29 June

On 29 June, 2006, Mickey Smith initiated the launch of a cruise missile at 10 Downing Street using a password given by the Ninth Doctor, under orders of Harriet Jones. (TV: World War Three)

Amongst the other notable things that occurred on this day were:
 * 1613 - Francis Pearson set fire to the Globe Theatre on opening night for William Shakespeare's last play, Henry VIII. Pearson was later attacked and consumed by the Mimic, becoming the being later known as Persona. (PROSE: Managra)
 * 1692 - Rebecca Nurse was tried by judge William Stoughton in Salem Village for the offence of being a supposed witch and for the murder of six newborns. She pleaded not guilty, although the jury thought otherwise. (PROSE: The Witch Hunters)
 * 1934 - Hitler ordered a blood purge of the SA Brown Shirts. As many as two thousand were executed in one day. (PROSE: Timewyrm: Exodus)

Behind the scenes

 * 1927 - Actor Tommy Wright was born.
 * 1943 - Actor Maureen O'Brien was born.