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Day of the year
July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar ; 155 days remain until the end of the year.
Events 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars : Battle of Kleidion : Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.1030 - Ladejarl -Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad - King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes .1565 - Mary Queen of Scots , widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley , Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh , Scotland .1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling .1588 - Anglo-Spanish War : Battle of Gravelines - English naval forces under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish Armada 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.1830 - Abdication of Charles X of France .1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris .1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon , Tennessee , USA . At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States .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 sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England . The camp ran from August 1 -9, 1907 , and is regarded as the founding of the Scouting movement.1920 - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project .1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party .1932 - Great Depression : In Washington, DC , U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army " of World War I veterans.1937 - Tongzhou Incident 1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music .1948 - Olympic Games : The Games of the XIV Olympiad - After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II , the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin opened in London .1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.1958 - The U.S. Congress formally creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA ).1959 - First Congressional elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union .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 U.S. 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 , leaving approximately 500 dead.
1976 - In New York City , the "Son of Sam " kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.1987 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel ).1987 - Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issues.
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 .2005 - Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris .2007 - The ruling coalition of Japan lost its majority in the upper house after the election .Births 1166 - Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197 )1605 - Simon Dach , German poet (d. 1659 )1763 - Philip Charles Durham , Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1845 )1797 - Daniel Drew , American financier (d. 1879 )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 and Zionist leader (d. 1923 )1869 - Booth Tarkington , American author (d. 1946 )1872 - Eric Alfred Knudsen , American folklorist (d. 1957 )1874 - James Shaver Woodsworth , Canadian politician (d. 1942 )1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya , Russian-born actress (d. 1949 )1878 - Don Marquis , American author (d. 1937 )1883 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob , Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942 )1883 - Benito Mussolini , Italian dictator (d. 1945 )
1884 - Ralph A. Bard , U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975 )1885 - Theda Bara , American film actress (d. 1955 )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 )1900 - Don Redman , American musician (d. 1964 )
1904 - J. R. D. Tata , Indian industrialist (d. 1993 )1905 - Clara Bow , American actress (d. 1965 )1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld , Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General , Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961 )
1905 - Thelma Todd , American actress (d. 1935 )
1905 - Stanley Kunitz , American poet (d. 2006 )
1906 - Diana Vreeland , French-born fashion editor (d. 1989 )1907 - Melvin Belli , American lawyer and actor (d. 1996 )1911 - Foster Furcolo , 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995 )1911 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (d. 2005 )
1913 - Erich Priebke , Nazi war criminal1914 - Irwin Corey , American stand-up comedian1915 - Francis W. Sargent , 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998 )1916 - Charlie Christian , American jazz guitarist (d. 1942 )1916 - Budd Boetticher , American film director (d. 2001 )
1918 - Edwin O'Connor , American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1968 )1920 - Rodolfo Acosta , Mexican actor (d. 1974 )1920 - Neville Jeffress , Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007 )
1921 - Richard Egan , American actor (d. 1987 )1923 - Jim Marshall , founder of Marshall Amplification 1923 - Gordon Mitchell , American actor (d. 2003 )
1924 - Lloyd Bochner , Canadian actor (d. 2005 )1924 - Elizabeth Short , victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947 )
1925 - Mikis Theodorakis , Greek composer1925 - Ted Lindsay , Canadian hockey player
1927 - Harry Mulisch , Dutch author1929 - Jean Baudrillard , French philosopher1930 - Paul Taylor , American dancer and choreographer1932 - Nancy Kassebaum Baker , United States Senator from Kansas 1933 - Lou Albano , American pro wrestling manager1933 - Colin Davis , British racing driver
1933 - Robert Fuller , American actor
1935 - Peter Schreier , German tenor1936 - Elizabeth Dole , U.S. Senator from North Carolina 1937 - Daniel McFadden , American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate 1938 - Peter Jennings , Canadian-born journalist (d. 2005 )1938 - Jean Rochon , Quebec politician
1941 - Jennifer Dunn , American politician (d. 2007 )1941 - David Warner , English actor
1942 - Tony Sirico , American actor1943 - David Taylor , English snooker player1946 - Neal Doughty , American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon )1946 - Diane Keen , English actress
1947 - Dick Harmon , American golf instructor (d. 2006 )1951 - Dan Driessen , American baseball player1953 - Ken Burns , American producer and director1953 - Geddy Lee , Canadian bassist and singer (Rush )
1953 - Patti Scialfa , American singer, guitarist and songwriter
1953 - Tim Gunn , American television personality
1955 - Dave Stevens , American illustrator1955 - Jean-Hugues Anglade , French actor
1956 - Teddy Atlas , American boxing trainer and commentator1956 - Ronnie Musgrove , Former Governor of Mississippi
1957 - Nellie Kim , Russian gymnast1957 - Alessandra Marc , American operatic soprano
1959 - Sanjay Dutt , Indian actor1959 - Ruud Janssen , Dutch writer and artist
1959 - Dave LaPoint , American baseball player
1959 - John Sykes , British guitarist (Thin Lizzy , Whitesnake , Tygers of Pan Tang )
1963 - Graham Poll , English football referee1963 - Jim Beglin , Irish football commentator
1963 - Alexandra Paul , American actress
1965 - Chang-Rae Lee , Korean-born author1965 - Luis Alicea , baseball coach
1965 - Dean Haglund , Canadian actor
1966 - Martina McBride , American singer1966 - Richard Steven Horvitz , American comic voiceactor
1966 - Scott Steiner , American professional wrestler
1969 - Adele Stevens , English model and erotic actress1971 - Monica Calhoun , American actress1972 - Wil Wheaton , American actor1973 - Stephen Dorff , American actor1973 - Wanya Morris , American singer (Boyz II Men )
1974 - Josh Radnor , American actor1975 - Corrado Grabbi , Italian footballer1979 - Karim Essediri , Tunisian footballer1979 - Ronald Murray , American basketball player
1980 - Ryan Braun , Canadian baseball player1980 - Fernando González , Chilean tennis player
1980 - Rachel Miner , American actress
1981 - Fernando Alonso , Spanish two time formula 1 world champion1981 - Andrés Madrid , Argentine footballer
1982 - Janez Aljančič , Slovenian footballer1982 - Jônatas Domingos , Brazilian footballer
1982 - Allison Mack , American actress
1983 - Alexei Kaigorodov , Russian hockey player1984 - Chad Billingsley , American baseball player1991 - Miki Ishikawa , American actressDeaths 238 - Pupienus , Roman Emperor 238 - Balbinus , Roman Emperor
1030 - Olaf II of Norway (b. 995 )1099 - Pope Urban II (b. 1042 )1108 - Philip I of France (b. 1052 )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 admiral1781 - Johann Kies , German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713 )1792 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou , Chancellor of France (b. 1714 )1813 - Jean-Andoche Junot , French general (b. 1771 )1833 - William Wilberforce , English abolitionist (b. 1759 )1839 - Gaspard de Prony , French mathematician (b. 1755 )1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart , Austrian composer (b. 1791 )1856 - Robert Schumann , German composer (b. 1810 )1857 - Thomas Dick , Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774 )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, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838 )1918 - Ernest William Christmas , Australian painter (b. 1863 )1934 - Didier Pitre , French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883 )1938 - Nikolai Krylenko , Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885 )1950 - Joe Fry , British racing driver (b. 1915 )1954 - Coen de Koning , Dutch speed skater (b. 1879 )1964 - Vean Gregg , American baseball player (b. 1885 )1970 - John Barbirolli , English conductor (b. 1899 )1973 - Roger Williamson , English racing driver (b. 1948 )1974 - Cass Elliot , American musician (b. 1941 )1974 - Erich Kästner , German author (b. 1899 )
1976 - Mickey Cohen , American gangster (b. 1913 )1979 - Herbert Marcuse , German philosopher (b. 1898 )1979 - Bill Todman , American television producer (b. 1916 )
1981 - Robert Moses , American urban planner (b. 1888 )1982 - Harold Sakata , Japanese-American actor (b. 1920 )1982 - Vladimir Zworykin , Russian physicist and inventor (b. 1889 )
1983 - Luis Buñuel , Spanish director (b. 1900 )1983 - Raymond Massey , Canadian actor (b. 1896 )
1983 - David Niven , English actor (b. 1910 )
1984 - Fred Waring , American band leader and inventor (b. 1900 )1990 - Bruno Kreisky , Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911 )1992 - Michel Larocque , French-Canadian hockey player (b. 1952 )1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin , British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910 )1996 - Ric Nordman , Canadian politician (b. 1919 )1996 - Jason Thirsk , American bassist (Pennywise ) (b. 1967 )
1996 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger , French mathematician (b. 1920 )
1998 - Jerome Robbins , American choreographer (b. 1918 )2001 - Edward Gierek , Polish politician (b. 1913 )2001 - Wau Holland , German computer hacker (b. 1951 )
2003 - Foday Sankoh , Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937 )2004 - Rena Vlahopoulou , Greek actress and singer (b. 1923 )2007 - Mike Reid , English comedian and actor (b. 1940 )2007 - Michel Serrault , French actor (b. 1928 )
2007 - Tom Snyder , American television personality (b. 1936 )
2007 - Marvin Zindler , American television reporter (b. 1921 ) Holidays and observations Roman Catholicism
Saint Eugenius , king [Magdeburg]Saint Felix I , pope, and companions (Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix , (siblings)), martyrs [common]Saint Ladislas , king, confessor (Deposition) [Hungary]Saint Lupus , bishop of Troyes , confessor [Cologne, Constance, Metz, Paris, France]Saint Olaf II of Norway , king of Norway, martyr, patron of woodcarvers [Sleswig, Scandinavia] - celebrated in Norway as Olsok (St. Olav's Day)Saint Pantaleon [Paris]Saint Beatrice of Nazareth Saint Martha , host of Christ, sister of Lazarus , patron saint of cooks, domestic staff and dieticians [common]Saint Serafina External links
