On This Day for June 29 - London's Globe Theatre destroyed by fire, Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga is featured, and more

This message contains graphics. If you do not see the graphics, [click here to view](. June 29 [Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga, 1999.]( FEATURED BIOGRAPHY 1945 Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratunga [READ MORE]( [Globe Theatre]( FEATURED EVENT 1613 London's Globe Theatre destroyed by fire [READ MORE]( Advertisement Advertisement [Earth's To-Do List]( MORE EVENTS ON THIS DAY [Bernie Madoff (centre) leaving a federal court in New York, 2009.] 2009: American hedge-fund investment manager [Bernie Madoff]( received a sentence of up to 150 years in prison for operating the largest [Ponzi scheme]( in history. [Hepburn, Katharine] 2003: American actress [Katharine Hepburn]( spirited performer with a touch of eccentricity who introduced into her roles a strength of character previously considered to be undesirable in Hollywood leading ladies—died in Connecticut. [Carmichael, Stokely] 1941: [Stokely Carmichael]( a [civil rights]( activist and a leader of [black nationalism]( in the United States in the 1960s, was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad. [Townshend Acts] 1767: The [Townshend Revenue Act]( an import tax on tea and other goods, was imposed on the American colonists by British Chancellor [Charles Townshend]( bringing the Americans one step closer to revolution. [Cartier, Jacques] 1534: French mariner [Jacques Cartier]( discovered [Prince Edward Island]( off the coast of what is now [Canada](. [Balkan Wars map.] 1913: Following a year of war with the [Ottoman Empire]( members of the victorious [Balkan League]( quarreled over the division of the conquered territories, resulting in the [Second Balkan War]( when [Bulgaria]( attacked Greek and Serbian forces in [Macedonia]( this night. [SEE ALL EVENTS ON THIS DAY]( ALSO BORN ON THIS DAY 1900 [Antoine de Saint-Exupéry]( French author 1941 [Stokely Carmichael]( West Indian-American activist 1920 [Ray Harryhausen]( American filmmaker 1911 [Bernard Herrmann]( American composer and conductor 1957 [Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov]( president of Turkmenistan 1908 [Leroy Anderson]( American musician [SEE ALL BIOS ON THIS DAY]( Advertisement FOLLOW: [Facebook]( [Twitter]( [YouTube]( To unsubscribe from Britannica e-mails, [click here](. Encyclopædia Britannica 325 N. LaSalle Street, Suite 200 Chicago, Illinois 60654 United States © 2019 Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc. [Privacy Policy]( • [Help](