Wikipedia: July 29

July 29
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July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining.

Events

1014 - Battle of Kleidion: Basil II inflicts not only a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, but his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.
1567 - James VI was crowned at Stirling.
1588 - Battle of Gravelines: The Spanish Armada is defeated by an English naval force under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake off the coast of Gravelines, France.
1693 - The Battle of Landen
1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put-down by police.
1851 - A De Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
1858 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
1864 - American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.
1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell founds the Boy Scouts movement with the first scout camp at Brownsea Island.
1932 - Great Depression: In Washington, DC, US troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched, aimed at mainstream light entertainment and music.
1947 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a refurbishment, ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, is turned on after a memory upgrade. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
1954 - First ascent of K2.
1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1958 - The United States Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1965 - Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
1967 - Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam in the Gulf of Tonkin, fire sweeps the USS Forrestal, in the worst US naval disaster since World War II (134 American servicemen are killed, 62 injured, 21 planes are destroyed and 42 more are damaged).
1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" pulls a gun from a paper bag killing one and seriously wounding another in the first of a series of attacks that terrorized the city for the next year.
1981 - Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.
1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
1996 - The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a US federal court.

Births

1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville,historian, political scientist († 1859)
1869 - Booth Tarkington, author (+ 1946)
1871 - Grigori Rasputin, Russian spiritualist († 1916)
1874 - James Shaver Woodsworth, Methodist minister, social worker, politician († 1942)
1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya, actress († 1949)
1878 - Don Marquis, author († 1937)
1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator († 1945)
1887 - Sigmund Romberg, composer († 1951)
1892 - William Powell, actor († 1984)
1905 - Clara Bow, actress († 1965)
1905 - Thelma Todd, actress († 1935)
1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General († 1961)
1906 - Diana Vreeland, fashion editor († 1989)
1907 - Melvin Belli, attorney, actor († 1996)
1924 - Lloyd Bochner, actor
1926 - Don Carter, bowler
1928 - Jane Barbe, voice of the telephone operator recording († 2003)
1930 - Paul Taylor, dancer, choreographer
1932 - Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, US Senator (1978-1996)
1938 - Peter Jennings, television news anchor
1941 - David Warner, actor
1949 - Vida Blue, Major League Baseball player
1953 - Ken Burns, television producer and director
1953 - Geddy Lee of Rush, musician
1959 - Ruud Janssen, Teacher, writer, artist, active in mail art
1965 - Chang-Rae Lee, author
1972 - Wil Wheaton, actor
1973 - Stephen Dorff, actor
1974 - Josemon Andrews, Blesses The Earth

Deaths

238 - Pupienus and Balbinus, Roman emperors, assassinated
1099 - Pope Urban II
1644 - Pope Urban VIII
1833 - William Wilberforce, campaigner against slavery
1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter
1900 - King Umberto I of Italy
1951 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author
1954 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater
1970 - John Barbirolli, conductor
1974 - Mama Cass Elliott, musician
1975 - James Blish, science fiction writer
1979 - Bill Todman, game show producer
1983 - David Niven, actor
1983 - Raymond Massey, actor
1984 - Fred Waring, band leader, inventor
2001 - Henryk Jablonski, Polish president

Holidays and observations

See Also:

July 28 - July 30 - June 29 - August 29 -- listing of all days

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