Anniversary of June 29: what is commemorated today

Find out what the anniversaries of June 29 are, the date on which various important dates are commemorated in Argentina and the world.

Anniversaries of June 29As is customary, various special dates are commemorated around the world and also in Argentina, such as Pope’s Day. Therefore, we tell you which are the most important anniversaries of the day.

Anniversary of June 29: what is commemorated today?

• 1900 – SAINT EXUPERY. The aviator and writer Antoine de Saint Exupéry, author of the famous book “The Little Prince”, was born in the French city of Lyon. He published twelve works.
• 1986 – ARGENTINA CHAMPION. Led by Carlos Salvador Bilardo and with Diego Maradona as a figure, the Argentine team wins its second World Cup by beating Germany 3-2 in the final of the Mexico ’86 World Cup played at the Azteca stadium in the Mexican capital.
• 1987 – JUAN D. PERÓN. In the La Chacarita cemetery in Buenos Aires, the tomb of former president and general Juan Domingo Perón is desecrated, whose remains have their hands amputated, a crime that remains unpunished. Perón’s remains rest today in a cenotaph in the San Vicente estate where he lived with his second wife, María Eva Duarte.
• 2000 – VITTORIO GASSMAN. Italian actor and filmmaker Vittorio Gassman, winner of the 1975 Cannes Prize for his performance in the film Scent of a Woman, dies in Rome at the age of 77. He made more than 50 films.
• 2004 – SECURE MESSI. A friendly between the Argentine under-20 team and Paraguay served to ensure that Lionel Messi, 16-year-old youth star of Spanish Barcelona, ​​was not recruited by Spain. It is said that in the rush he was named “Lionel Mecci” in the summons fax sent to Barcelona.
• 2009 – BERNARD MADOFFA New York City court has sentenced financier Bernard Madoff to 150 years in prison on eleven counts of fraud worth some $50 billion, one of the biggest financial scandals in the United States.
• 2012 – JUAN A. BADÍA. Popular radio and television host and announcer Juan Alberto Badía, winner of seven Martín Fierro awards and two Konex awards, has died in Buenos Aires at the age of 65. Badía was one of the architects of “Beatlemania” in Argentina.
• 2019 – HECTOR R. GARCIA. At the age of 86, the photographer, journalist and businessman Héctor Ricardo García, founder of the newspaper Crónica and the television channel Crónica TV, dies in Buenos Aires.
• 2023 – FATHER’S DAYCatholic and Orthodox Christians celebrate the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul in commemoration of the martyrdom in Rome of the apostles Simon Peter, the first pope, and the apostle Paul of Tarsus.