Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index July 29 is the 210th day (211th in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 155 days remaining. Table of contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observations 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 January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December This article is from Wikipedia. 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