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"I’ll parade with those who are alone like me. They exist. They are very few, but they exist. I’ll find them." –Oriana Fallaci HRZemérides, June 29 #TodayInHistory • 1888 – George Edward Gouraud records Handel's Israel in Egypt onto a phonograph cylinder, thought for many years to be the oldest known recording of music. • 1952 – The first Miss Universe pageant is held. Armi Kuusela from Finland wins the title of Miss Universe 1952. • 1974 – Vice President Isabel Perón assumes powers and duties as Acting President of Argentina, while her husband President Juan Perón is terminally ill. • 2007 – Apple Inc. releases its first mobile phone, the iPhone. ->Births 1900 – Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, French poet and pilot, author of The Little Prince, one of the best-selling books in history. 1920 – Ray Harryhausen, American animator and producer, regarded as “cinema’s sole visual effects auteur". 1929 – Oriana Fallaci, Italian journalist and author, became famous worldwide for her coverage of war and revolution during the 60s, 70s, and 80s. 1993 – Oliver Tree, American singer-songwriter, classified as a "genre-defying musician", died in a helicopter crash in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on June 2026. ->Deaths 1982 – Pierre Balmain, French fashion designer, founder of leading post-war fashion house Balmain. 2002 – Rosemary Clooney, American singer and actress, mother of actor Miguel "Bob Morton" Ferrer and the aunt of actor George Clooney. 2003 – Katharine Hepburn, American actress, the greatest female star of classic Hollywood cinema. 2018 – Steve Ditko, American comic writer and illustrator, co-created Spider-Man and Dr. Strange, ardent supporter of Ayn Rand's Objectivism, one of the most prolific and influential sequential artists of all time. Full week megapost + Videos + Extras + HRZ support: https://ko-fi.com/hrzgraph [H]ave a good one