July 29rd Events |
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| July 29th, 2005 (July 29 2005) | Event | Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris. | |
| July 29th, 1996 (July 29 1996) | Event | The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court. | |
| July 29th, 1993 (July 29 1993) | Event | The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free. | |
| July 29th, 1987 (July 29 1987) | Event | British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France Francois Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). | Margaret Thatcher Quotes |
| July 29th, 1987 (July 29 1987) | Event | Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issues. | |
| July 29th, 1981 (July 29 1981) | Event | Marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer. | |
| July 29th, 1976 (July 29 1976) | Event | In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. | |
| July 29th, 1967 (July 29 1967) | Event | 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. | |
| July 29th, 1967 (July 29 1967) | Event | At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. | |
| July 29th, 1965 (July 29 1965) | Event | Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. | |
| July 29th, 1959 (July 29 1959) | Event | First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. | |
| July 29th, 1958 (July 29 1958) | Event | U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). | Dwight D. Eisenhower Quotes |
| July 29th, 1957 (July 29 1957) | Event | The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. | |
| July 29th, 1948 (July 29 1948) | Event | Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV OlympiadAfter 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. | |
| July 29th, 1945 (July 29 1945) | Event | The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. | |
| July 29th, 1937 (July 29 1937) | Event | Tongzhou Incident | |
| July 29th, 1932 (July 29 1932) | Event | Great Depression: In Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. | |
| July 29th, 1921 (July 29 1921) | Event | Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. | Adolf Hitler Quotes |
| July 29th, 1920 (July 29 1920) | Event | Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. | |
| July 29th, 1907 (July 29 1907) | Event | Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of Englandied in The camp ran from August 1-9, 1907, and is regarded as the founding of the Scouting movement. | Robert South Quotes |
| July 29th, 1900 (July 29 1900) | Event | In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci. | |
| July 29th, 1899 (July 29 1899) | Event | The First Hague Convention is signed. | |
| July 29th, 1864 (July 29 1864) | Event | American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. | |
| July 29th, 1858 (July 29 1858) | Event | United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. | |
| July 29th, 1851 (July 29 1851) | Event | Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. | |
| July 29th, 1848 (July 29 1848) | Event | Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary RevoltIn Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police. | |
| July 29th, 1847 (July 29 1847) | Event | Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States. | |
| July 29th, 1836 (July 29 1836) | Event | Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. | |
| July 29th, 1830 (July 29 1830) | Event | Abdication of Charles X of France. | |
| July 29th, 1793 (July 29 1793) | Event | John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there. | |
| July 29th, 1693 (July 29 1693) | Event | War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of LandenFrance wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands. | |
| July 29th, 1588 (July 29 1588) | Event | Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of GravelinesEnglish naval forces under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France. | |
| July 29th, 1567 (July 29 1567) | Event | James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling. | |
| July 29th, 1565 (July 29 1565) | Event | Mary Queen of Scots, widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. | |
| July 29th, 1030 (July 29 1030) | Event | Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of StiklestadKing Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes. | |
| July 29th, 1014 (July 29 1014) | Event | 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. | |
