 Well, today is Saturday, June 29th, the 181st day of 2024. Today's highlight in history on June 29th, 2007, the first version of the iPhone went on sale to the public. Over 2.3 billion iPhones have been sold to date. In 1613, London's original Globe Theatre, where many of Shakespeare's plays were performed, was destroyed by a fire sparked by a cannon shot during a performance of Henry VIII.