Template:Selected anniversaries/June 29
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1868: Astronomer and journalist George Ellery Hale born. He will discover magnetic fields in sunspots, and be leader or key figure in the planning or construction of several world-leading telescopes.
1895: Biologist Thomas Henry Huxley dies. He is known as "Darwin's Bulldog" for his advocacy of Charles Darwin's theory of evolution.
1963: Physicist and educator Nikolay Basov uses Gnomon algorithm to develop new theory of quantum electronics.