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Saturday, June 29, 2024

Saturday, June 29, 1974. Art and politics.


Isabel Perón was sworn in as the first female president of Argentina, replacing an ailing Juan Perón.

British and French troops landed on Tanna to end the attempted succession from the Anglo-French Condominium of the island in the New Hebrides.

President Nixon and Soviet General Secretary Brezhnev signed a ten year economic agreement in Moscow, and then flew on to Simferopal in Crimea for a trip to Brezhnev's beach home at Oreanada.

Mikhail Baryshnikov, Soviet ballet start, defected in Toronto.

Mexican Murualist Xavier Guerrero died at age 77.

Last prior edition:

Tuesday, June 11, 1974. The arrival of the end of Portuguese colonialism.