out in front of the AT&T phone store wait outside in the 110-degree heat to buy the new Apple iPhone, Friday, June 29, 2007 in Glendale, Ariz. Over thirty people waited in front of this store for the 6 p.m. release of the phones to the public. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

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    Richard Friedman

    Richard Friedman

    Madoff victim Richard Friedman speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court, Monday, June 29, 2009, in New York. Bernard Madoff received a 150 year prison sentence for orchestrating the biggest ponzi scheme in recent history. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

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    Tony Galento

    Tony Galento

    With bandages on his face and dark sunglasses to cover his battered eyes, "Two Ton" Tony Galento creaked and groaned, but joked just the same about the beating handed to him by World Heavyweight Champion Joe Louis, at his bar in Orange, N.J., June 29, 1939. The bout at Yankee Stadium on June 28, lasted four rounds, at which pointl the ref stopped the fight. (AP Photo/DK)

    • DK
    Winston Churchill

    Winston Churchill

    British Prime Minister Winston Churchill holds his Homberg hat against a gust of wind as he arrives at the White House in Washington on June 29, 1954 for his last talk with President Eisenhower on international problems. (AP Photo/Charles Gorry)

    • Charles Gorry
    Moffit

    Moffit

    Billie Jean Moffitt, of Long Beach, Ca., is shown in action against Yola Ramirez of Mexico at the All-England Lawn Tennis championship in Wimbledon, England, June 29, 1961. Ramirez won 11-9, 1-6, 6-2. (AP Photo/Jim Pringle)

    • JIM PRINGLE
    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X

    Malcolm X, Muslim leader, addresses a rally in Harlem in New York City on June 29, 1963. (AP Photo)

    • ANONYMOUS
    Cars Damaged During Uprising

    Cars Damaged During Uprising

    Wrecked cars outside government house in Santiago,Chile, hit by gunfire during an Army uprising today, June 29,1973, against President Salvador Allende's leftist administration. ( AP Photo )

    • STR
    NICARAGUA  1979

    NICARAGUA 1979

    Hoards of people mob a truck loaded with food Friday June 29, 1979 on one of the backroads leading to Managua, Nicaragua. Food is becoming very scarce as the war continues between the Sandinista guerillas and Nicaraguan National Guard. (AP Photo)

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    Ray Simpson, Alex Briley, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Jeff Olson, David Hodo

    Ray Simpson, Alex Briley, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Jeff Olson, David Hodo

    Keeping up with the times and changing their image, the Village People unveiled their New Wave look to the media in New York, June 29, 1981. The once-popular disco group has undergone a transformation in costumes, makeup, staging and song styling. Clockwise from top are: Ray Simpson, Alex Briley, Glenn Hughes, Felipe Rose, Jeff Olson and David Hodo. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    • Richard Drew
    Australia Boy George

    Australia Boy George

    Boy George answers questions from the media during a press conference at Sebel Town House in Sydney, Australia, June 29, 1984. (AP Photo)

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS
    WCup Soccer World Cup Greats

    WCup Soccer World Cup Greats

    On June 29, 1986, Diego Maradona of Argentina celebrates with the cup at the end of the World Cup soccer final in Mexico City. Argentina defeated West Germany 3-2 to win the trophy.

    • ASSOCIATED PRESS FILE PHOTO
    Chavez

    Chavez

    Cesar Chavez, civil rights advocate and United Farm Workers founder, is shown on June 29, 1989. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

    • RICHARD DREW
    Bill Miller, Penny Frazier, Jerry Brown

    Bill Miller, Penny Frazier, Jerry Brown

    High atop a wooden roller coaster at an Oklahoma City amusement park, Bill Miller and Penny Frazier are married by the Rev. Jerry Brown, June 29, 1991. Brown told the couple in his opening remarks that marriage is a lot like a roller coaster, "it's filled with occasional twists and turns." (AP Photo/David Longstreath)

    • David Longstreath
    Schlafly

    Schlafly

    Anti-abortion demonstrators, including Phyllis Schlafly, foreground, rally at the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on June 29, 1992. The high court upheld most provisions of a restrictive Pennsylvania abortion law. (AP Photo/Marcy Nighswander)

    • MARCY NIGHSWANDER
    Iowa Great Flood of 1993

    Iowa Great Flood of 1993

    Shannon Rennert, of Moline, Ill., left, and Jim Sappington, of East Lawn, Ill., walk down a flooded street, Tuesday, June 29, 1993, Pleasant Valley, Iowa. Water from the Mississippi River is flooding many of the homes along its banks. Rennert and Sappington were in Pleasant valley to help Rennerts brother move his belongings. (AP Photo/John Gaps III)

    • John Gaps III
    George W. Bush

    George W. Bush

    President Bush speak to reporters during a news conference with Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, not pictured, in the East Room of the White House Thursday, June 29, 2006 in Washington. The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that President Bush overstepped his authority in ordering military war crimes trials for Guantanamo Bay detainees, saying in a strong rebuke that the trials were illegal under U.S. and international law. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)

    • CHARLES DHARAPAK
    Vicki Hirmer

    Vicki Hirmer

    Vicki Hirmer, right, of AT&T, finishes handing out bottles of water to the line of people camped out in front of the AT&T phone store wait outside in the 110-degree heat to buy the new Apple iPhone, Friday, June 29, 2007 in Glendale, Ariz. Over thirty people waited in front of this store for the 6 p.m. release of the phones to the public. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

    • Ross D. Franklin
    Richard Friedman

    Richard Friedman

    Madoff victim Richard Friedman speaks to the media outside Manhattan federal court, Monday, June 29, 2009, in New York. Bernard Madoff received a 150 year prison sentence for orchestrating the biggest ponzi scheme in recent history. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

    • Louis Lanzano

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