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.
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Events
- 1014 - Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts 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.
- 1030 - King Olaf II fights and dies in the Battle of Stiklestad, trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
- 1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland 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 - War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen - France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
- 1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
- 1848 - "Deşteaptă-te, române!" ("Wake up, O, Romania!", Romania's national anthem) is first sung in Râmnicu Vâlcea during the 1848 Revolution.
- 1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
- 1851 - Annibale 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.
- 1899 - The First Hague Convention is signed.
- 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 with the first scout camp at Brownsea Island.
- 1920 - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
- 1932 - Great Depression: In Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
- 1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
- 1947 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a memory upgrade, ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, is reactivated. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
- 1948 - After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics opened in London, United Kingdom.
- 1954 - The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of The Lord of the Rings, is published in the UK.
- 1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
- 1958 - The U.S. 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 the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst US naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
- 1967 - At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake. The phenomenon lasted for 35 seconds, leaving aproximately 500 deaths.
- 1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounding another in the first of a series of attacks.
- 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 controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.
- 2004 - U.S. Senator John F. Kerry of Massachusetts accepts the Democratic nomination for President of the United States at the 2004 Democratic National Convention in Boston, Massachusetts.
- 2005 - System Administrator Appreciation Day
- 2005 - Astonomers discover 10th planet.
Births
- 1166 - Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)
- 1605 - Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659)
- 1801 - George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
- 1843 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
- 1849 - Max Nordau, Austrian author, philosopher, and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
- 1865 - Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
- 1869 - Booth Tarkington, American author (d. 1946)
- 1874 - James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian minister, social worker, and politician (d. 1942)
- 1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born actress (d. 1949)
- 1878 - Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
- 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
- 1883 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
- 1884 - Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
- 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1951)
- 1892 - William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1897 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
- 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
- 1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1976)
- 1904 - J. R. D. Tata, French pioneer aviator and entrepreneur (d. 1993)
- 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish UN Secretary-General, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1961)
- 1905 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet
- 1905 - Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935)
- 1906 - Diana Vreeland, French-born fashion editor (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
- 1913 - Erich Priebke, Nazi war criminal
- 1920 - Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974)
- 1924 - Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor
- 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
- 1927 - Harry Mulisch, Dutch author
- 1929 - Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
- 1930 - Paul Taylor, American dancer amd choreographer
- 1932 - Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, U.S. Senator
- 1935 - Peter Schreier, German tenor
- 1936 - Elizabeth Dole, U.S. senator
- 1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize laureate
- 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born television journalist (d. 2005)
- 1941 - David Warner, Canadian actor
- 1942 - Tony Sirico, Italian-American actor
- 1943 - David Taylor, English snooker player
- 1949 - Vida Blue, baseball player
- 1953 - Ken Burns, American producer and director
- 1953 - Geddy Lee, Canadian musician (Rush)
- 1957 - Nelli Kim, Russian gymnast
- 1959 - Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and artist
- 1959 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
- 1965 - Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author
- 1966 - Martina McBride, American singer
- 1972 - Wil Wheaton, American actor
- 1973 - Stephen Dorff, American actor
- 1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer Boyz II Men
- 1979 - Abs Breen, English singer
- 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
- 1989 - God
Deaths
- 238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
- 238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor (assassinated)
- 1030 - King Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
- 1099 - Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
- 1108 - King Philip I of France (b. 1081)
- 1507 - Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)
- 1612 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
- 1644 - Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
- 1752 - Peter Warren, British admiral
- 1813 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (suicide) (b. 1771)
- 1833 - William Wilberforce, English campaigner against slavery (b. 1759)
- 1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
- 1856 - Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
- 1887 - Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)
- 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1900 - King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
- 1913 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1838)
- 1951 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (b. 1883)
- 1954 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
- 1970 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
- 1970 - George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
- 1974 - Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
- 1974 - Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
- 1975 - James Blish, American writer (b. 1921)
- 1979 - Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
- 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1981 - Robert Moses, New York public works official (b. 1888)
- 1982 - Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (b. 1889)
- 1983 - David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
- 1983 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
- 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
- 1984 - Fred Waring, American band leader and inventor (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
- 1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel Prize laurete (b. 1910)
- 1996 - Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise) (b. 1967)
- 2001 - Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Henryk Jablonski, President of Poland (b. 1909)
- 2001 - Wau Holland, German hacker (b. 1951]])
- 2003 - Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek comedienne and actress (b. 1923)
Holidays and observations
- Norway - St. Olav's Day
- Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint Olaf (Olaf II of Norway), patron of woodcarvers
- Roman Catholic Church - Feast of Saint Martha, sister of Lazarus, patron of cooks and dieticians
- Faroe Islands - Ólavsøka: opening of the Løgting session
- National Anthem Day in Romania
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