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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 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.
- 1095 Hungary's Ladislas I conquers Croatia and Dalmatia, where he introduces Catholicism, founds the bishopric of Zagreb (Agram), persecutes the heathen, but dies suddenly at age 55 just as he is about to join the crusade
- 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. Regarded as 'The Wisest Fool in Christendom' he succeeded to the English throne in 1603
- 1588 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated & scattered by English defenders
- 1693 War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen - France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
- 1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sunk off Florida coast by hurricane
- 1773 The first schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH
- 1786 The first newspaper published west of Alleghenies, Pitts Gazette
- 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.
- 1835 The first sugar plantation in Hawaii begins
- 1836 Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- 1844 New York Yacht Club forms
- 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 The first commercial treaty between US & Japan signed
- 1858 US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan
- 1858 United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- 1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
- 1899 Southern Calif Golf Assn formed
- 1899 The First Hague Convention is signed.
- 1899 The first motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY
- 1900 In Monza, Italy, King Umberto I was shot to death by Gaetano Bresci, an Italian-born anarchist who had resided in America before returning to his homeland to murder the king
- 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.
- 1908 St Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Phila Athletics
- 1909 The Buick Motor Company acquired the Cadillac Motor Company on behalf of General Motors for $4.5 million on this day in 1909.
- 1915 US marines land in Haiti, stay until 1924
- 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.
- 1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released
- 1930 115ø F (46ø C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record)
- 1932 Great Depression: In Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
- 1936 RCA shows the first real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show & monologue from Tobacco Road & comedy)
- 1938 Olympic National Park established
- 1944 Visitor posting - Patricia L Hammond born in Port Angeles, Washington - USA
- 1945 The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
- 1947 After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a memory upgrade, ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, is reactivated. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
- 1947 ENIAC, one of the world's first digital computers, was turned back on after receiving a memory implant on this day in 1947
- 1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg Va
- 1948 King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London
- 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.
- 1952 The first nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
- 1954 Visitor posting - July 29, 1954......Beth was born
- 1955 Visitor posting - Julie Scotson was born in Sydney Australia
- 1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record)
- 1957 International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN
- 1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers
- 1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running
- 1959 First Congressional elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
- 1960 J Schubart discovers asteroid #2000 Herschel
- 1960 Suzanne Cundale (nee Finney) born in Woodhall Spa, Lincolnshire. And didn't she turn out well!!!
- 1961 Visitor posting - Jennifer Wong, teacher, entrepreneur, martial arts master is born. - USA
- 1961 Wallis & Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory
- 1965 Beatles movie "Help" premiers, Queen Elizabeth attends
- 1965 Gemini 5 returned after 12d 7h 11m 53s
- 1966 American magazine Datebook releases issue with the Beatles article from the London Evening Standard four months ago which includes John Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" statement, setting off a furor resulting the trashing and burning of Beatles records and merchandise and the banning of Beatles songs on radio
- 1966 Musician Bob Dylan crashes his Triumph motorcycle in upstate New York. He goes into seclusion for over a year before reemerging and reinventing himself artistically.
- 1966 Visitor posting - The world stood still in silence as Amy Dyer was born - USA
- 1967 At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
- 1967 Explosion & Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, $100 million in damage
- 1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage
- 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.
- 1968 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
- 1968 Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control
- 1968 Visitor posting - Kiecia Vicsotka born July 29-1968 - USA
- 1969 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars
- 1969 Visitor posting - Suzy De Sousa Was Born (Brampton,Ontario,Canada)
- 1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford Ct
- 1970 Visitor posting - Clayton Claridy was born in Daytona Beach, Florida - USA
- 1973 Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy
- 1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee
- 1974 St Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base
- 1975 Ford became first US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
- 1977 Visitor posting - July 29,1977 Daniel Wild the Great was born
- 1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, NY
- 1978 Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m
- 1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn & its rings
- 1980 Visitor posting - Steve S. was born bringing many laughs, joys, and tears to the world!
- 1981 Lady Diana Spencer marries Charles, Prince of Wales.
- 1981 Nearly four billion people in seventy-four countries tuned in to witness the marriage of Charles, heir to the British throne, to a young English schoolteacher named Lady Diana Spence
- 1981 Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer
- 1982 Visitor posting - Derek was born - USA
- 1982 Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson
- 1983 "Friday Night Videos" premiers on NBC TV
- 1983 (James) David (Graham) Niven Academy Award-winning actor died
- 1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak
- 1984 Visitor posting - Matthew J. Villarreal was born in San Antonio, TX - USA
- 1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched
- 1987 Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia
- 1987 Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issue.
- 1988 FDIC bails out first Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion
- 1988 Gorbachev pushes plan electing president & parliament in March, 1989
- 1988 Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit
- 1988 Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes sigh
- 1988 South African govt bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom"
- 1988 Visitor posting - Emily Denning was born!!!! - USA
- 1989 Visitor posting - Tierra Sad'e Jackson was born and made the world a little bit brighter!!!!
- 1990 Visitor posting - Stephen Kyle Hall was born. - USA
- 1991 Visitor posting - Mackenzie Kurtz was born
- 1991 Visitor posting - Shelby is born
- 1992 Visitor posting - Taylor Lynn McIntyre was born - nurses called her "Miss America"
- 1993 The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
- 1993 Visitor posting - july 29 1993 Marko "The Great" Ivanaj was born
- 1995 Visitor posting - Nicole Taylor Murphy was born and brought joy to us all!!!!!!
- 1995 Visitor posting - Adam Turner was deliverd - USA [email protected]
- 1996 The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.
- 1996 Visitor posting - Daniel Pearson was born! My pet is named Jason? - United Kingdom [email protected]
- 1997 Visitor posting - July 29 1997 Leah was born!!!!!!!!!!!
- 2005 Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris.
- 2007 The ruling coalition of Japan lost its majority in the upper house after the election.
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