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What happend on 29. July in History
In our data base we found 316 events happened on 29. July:
• 238: Balbinus, Roman Emperor (b. 165) [category: Deaths]
• 238: Pupienus, Roman Emperor (b. 178) [category: Deaths]
• 238: The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor. [category: Events]
• 615: Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12. [category: Events]
• 904: Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week. [category: Events]
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• 1014: Byzantine–Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack. [category: Events]
• 1018: Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen. [category: Events]
• 1030: Olaf II of Norway (b. 995) [category: Deaths]
• 1030: Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes. [category: Events]
• 1095: Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. 1040) [category: Deaths]
• 1099: Pope Urban II (b. 1042) [category: Deaths]
• 1108: Philip I of France (b. 1052) [category: Deaths]
• 1166: Henry II, Count of Champagne (d. 1197) [category: Births]
• 1507: Martin Behaim, German-Bohemian navigator and geographer (b. 1459) [category: Deaths]
• 1565: The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1567: James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling. [category: Events]
• 1573: John Caius, English physician (b. 1510) [category: Deaths]
• 1588: Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France. [category: Events]
• 1605: Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659) [category: Births]
• 1612: Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554) [category: Deaths]
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• 1644: Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568) [category: Deaths]
• 1646: Johann Theile, German composer (d. 1724) [category: Births]
• 1693: War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands. [category: Events]
• 1752: Peter Warren, English admiral (b. 1703) [category: Deaths]
• 1763: Philip Charles Durham, Scottish navy admiral (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1781: Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1792: René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, French politician, Chancellor of France (b. 1714) [category: Deaths]
• 1793: John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there. [category: Events]
• 1797: Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879) [category: Births]
• 1801: George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1805: Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and scientist (d. 1859) [category: Births]
• 1806: Horace Abbott, American iron manufacturer and banker (d. 1887) [category: Births]
• 1813: Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771) [category: Deaths]
• 1817: Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter (d. 1900) [category: Births]
• 1833: William Wilberforce, English politician and philanthropist (b. 1759) [category: Deaths]
• 1836: Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France. [category: Events]
• 1839: Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755) [category: Deaths]
• 1843: Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901) [category: Births]
• 1844: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791) [category: Deaths]
• 1846: Isabel, Princess Imperial of Brazil (d. 1921) [category: Births]
• 1846: Sophie Menter, German pianist and composer (d. 1918) [category: Births]
• 1847: Cumberland School of Law is founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, one of only 15 law schools to exist in the United States at the end of 1847. [category: Events]
• 1848: Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, Ireland, United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police. [category: Events]
• 1849: Max Nordau, Austrian-Hungarian physician, author, and critic, co-founder of the World Zionist Organization (d. 1923) [category: Births]
• 1851: Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. [category: Events]
• 1856: Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Thomas Dick, Scottish minister, scientist, and writer (b. 1774) [category: Deaths]
• 1858: United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. [category: Events]
• 1860: Charles Cochrane-Baillie, 2nd Baron Lamington, English politician and administrator (d. 1940) [category: Births]
• 1864: American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C. [category: Events]
• 1869: Booth Tarkington, American novelist and playwright (d. 1946) [category: Births]
• 1872: Eric Alfred Knudsen, American author, lawyer, and politician (d. 1957) [category: Births]
• 1874: Auguste Giroux, French rugby player (d. 1953) [category: Births]
• 1874: J. S. Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1876: Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-American actress (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1878: Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1880: John Meyers, American swimmer and water polo player (d. 1971) [category: Births]
• 1883: Benito Mussolini, Italian politician, Dictator of Italy (d. 1945) [category: Births]
• 1883: Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1884: Ralph Austin Bard, American financier (d. 1975) [category: Births]
• 1885: Theda Bara, American actress (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1887: Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-American composer (d. 1951) [category: Births]
• 1887: Agostino Depretis, Italian politician, 9th Prime Minister of Italy (d. 1813) [category: Deaths]
• 1888: Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer and inventor, invented the Iconoscope (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1890: Daniel J. Callaghan, American navy officer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1890: Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Bernhard Zondek German-Israeli gynecologist (d. 1966) [category: Births]
• 1892: William Powell, American actor (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1897: Neil Ritchie, English general (d. 1983) [category: Births]
• 1898: Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1988) [category: Births]
• 1899: Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1899: The First Hague Convention is signed. [category: Events]
• 1900: Don Redman, American bandleader, musician, and composer (d. 1964) [category: Births]
• 1900: Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1976) [category: Births]
• 1900: Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1900: In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci. [category: Events]
• 1904: J. R. D. Tata, France-Indian aviator and businessman (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1904: Mahasi Sayadaw U Sobhana, Vipassana meditation master (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1905: Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965) [category: Births]
• 1905: Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish diplomat, economist, and author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961) [category: Births]
• 1905: Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1905: Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935) [category: Births]
• 1906: Diana Vreeland, French-American columnist and editor (d. 1989) [category: Births]
• 1907: Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1907: Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England, United Kingdom. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement. [category: Events]
• 1909: Chester Himes, American novelist (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1911: Archbishop Iakovos of America (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1911: Foster Furcolo, American politician, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995) [category: Births]
• 1913: Erich Priebke, German Waffen-SS captain [category: Births]
• 1913: Tobias Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838) [category: Deaths]
• 1914: Irwin Corey, American comedian, actor, and activist [category: Births]
• 1915: Bruce R. McConkie, American member of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and writer (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1915: Francis W. Sargent, American politician, 64th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1916: Budd Boetticher, American director (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1916: Charlie Christian, American guitarist (d. 1942) [category: Births]
• 1917: Rochus Misch, German courier, bodyguard, and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler, last survivor of the Führerbunker [category: Births]
• 1918: Edwin O'Connor, American novelist (d. 1968) [category: Births]
• 1918: Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863) [category: Deaths]
• 1920: Neville Jeffress, Australian advertising executive, founder of Sentia Media (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1920: Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974) [category: Births]
• 1920: Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. [category: Events]
• 1921: Chris Marker, French writer, photographer, and journalist (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1921: Richard Egan, American actor (d. 1987) [category: Births]
• 1921: Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. [category: Events]
• 1923: Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1923: Jim Marshall, English businessman, founder of Marshall Amplification (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1924: Elizabeth Short, American waitress and murder victim (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1924: Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: Robert Horton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1924: Sotirios Krokidas, Greek law professor, interim Prime Minister of Greece (b. 1852) [category: Deaths]
• 1925: Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer [category: Births]
• 1925: Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, Indian cartoonist [category: Births]
• 1925: Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player [category: Births]
• 1926: James Wellbeloved, English politician (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1927: Harry Mulisch, Dutch novelist, playwright, and poet (d. 2010) [category: Births]
• 1930: Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer [category: Births]
• 1932: Nancy Landon Kassebaum, American politician [category: Births]
• 1932: Great Depression: in Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. [category: Events]
• 1933: Colin Davis, English race car driver (d. 2012) [category: Births]
• 1933: Lou Albano, Italian-American wrestler, manager, and actor (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1933: Robert Fuller, American actor [category: Births]
• 1934: Didier Pitre, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883) [category: Deaths]
• 1935: Peter Schreier, German tenor and conductor [category: Births]
• 1936: Elizabeth Dole, American politician [category: Births]
• 1937: Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate [category: Births]
• 1937: Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians. [category: Events]
• 1938: Jean Rochon, Canadian politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Peter Jennings, Canadian-American journalist (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1938: Nikolai Krylenko, Russian jurist and politician (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1941: David Warner, English actor [category: Births]
• 1941: Goenawan Mohamad, Indonesian poet and journalist [category: Births]
• 1941: Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007) [category: Births]
• 1942: Tony Sirico, American actor [category: Births]
• 1943: David Taylor, English snooker player [category: Births]
• 1945: Mircea Lucescu, Romanian footballer, manager, and coach [category: Births]
• 1945: Sharon Creech, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1945: The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. [category: Events]
• 1946: Diane Keen, English actress [category: Births]
• 1946: Neal Doughty, American keyboard player, songwriter, and producer (REO Speedwagon) [category: Births]
• 1946: Stig Blomqvist, Swedish World Rally Champion (1984) [category: Births]
• 1946: Ximena Armas, Chilean painter [category: Births]
• 1947: Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 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, Germany, open in London, England, United Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1949: Jamil Mahuad, Ecuadorian lawyer and politician, 51st President of Ecuador [category: Births]
• 1949: Leslie Easterbrook, American actress [category: Births]
• 1949: Sergio Martini, Italian mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1950: Mike Starr, American actor [category: Births]
• 1950: Joe Fry, English race car driver (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1950: Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn. [category: Events]
• 1951: Dan Driessen, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1951: Dean Pitchford, American actor, songwriter, director and writer [category: Births]
• 1952: Marie Panayotopoulos-Cassiotou, Greek politician [category: Births]
• 1953: Geddy Lee, Canadian singer-songwriter, bass player, and producer (Rush and Big Dirty Band) [category: Births]
• 1953: Ken Burns, American director and producer [category: Births]
• 1953: Patti Scialfa, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (E Street Band) [category: Births]
• 1953: Tim Gunn, American television host and businessman [category: Births]
• 1954: Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879) [category: Deaths]
• 1955: Dave Stevens, American illustrator (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1955: Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor, director, and screenwriter [category: Births]
• 1956: Faustino Rupérez, Spanish cyclist [category: Births]
• 1956: Ronnie Musgrove, American politician, 62nd Governor of Mississippi [category: Births]
• 1956: Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator [category: Births]
• 1957: Alessandra Marc, American soprano [category: Births]
• 1957: Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast [category: Births]
• 1957: The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. [category: Events]
• 1958: Cynthia Rowley, American fashion designer and author [category: Births]
• 1958: U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). [category: Events]
• 1959: Dave LaPoint, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1959: John Sykes, English singer-songwriter and guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang, and Blue Murder) [category: Births]
• 1959: Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and illustrator [category: Births]
• 1959: Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1959: First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. [category: Events]
• 1962: Frank Neubarth, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1962: Scott Steiner, American wrestler [category: Births]
• 1962: Vincent Rousseau, Belgian runner [category: Births]
• 1962: Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flute player and educator (b. 1875) [category: Deaths]
• 1963: Alexandra Paul, American actress [category: Births]
• 1963: Graham Poll, English football referee [category: Births]
• 1963: Jim Beglin, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1964: Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885) [category: Deaths]
• 1965: Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-American novelist [category: Births]
• 1965: Dean Haglund, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1965: Luis Alicea, Puerto Rican baseball player and coach [category: Births]
• 1965: Woody Weatherman, American guitarist and songwriter (Corrosion of Conformity) [category: Births]
• 1965: Vietnam War: the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. [category: Events]
• 1966: Martina McBride, American singer-songwriter and producer [category: Births]
• 1966: Richard Steven Horvitz, American voice actor [category: Births]
• 1966: Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian military governor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian military leader (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1967: During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. [category: Events]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1968: Paavo Lötjönen, Finnish cellist (Apocalyptica) [category: Births]
• 1968: Rodney Allen Rippy, American actor [category: Births]
• 1969: Timothy Omundson, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: Andi Peters, English journalist and producer [category: Births]
• 1970: John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer [category: Births]
• 1970: Jonah Falcon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1970: John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1971: Andrea Philipp, German sprinter [category: Births]
• 1971: Bryan Dattilo, American actor [category: Births]
• 1971: Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1971: Monica Calhoun, American actress [category: Births]
• 1972: Wil Wheaton, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Denis Urubko, Kazakhstani mountaineer [category: Births]
• 1973: Stephen Dorff, American actor [category: Births]
• 1973: Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men) [category: Births]
• 1973: Norm Smith, Australian footballer and coach (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Roger Williamson, English race car driver (b. 1948) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi. [category: Events]
• 1974: Afroman, American rapper [category: Births]
• 1974: Josh Radnor, American actor [category: Births]
• 1974: Cass Elliot, American singer (The Mamas & the Papas, The Big Three, and The Mugwumps) (b. 1941) [category: Deaths]
• 1974: Erich Kästner, German author and poet (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1975: Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer [category: Births]
• 1975: Lanka de Silva, Sri Lankan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1976: Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: In New York, New York, David Berkowitz (aka the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. [category: Events]
• 1977: Rodney Jerkins, American rapper, songwriter, and producer [category: Births]
• 1978: Marina Lazarovska, Macedonian tennis player [category: Births]
• 1978: Mike Adams, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ronald Murray, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 1979: Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898) [category: Deaths]
• 1980: Fernando González, Chilean tennis player [category: Births]
• 1980: Rachel Miner, American actress [category: Births]
• 1980: Ryan Braun, Canadian-American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1981: Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer [category: Births]
• 1981: Dyana Liu, American actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Emily Bauer, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1981: Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver [category: Births]
• 1981: Matt Grice, American mixed martial artist [category: Births]
• 1981: Troy Perkins, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1981: Robert Moses, American urban planner, designed the Northern State Parkway and Southern State Parkway (b. 1888) [category: Deaths]
• 1981: A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London. [category: Events]
• 1982: Allison Mack, American actress [category: Births]
• 1982: Dominic Burgess, English actor [category: Births]
• 1982: Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Harold Sakata, American wrestler and actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope (b. 1889) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian ice hockey player [category: Births]
• 1983: Elise Testone, American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1983: Ines Gomez Mont, Mexican journalist and actress [category: Births]
• 1983: Jerious Norwood, American football player [category: Births]
• 1983: Kim Dong-wook, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1983: Tania Gunadi, Indonesian-American actress [category: Births]
• 1983: David Niven, English actor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Luis Buñuel, Spanish director and writer (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1983: Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Chad Billingsley, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1984: J. Madison Wright Morris, American actress (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1984: Oh Beom-Seok, South Korean footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Todd Bosley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1984: Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer [category: Births]
• 1984: Fred Waring, American musician, bandleader, and banker (b. 1900) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Besart Berisha, Albanian footballer [category: Births]
• 1985: Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player [category: Births]
• 1986: Adam Weisman, American actor [category: Births]
• 1987: Génesis Rodríguez, American actress [category: Births]
• 1987: Sabra Johnson, Dutch-American dancer [category: Births]
• 1987: Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian-Bengali writer (b. 1894) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). [category: Events]
• 1987: Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J.R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. [category: Events]
• 1988: Alexander Lee Eusebio, Chinese singer (U-KISS) [category: Births]
• 1988: Sabrina van der Donk, Dutch model, Miss Earth 2006 [category: Births]
• 1990: Anna Selezneva, Russian model [category: Births]
• 1990: Joseph Wallace, American murder victim (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1990: Matt Prokop, American actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Munro Chambers, Canadian actor [category: Births]
• 1990: Penny Bae Bridges, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Shin Se-kyung, South Korean actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Valentina Golubenko, Russian-Estonian-Croatian chess player [category: Births]
• 1990: Bruno Kreisky, Austrian politician, 22nd Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Maestro Harrell, American actor [category: Births]
• 1991: Miki Ishikawa, American actress and singer (T-Squad) [category: Births]
• 1992: Karen Torrez, Bolivian swimmer [category: Births]
• 1992: Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free. [category: Events]
• 1994: Dorothy Hodgkin, English chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1994: John Britton, American physician (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1995: Kiray, Filipino actress [category: Births]
• 1995: Les Elgart, American trumpet player and bandleader (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Jason Thirsk, American singer and bass player (Pennywise and Humble Gods) (b. 1967) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 1996: The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad . [category: Events]
• 1998: Jerome Robbins, American choreographer, director, and producer (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Wau Holland, German hacker, co-founded Chaos Computer Club (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean soldier, founder and leader of Revolutionary United Front (b. 1937) [category: Deaths]
• 2004: Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 2005: Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. [category: Events]
• 2007: Marvin Zindler, American journalist (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Mike Reid, English comedian, actor, and author (b. 1940) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Tom Snyder, American journalist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Ishmeet Singh, Indian singer (b. 1988) [category: Deaths]
• 2009: Gayatri Devi, England-Indian wife of Sawai Man Singh II (b. 1919) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: Charles E. Wicks, American engineer, author, and academic (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2010: An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths. [category: Events]
• 2012: August Kowalczyk, Polish actor, director, and Holocaust survivor (b. 1921) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John P. Finnegan, American actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: John Stampe, Danish footballer and coach (b. 1957) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer and teacher (b. 1929) [category: Deaths]
• _: Christian Feast Day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Tiger Day [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: July 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Lupus of Troyes [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Martha of Bethany (Catholic, Anglican, and Lutheran Church) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Anthem Day (Romania) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: National Thai Language Day (Thailand) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Olaf II of Norway [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Ólavsøka, opening of the Løgting session. (Faroe Islands) [category: Holidays and observances]