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June 29

4 sourced moments from June 29 in history: Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burned to the ground (1613); The U.S. Interstate Highway System was born (1956); Atlantis docked with Mir in 1995 on a port designed for Buran, plus 1 more.

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4 things happened on June 29

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2007 Technology · Inventions

Apple's first iPhone went on sale

On a Friday evening in 2007, lines snaked outside Apple stores for a touchscreen device that redefined the phone.

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1995 Space · Space Exploration

Atlantis docked with Mir in 1995 on a port designed for Buran

The first shuttle–Mir docking, on June 29, 1995, used Soviet hardware descended from Apollo-Soyuz and made the heaviest spacecraft yet flown.

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1956 Technology · Transportation

The U.S. Interstate Highway System was born

On June 29, 1956, Eisenhower quietly signed the law that built 41,000 miles of interstate and remade how America moves.

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1613 Culture & Arts · Performing Arts

Shakespeare's Globe Theatre burned to the ground

A stage cannon during 'Henry VIII' set the thatch alight, and within hours London's most famous playhouse was ash.

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