July 29

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on July 29. From 1900 until now. July 29 is under the sign of Leo. Famous birthdays on this day include Sanjay Dutt (1959), Fernando Alonso (1981) and Jean-Hugues Anglade (1955). Several movies were released around July 29 over the years, such as Picnic at Hanging Rock in 1975 directed by Peter Weir and To Catch a Thief in 1955 directed by Alfred Hitchcock.
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2019 War in Afghanistan: An Afghan National Army soldier kills two United States Army soldiers in Kandahar, Afghanistan, which local police suspect is an insider attack. The killer is believed to be wounded. (BBC)
2018 2018 Pacific typhoon season: Typhoon Jongdari hits central and western Japan, injuring at least 21 people and cutting power to tens of thousands of homes. The typhoon is the latest in the series of weather events to affect the country, following devastating floods and a fatal heat wave earlier in the month. (BBC)
2017 South African Premier Division: Two people die and 17 others are injured in a stampede at the First National Bank Stadium in Soweto, near Johannesburg, South Africa, during a soccer match between Orlando Pirates and Kaizer Chiefs. (Mail and Guardian) (BBC)
2016 The Nigerian military commences bombing militants in Lagos and Ogun States with many militants reported dead. (The Eagle)
2015 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): The Afghan government claims that Taliban leader Mohammad Omar died in April 2013 in Pakistan of natural causes. (BBC) (Reuters)
2014 The Ukrainian Azov Battalion say that they and the 39th battalion of the Dnipropetrovsk territorial defense have recaptured control of Novy Svit in Donetsk Oblast from pro-Russian insurgents. (Kyiv Post)
2013 Iraqi insurgency (2011–13):: A wave of twelve car bombs targeting Shiite communities in Iraq kills at least 44 people. (Reuters)
2012 Syrian Civil War (2011–present):
2011 2011 Syrian uprising
2010 Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding (pictured) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods.
2009 Nigerian battles
2008 Wall Street investment bank and brokerage company Merrill Lynch reports it will take a US$5.7 billion third-quarter writedown due to risky debt.
2007 The Prime Minister of Israel Ehud Olmert announces that United States military and defense aid to Israel will total $30 billion over the next ten years. (Irish Examiner)
2006 2006 Israel-Lebanon Conflict:
2005 Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
2004 United States Senator John Kerry formally accepts the 2004 Democratic Presidential candidate nomination. In his acceptance speech he undertakes to "restore trust and credibility to the White House". (MSNBC)
2002 England beats India in the first cricket Test match of the series.
1999 The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster attraction opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World in Florida.
1997 US Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields Golf Club - Illinois
1996 Sarah Balabagan returns to the Philippines.
1995 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14
1994 200,000 Moslems demand death to feminist Taslima Nasrin
1993 Cin Red pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession
1992 Chinese Coffee closes at Circle in the Square Theater NYC after 18 performances
1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco
1990 26th Curtis Cup: US wins 14-4
1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa
1988 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
1987 Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlour and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor: Cherry Garcia.
1986 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed
1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F) - Challenger 8-launched
1984 12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster
1983 Friday Night Videos premieres on NBC TV
1982 Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson
1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated
1979 7th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Amy Alcott
1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York.
1976 In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the ''Son of Sam'') kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
1975 Ford became 1st US President to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
1974 Episcopal Church ordained female priests
1973 $180,000 in Led Zeppelin receipts are robbed from New York Hilton
1972 A national dock strike begins in Britain.
1971 The United Kingdom opts out of the Space Race, with the cancellation of its Black Arrow launch vehicle.
1970 Six days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut.
1969 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars.
1968 Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa
1967 Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134
1966 Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock, New York
1965 Beatles movie Help premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends
1961 Bob Dylan injured in car accident
1959 First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
1957 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title
1956 WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting
1955 Smokey Burgess hits three home runs to help Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds 16-5.
1953 US bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok
1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run
1949 Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends
1948 King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London
1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, ten women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine
1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours
1943 1 million inhabitants flee Hamburg
1942 Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd
1940 Urk soccer team forms
1938 Comic strip Dennis the Menace, 1st appears
1937 Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin
1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show & monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)
1934 17th PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Park Country Club - Williamsville, New York
1930 Airship R100, 1st passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada
1929 Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France
1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game
1927 1st iron lung installed (Bellevue hospital, NY)
1924 Paul Runyan wins the PGA golf championship.
1923 Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin
1921 New rules of language assumed (equal rights Flemings / Walen Belgium)
1920 Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders
1916 Postal check and Girodienst establishes
1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR
1914 Austrian-Hungary bombs Belgrade
1913 Albania becomes sovereignty under Prince Wilhelm von Wied
1911 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 5-0.
1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory
1907 1st helicopter ascent in Douai, France
1902 Union of Orthodox Rabbis of US and Canada forms
1901 The Socialist Party of America is founded.
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