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July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. International holidays and commemorations June 8 - Dragon Boat Festival ( Traditional Chinese) June 9 - Shavuot International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) International holidays Independence Day - India National Heroes Day - Philippines Independence Day - Pakistan "July 1st" redirects here For the Ayumi Hamasaki song see H (song. Events 310 - Pope Miltiades is elected 626 - In fear of assassination Li Shimin ambushes and kills his rival Events 324 - Battle of Adrianople Constantine I defeats Licinius, who flees to Byzantium. Events 836 - Pactum Sicardi, peace between the Principality of Benevento and the Duchy of Naples Events 1295 - Scotland and France form an alliance the beginnings of the Auld Alliance, against England. Events 1044 - The Battle of Ménfő takes place 1189 - Richard the Lionheart is crowned King of England Events 1456 - A retrial verdict acquits Joan of Arc of heresy 25 years after her death Events 939 - The Major Occultation or Ghaybat el-Kubra of Muhammad al-Mahdi 1099 - First Crusade: 15000 Events 455 - Roman military commander Avitus is proclaimed Emperor of the Western Roman Empire. Events 48 BC - Battle of Dyrrhachium, Julius Caesar barely avoids a catastrophic defeat to Pompey in Macedonia. Events 911 - Signing of the Treaty of Saint-Clair-sur-Epte between Charles the Simple and Rollo of Normandy. Events 1191 - Saladin 's garrison surrenders ending the two-year Siege of Acre. Events 1174 - William I of Scotland, a key rebel in the Revolt of 1173-1174, is captured at Alnwick by forces loyal to Events 1223 - Louis VIII becomes King of France upon the death of his father Philip II of France. Events 1099 - First Crusade: Christian soldiers take the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem after the final Events 622 - The beginning of the Islamic calendar. 1054 - Three Roman legates fractured relations between the Western and Events 180 - Twelve inhabitants of Scillium in North Africa are executed for being Christians Events 390 BC - Roman - Gaulish Wars Battle of the Allia - a Roman army is defeated by raiding Gauls, Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Events 1304 - Wars of Scottish Independence: Fall of Stirling Castle - King Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold Events 356 BC - Herostratus sets fire to the Temple of Artemis in Ephesus, one of the Seven Wonders of the World Events 1099 - First Crusade: Godfrey of Bouillon is elected the first Defender of the Holy Sepulchre of The Kingdom of Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Events 1132 - Battle of Nocera between Ranulf II of Alife and Roger II of Sicily. Events 285 - Diocletian appoints Maximian as Caesar, co-ruler Events 657 - Battle of Siffin. 811 - Battle of Pliska; Byzantine Emperor Nicephorus Events 1214 - Battle of Bouvines: In France, Philip II of France defeats John of England. Events 1540 - Thomas Cromwell is executed at the order of Henry VIII of England on charges of Treason. Events 1419 - First Defenestration of Prague. 1502 - Christopher Columbus lands at Guanaja in the Bay Islands off Events 30 BC - Battle of Alexandria: Mark Antony achieves a minor victory over Octavian 's forces but most of his army subsequently 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common International holidays July 1 - Canada Day ( Canada) July 1 - July Morning ( Bulgaria) July 2007 is the seventh month of that year It began on a Sunday and 31 days later ended on a Tuesday. July 2006 was a month with thirty-one days The following events also occurred during the month 2005: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September - October July 2004: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2003: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - July 2002: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2001: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September July 2000: January - February - March - April - May - June - July - August - September A leap year (or intercalary year) is a year containing one or more extra days (or in the case of Lunisolar calendars an extra month in order to keep the The Gregorian calendar is the most widely used Calendar in the world today There are 155 days remaining until the end of the year.

Contents 1 Events 2 Births 3 Deaths 4 Holidays and observations 5 External links

Events

• 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. The Battle of Kleidion (bg Битка при с Ключ Битка при Беласица Беласишка битка grc Μάχη του Κλειδίου also Clidium This is a list of the Emperors of the Eastern Roman Empire, commonly known as the Byzantine Empire by modern historians Basil II, surnamed the Bulgar-slayer (Βασίλειος Β΄ Βουλγαροκτόνος Basileios II Boulgaroktonos, 958 &ndash December 15 1025 The state of Bulgaria (България transliterated bg-Latn ''Balgaria'' The country preserves the traditions (in ethnic name language and alphabet of the First Bulgarian
• 1030 - Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad - King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes. The Jarls of Lade ( Modern Norwegian) or Hlaðir ( Old Norse) were a dynasty of Norwegian rulers influential from the 9th century to History of Monarchy of Norway redirects here The Kingdom of Norway as a unified realm was initiated by King Harald Fairhair The Battle of Stiklestad ( Old Norse Stiklarstaðir) in 1030 is one of the most famous battles in the history of Norway. Members of Norwegian, Swedish, and Danish royal families have been Norwegian monarchs. The term Dane may refer to People with a Danish ancestral or ethnic identity whether living in Denmark, emigrants or the descendants of emigrants
• 1565 - Mary Queen of Scots, widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. Henry Stuart 1st Duke of Albany ( 7 December 1545 – 10 February 1567) commonly known as Lord Darnley, was a King Consort Duke of Albany is a Peerage title that has occasionally been bestowed on the younger sons in the Scottish, and later the British Royal family, particularly The Palace of Holyroodhouse, or informally Holyrood Palace, founded as a monastery by David I of Scotland in 1128, has served as the principal residence Edinburgh ( ˈɛdɪnb(ərə Dùn Èideann) is the Capital of Scotland and is its second largest city after Glasgow. Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain.
• 1567 - James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling. James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625 was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James Scotland ( Gaelic: Alba) is a Country in northwest Europethat occupies the northern third of the island of Great Britain. Stirling ( Gaelic: Sruighlea, Scots: Stirlin) is a city and former ancient Burgh in Scotland, and is at
• 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines - English naval forces under command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeats the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France. The Anglo–Spanish War (1585–1604 was an intermittent conflict between the kingdoms of Spain and England, which was never formally declared The Spanish Armada ( Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible, "Invincible England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British armed services (and is therefore known as the Senior Service) Charles Howard 1st Earl of Nottingham (1536 &ndash 14 December 1624) was an English statesman and admiral Sir is an Honorific used as a title (see Knight) and in several other modern contexts Sir Francis Drake, Vice Admiral, (c 1540 &ndash 27 January 1595 was an English Privateer, navigator, Slaver, and politician The Spanish Armada ( Spanish: Grande y Felicísima Armada, "Great and Most Fortunate Navy" or Armada Invencible, "Invincible Gravelines (Grevelingen is a small historic town and commune on the northern coast of France on the river Aa 15 miles (25 km south west of Dunkirk This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
• 1693 - War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen - France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands. The Nine Years' War (1688–97 – often called the War of the Grand Alliance or the War of the League of Augsburg – was a major war of the late 17th The Battle of Landen (or Neerwinden) in the current Belgian province of Flemish Brabant, was a battle in the Nine Years' War, fought in the This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. A Pyrrhic victory (ˈpɪrɪk is a victory with devastating cost to the victor The Netherlands ( Dutch:, ˈnedərlɑnt is the European part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, which consists of the Netherlands the Netherlands
• 1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there. Year 1793 ( MDCCXCIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Lieutenant-General John Graves Simcoe ( February 25, 1752 &ndash October 26, 1806) was the first Lieutenant governor of Upper Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario
• 1830 - Abdication of Charles X of France. For the game see 1830 (board game. Year 1830 ( MDCCCXXX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display Charles X (9 October 1757 – 6 November 1836 ruled as King of France and Navarre from 20 May 1824 until the French Revolution of 1830, when he abdicated
• 1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. Year 1836 ( MDCCCXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Arc de Triomphe is a monument in Paris, France that stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle also known as the Place de l'Étoile. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city
• 1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Cumberland Law School is unrelated to the University of the Cumberlands in Williamsburg Kentucky. Lebanon is a city in Wilson County, Tennessee, in the United States. Tennessee ( is a state located in the Southern United States. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States. Year 1847 ( MDCCCXLVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police. Year 1848 ( MDCCCXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap The Young Irelander Rebellion (sometimes called "Famine Rebellion" of 1848 as it took place during the Great Irish Famine (1845-1849) was a failed Tipperary ( Irish: Tiobraid Árann, lit "The well of Arra" is the name of a town (pop 4546 in the south-west of County Tipperary, Ireland The term nationalism can refer to an Ideology, a sentiment, a form of Culture, or a Social movement that focuses on the Nation The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located Police are agents or agencies usually of the executive, empowered to enforce the law and to effect public and social order through the legitimatized use of force
• 1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. 1851 ( MDCCCLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common year Annibale de Gasparis ( April 9 1819 – March 21 1892; anˈnibale de ˈgasparis was an Italian Astronomer. Asteroids, sometimes called Minor planets or planetoids', are bodies—primarily of the inner Solar System —that are smaller than planets but
• 1858 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. Year 1858 ( MDCCCLVIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common The United States of America —commonly referred to as the For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The between the United States and Japan was signed at the Ryōsen-ji in Shimoda on July 29, 1858.
• 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC. Year 1864 ( MDCCCLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Causes of the war See also Origins of the American Civil War, Timeline of events leading to the American Civil War The coexistence of a slave-owning South The Confederate States of America (also called the Confederacy, the Confederate States, and CSA) formed as the government set up from 1861 Maria Isabella Boyd ( May 4, 1843 &ndash June 11, 1900) best known as Belle Boyd or Cleopatra of the Session, was a During the American Civil War, the Union was a name used to refer to the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty-three The Old Capitol Prison served a jail in Washington DC during the time of the Civil War. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D
• 1899 - The First Hague Convention is signed. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common The Hague Conventions were international treaties negotiated at the First and Second Peace Conferences at The Hague, Netherlands in 1899 and
• 1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Umberto I King of Italy or Humbert I of Italy ( Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoy) English Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Anarchism is a Political philosophy encompassing theories and attitudes which support the elimination of all compulsory Government, i Gaetano Bresci ( November 11 1869 - May 22 1901) was an Italian American anarchist who assassinated Italian
• 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Sir is an Honorific used as a title (see Knight) and in several other modern contexts The Brownsea Island Scout camp was a boys camping event on Brownsea Island in Poole Harbour, southern England organised by Lieutenant-General Baden-Powell Poole Harbour is a large natural Harbour in Dorset, southern England, with the town of Poole on its shores England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland The camp ran from August 1-9, 1907, and is regarded as the founding of the Scouting movement. Events 30 BC - Octavian (later known as Augustus enters Alexandria, Egypt, bringing it under the control of the Roman Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Scouting, also known as the Scout Movement, is a worldwide Youth movement with the stated aim of supporting young people in their physical mental and spiritual
• 1920 - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar The Link River Dam is a concrete Dam on the Link River in the U The Klamath Reclamation Project or Klamath Project was developed by the United States Bureau of Reclamation to supply Farmers with Irrigation
• 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Hi and welcome to Wikipedia! Please understand that this article is frequently vandalized and vandalism is reverted immediately The, officially National Socialist German Workers' Party, ( abbreviated NSDAP) was a Political party in Germany between 1919 and 1945
• 1932 - Great Depression: In Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Washington DC ( formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, the District, or simply D The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The self-named Bonus Expeditionary Force was an assemblage of some 43000 marchers — 17000 World War I veterans their families and affiliated groups who protested World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All
• 1937 - Tongzhou Incident
• 1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The, sometimes referred to as the Tōngzhōu Incident was an assault on Japanese troops and civilians by Chinese troops in Tōngzhōu, China on 29 July 1937 Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar This article is about radio broadcasting for other uses see Radio (disambiguation. Mainstream is generally the common current of Thought of the Majority. Music is an Art form in which the medium is Sound organized in Time.
• 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. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Olympic Games is an international Multi-sport event established for both summer and winter games The 1948 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIV Olympiad, were an International Multi-sport event which was held in London World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including The Summer Olympic Games or the Games of the Olympiad are an International Multi-sport event, usually quadrennial organised by the International The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an International Multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom.
• 1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) The International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA) is an international organization that seeks to promote the peaceful use of nuclear energy and to inhibit its
• 1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). Year 1958 ( MCMLVIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (October 14 1890 – March 28 1969 was President of the United States from 1953 until 1961 and a five-star general The National Aeronautics and Space Act ( is the United States federal statute that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA, ˈnæsə is an agency of the United States government, responsible for the nation's public space program
• 1959 - First Congressional elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The United States Congress is the bicameral Legislature of the federal government of the United States of America, consisting of two houses The State of Hawaii ( or həˈwaɪʔiː Hawaiian: Mokuāina o Hawaii) is a state in the United States located on an Archipelago in the The United States of America —commonly referred to as the
• 1965 - Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia Vietnam (ˌviːɛtˈnɑːm Việt Nam) officially Cam Ranh Bay ( Vietnamese: Vịnh Cam Ranh) is a deep-water Bay in Vietnam in the province of Khánh Hòa.
• 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. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. The Vietnam War, also known as the Second Indochina War, or the Vietnam Conflict, occurred in Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia The Democratic Republic of Vietnam (DRVN or less commonly Vietnamese Democratic Republic (Việt Nam Dân Chủ Cộng Hòa was a Country on the northern half of Vietnam 1956–1962 From her home port Norfolk Virginia, Forrestal spent the first year of service in intensive training operations off the Virginia Capes On 29 July 1967 a devastating fire and series of chain-reaction explosions caused great loss of life on the Aircraft carrier after an unusual electrical anomaly discharged a Zuni The United States of America —commonly referred to as the World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including
• 1967 - At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. Caracas (kaˈɾakas is the Capital and largest city of Venezuela. Venezuela (ˌvɛnəˈzweɪlə) officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (Spanish República Bolivariana de Venezuela) is a country on the An earthquake is the result of a sudden release of energy in the Earth 's crust that creates Seismic waves Earthquakes are recorded with a Seismometer
• 1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The City of New York
• 1981 - Marriage of Prince Charles to Lady Diana Spencer
• 1987 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the government position For other uses see Prime Minister (disambiguation. Margaret Hilda Thatcher Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, PC, FRS (born 13 October 1925 The President of the French Republic (Président de la République française colloquially referred to in English as the President of France, is France 's elected François Maurice Adrien Marie Mitterrand ( 26 October 1916 8 January 1996 served as President of France from 1981 to 1995 elected as representative of the Socialist A tunnel is an underground passageway The definition of what constitutes a tunnel is not universally agreed upon This article is about the Eurotunnel company Not to be confused with the Channel Tunnel describing the underground infrastructures
• 1987 - Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issues. The Prime Minister of India is head of the Council of Ministers, appointed by the President to assist the latter in the administration of the affairs of the executive Rajiv Gandhi राजीव गांधी (raːdʒiːv gaːnd̪ʰiː born in Bombay, (20 August 1944 – 21 May 1991 the elder son of Indira and Feroze Sri Lanka, officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka ( Sinhalese:, இலங்கை known as Ceylon before 1972 is an Island President is a Title leaders of Organizations companies, Trade unions universities, and countries. Junius Richard Jayewardene ( September 17 1906 &ndash November 1 1996) famously abbreviated in Sri Lanka as JR, was the
• 1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) The Supreme Court ( Hebrew: בית המשפט העליון Beit haMishpat ha'Elyon) is at the head of the court system in the State of Israel. Nazism, which was a short name for National Socialism (Nationalsozialismus refers primarily to the Ideology and practices of the National Socialist German John Demjanjuk, born Ivan Demjanjuk (born April 3, 1920) is an Ukrainian-born retired auto worker and naturalized United States citizen who gained notoriety
• 1996 - The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The Communications Decency Act of 1996 ( CDA) was arguably the first attempt by the United States Congress to regulate pornographic material on the Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) The United States federal courts are the system of Courts organized under the Constitution and laws of the Federal government of the United States
• 2005 - Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Historically Astronomy was more concerned with the classification and description of phenomena in the sky while Astrophysics attempted to explain these phenomena
• 2007 - The ruling coalition of Japan lost its majority in the upper house after the election. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics. The for the upper house of the legislature of Japan were held on July 29 2007.

Births

• 1166 - Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)
• 1605 - Simon Dach, German poet (d. Simon Dach ( 29 July 1605 &ndash 15 April 1659) was a Prussian German lyrical Poet and writer of Hymns 1659)
• 1763 - Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (d. Year 1763 ( MDCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Admiral Sir Philip Charles Calderwood Henderson Durham GCB ( 29 July 1763 &ndash 2 April 1845) was a Royal Navy officer 1845)
• 1797 - Daniel Drew, American financier (d. Year 1845 ( MDCCCXLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1797 ( MDCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Daniel Drew ( July 29 1797 &ndash September 18 1879) was an American Financier. 1879)
• 1801 - George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1801 ( MDCCCI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting on Tuesday George Bradshaw ( July 29, 1801 - September 6, 1853) was an English Cartographer, printer and Publisher and the 1853)
• 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1805 ( MDCCCV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or 1859)
• 1843 - Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. Year 1859 ( MDCCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1843 ( MDCCCXLIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Johannes Schmidt ( July 29, 1843 – July 4, 1901) was a German linguist. 1901)
• 1849 - Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. Year 1901 ( MCMI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Max Simon Nordau ( July 29, 1849 - January 23, 1923) born Simon Maximilian Südfeld, Südfeld Simon Miksa in Pest 1923)
• 1869 - Booth Tarkington, American author (d. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1869 ( MDCCCLXIX) is a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Newton Booth Tarkington ( July 29, 1869, Indianapolis – May 19, 1946) was an American Novelist and Dramatist 1946)
• 1872 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (d. Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1872 ( MDCCCLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year see Erik Knudsen for the Canadian actor Eric Alfred Knudsen' ( July 29, 1872, in Waiawa, Kauai, Hawaii – 1957)
• 1874 - James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Year 1874 ( MDCCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common James Shaver Woodsworth ( July 29, 1874 &ndash March 21, 1942) was a pioneer in the Canadian social democratic movement 1942)
• 1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born actress (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1876 ( MDCCCLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Maria Ouspenskaya (Мария Успенская July 29, 1876 – December 3, 1949) was an Oscar -nominated Russian actress 1949)
• 1878 - Don Marquis, American author (d. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1878 ( MDCCCLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Don Marquis (born July 29, 1878, in Walnut Illinois - died December 29, 1937, in New York 1937)
• 1883 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez ( July 29, 1883 &ndash January 14, 1942) better known by his Pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob 1942)
• 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. 1945)
• 1884 - Ralph A. Bard, U. Year 1945 ( MCMXLV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar Year 1884 ( MDCCCLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Ralph Austin Bard ( July 29, 1884 &ndash April 1975 was a Chicago financier and Princeton University graduate (Class of 1906 who served S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
• 1885 - Theda Bara, American film actress (d. Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Theda Bara was the stage name and later legal name of Theodosia Burr Goodman ( July 29, 1885 – April 13, 1955) an American 1955)
• 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (d. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Sigmund Romberg, born Zsigmond Romberg ( July 29, 1887, Nagykanizsa − November 9, 1951 1951)
• 1892 - William Powell, American actor (d. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 1892 ( MDCCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year William Horatio Powell ( July 29, 1892 – March 5, 1984) was a three-time Academy Award -nominated American actor noted 1984)
• 1897 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Year 1897 ( MDCCCXCVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common General Sir Neil Methuen Ritchie GBE Following his retirement he emigrated to Canada and took up a position as chairman of an insurance company 1983)
• 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Isidor Isaac Rabi ( July 29, 1898 &ndash January 11, 1988) Galician born Physicist, and Nobel laureate. The Nobel Prize in Physics (Nobelpriset i fysik is awarded once a year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. 1988)
• 1899 - Walter Beall, American baseball player (d. Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Walter Esau Beall ( July 29, 1899 - January 28, 1959) was an American major league Baseball player who played 1959)
• 1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Eyvind Johnson, ( July 29, 1900 — August 25, 1976) was a Swedish Author. The Nobel Prize in Literature (Nobelpriset i litteratur is awarded annually since 1901 to an author from any country who has in the words from the will of Alfred 1976)
• 1900 - Don Redman, American musician (d. Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Donald Matthew Redman ( July 29, 1900, Piedmont, West Virginia - November 30, 1964, New York) was an American 1964)
• 1904 - J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Year 1904 ( MCMIV) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year starting on Jehangir Ratanji Dadabhoy Tata ( July 29, 1904 &ndash November 29, 1993) was a pioneer Aviator and important businessman of India 1993)
• 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Clara Gordon Bow ( July 29, 1905 &ndash September 27 1965) was an American Actress and Sex symbol, who rose to fame 1965)
• 1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish 2^nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld ( (29 July 1905 &ndash 18 September 1961 was a Swedish Diplomat, Christian mystic, and the second Secretary-General The Secretary-General of the United Nations is the head of the Secretariat, one of the principal organs of the United Nations. The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1961)
• 1905 - Thelma Todd, American actress (d. Year 1961 ( MCMLXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Thelma Todd ( July 29, 1905 – December 16, 1935) was an American actress of the late 1920s and early 1930s film 1935)
• 1905 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Stanley Jasspon Kunitz /'kjunɪts/ ( July 29, 1905 – May 14, 2006) was an American Poet who served two years (1974&ndash1976 2006)
• 1906 - Diana Vreeland, French-born fashion editor (d. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1906 ( MCMVI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Diana Vreeland ( July 29, 1903 in Paris, France &ndash August 22, 1989) was a noted columnist and editor in the field of 1989)
• 1907 - Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Melvin Mouron Belli ( 29 July, 1907, Sonora California &ndash 9 July, 1996 1996)
• 1911 - Foster Furcolo, 60^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year John Foster Furcolo ( July 29, 1911 July 5, 1995) was a member of the Democratic Party who served as Governor of Massachusetts a member of the The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1995)
• 1911 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (d. Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Biography Born on the Island of Imvros, Ottoman Empire on July 29 1911 to Maria and Athanasios Coucouzis he had two sisters Virginia and Chrysanthi and a brother 2005)
• 1913 - Erich Priebke, Nazi war criminal
• 1914 - Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian
• 1915 - Francis W. Sargent, 64^th Governor of Massachusetts (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Erich Priebke (born July 29, 1913 at Hennigsdorf, Brandenburg, Germany) was a Hauptsturmführer Year 1914 ( MCMXIV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year 'Professor' Irwin Corey (born July 29, 1914 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American Comic, Film Actor Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Francis William Sargent ( July 29, 1915 - October 21, 1998) was governor of Massachusetts from 1969 to 1975 The Governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the executive magistrate of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, United States. 1998)
• 1916 - Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Charlie Christian (Charles Henry Christian ( 29 July 1916 &ndash 2 March 1942) was an American swing and Bebop 1942)
• 1916 - Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oscar "Budd" Boetticher Jr ( July 29, 1916 - November 29, 2001) was a film director during the classical period in Hollywood most 2001)
• 1918 - Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (d. Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Edwin O'Connor ( 29 July 1918 - 23 March 1968) was an American radio personality journalist and novelist who won the Pulitzer The Pulitzer Prize for Fiction has been awarded since 1948 for distinguished fiction by an American author preferably dealing with American life 1968)
• 1920 - Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Rodolfo Acosta (b July 29, 1920 in Chihuahua, Mexico; d November 7, 1974 in Woodland Hills California) was 1974)
• 1920 - Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Neville Jeffress ( July 29 1920 &ndash September 13 2007) was an Australian advertising executive and the founder of Media Media Monitors is a major media monitoring group in Australia and New Zealand. 2007)
• 1921 - Richard Egan, American actor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar Richard Egan ( July 29, 1921 - July 20, 1987) was an American Actor. 1987)
• 1923 - Jim Marshall, founder of Marshall Amplification
• 1923 - Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. James Charles "Jim" Marshall, OBE (born 29 July 1923) known as The Father Of Loud, is a pioneer of Guitar amplification Marshall Amplification is a British company which designs and manufactures music amplifiers. Gordon Mitchell (born Charles Allen Pendleton in Denver, Colorado, on July 29, 1923 &ndash died in Marina Del Rey 2003)
• 1924 - Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1924 ( MCMXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Lloyd Wolfe Bochner ( July 29, 1924 &ndash October 29, 2005) was a Canadian Actor, also leading man usually playing 2005)
• 1924 - Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short This article focuses on the mystery of murder victim Elizabeth Short 1947)
• 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
• 1925 - Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player
• 1927 - Harry Mulisch, Dutch author
• 1929 - Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
• 1930 - Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
• 1932 - Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas
• 1933 - Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager
• 1933 - Colin Davis, British racing driver
• 1933 - Robert Fuller, American actor
• 1935 - Peter Schreier, German tenor
• 1936 - Elizabeth Dole, U. Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1925 ( MCMXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mikis Theodorakis (Μίκης Θεοδωράκης (b July 29 1925, Greek island of Chios) is one of the most popular Greek composers Robert Blake Theodore "Ted" Lindsay (born July 29 1925 is a former professional Ice hockey forward who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Harry Mulisch (born July 29, 1927) is a Dutch author Along with W Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Baudrillard ( July 29, 1929   – March 6, 2007) (ʒɑ̃ bo Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paul Taylor (born July 29, 1930) is one of the foremost American Choreographers of the 20th century. Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker (born July 29, 1932) represented the State of Kansas in the United States Senate from 1978 to 1997 Kansas ( is a Midwestern state in the central region of the United States of America, an area often referred to as the American " Year 1933 ( MCMXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Louis Vincent Albano (born July 29 1933 in Mount Vernon New York) better known by his Ring name Captain Lou Albano, is an Italian-American For the famous English conductor see Colin Davis Colin Charles Houghton Davis (born in Marylebone, London, Robert Fuller (born) is an American Actor, best known for starring roles on the popular 1960s western series Laramie and Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Schreier (born July 29, 1935) is a German Tenor and conductor. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Mary Elizabeth Hanford "Liddy" Dole (born July 29 1936 is an American politician who served in both the Ronald Reagan and George H S. Senator from North Carolina
• 1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate
• 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist (d. North Carolina ( is a state located on the Atlantic Seaboard in the southeastern United States Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Daniel Little McFadden (born July 29, 1937) is an econometrician who won (jointly with James Heckman) the 2000 Nobel Memorial Prize The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially named The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Peter Charles Archibald Ewart Jennings, CM (July 29 1938 &ndash August 7 2005 was a Canadian-American Journalist and News anchor. 2005)
• 1938 - Jean Rochon, Quebec politician
• 1941 - Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jean Rochon (born July 29, 1938 in Montreal Quebec) is a former Quebec politician and Member of National Assembly of Quebec. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Jennifer Blackburn Dunn ( July 29, 1941 – September 5, 2007) was a prominent Republican member of the United States House of 2007)
• 1941 - David Warner, English actor
• 1942 - Tony Sirico, American actor
• 1943 - David Taylor, English snooker player
• 1946 - Neal Doughty, American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
• 1946 - Diane Keen, English actress
• 1947 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. David Warner (born July 29, 1941) is an Emmy Award-winning English Actor who is known for playing sinister or evil characters Year 1942 ( MCMXLII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (the link will display the full 1942 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Gennaro Anthony Sirico Jr (born July 29 1942) better known as Tony Sirico, is an American Character actor who is most famous Year 1943 ( MCMXLIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (the link will display full 1943 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. David Taylor (born 29 July, 1943) is a retired English professional Snooker player Year 1946 ( MCMXLVI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full 1946 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Neal Doughty (born 29 July 1946, Evansville, Indiana) is a Keyboard player and the sole remaining founding member of REO REO Speedwagon is an American rock band which grew in popularity in the Midwestern United States during the 1970s and peaked in the early Diane Keen (born 29 July 1946) is an English actress. Keen is possibly best known for her starring role as Julia Parsons in the British Year 1947 ( MCMXLVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1947 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Dick Harmon ( July 29, 1947 &ndash February 10, 2006) was one of America's top Golf instructors with clients including Fred Couples 2006)
• 1951 - Dan Driessen, American baseball player
• 1953 - Ken Burns, American producer and director
• 1953 - Geddy Lee, Canadian bassist and singer (Rush)
• 1953 - Patti Scialfa, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
• 1953 - Tim Gunn, American television personality
• 1955 - Dave Stevens, American illustrator
• 1955 - Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
• 1956 - Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
• 1956 - Ronnie Musgrove, Former Governor of Mississippi
• 1957 - Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
• 1957 - Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
• 1959 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
• 1959 - Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and artist
• 1959 - Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
• 1959 - John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
• 1962 - Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
• 1963 - Graham Poll, English football referee
• 1963 - Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
• 1963 - Alexandra Paul, American actress
• 1965 - Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author
• 1965 - Luis Alicea, baseball coach
• 1965 - Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
• 1966 - Martina McBride, American singer
• 1966 - Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor
• 1968 - Paavo Lotjonen, Finnish Cellist from the band Apocalyptica
• 1969 - Adele Stevens, English model and erotic actress
• 1971 - Monica Calhoun, American actress
• 1971 - Lisa Ekdahl, Swedish singer songwriter
• 1972 - Wil Wheaton, American actor
• 1973 - Stephen Dorff, American actor
• 1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
• 1974 - Josh Radnor, American actor
• 1975 - Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
• 1979 - Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
• 1979 - Ronald Murray, American basketball player
• 1980 - Ryan Braun, Canadian baseball player
• 1980 - Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• 1980 - Rachel Miner, American actress
• 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish two time formula 1 world champion
• 1981 - Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
• 1981 - Troy Perkins, American soccer player
• 1982 - Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
• 1982 - Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
• 1982 - Allison Mack, American actress
• 1983 - Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
• 1984 - Chad Billingsley, American baseball player
• 1987 - Sabra Johnson, Winner of SYTYCD Season 3, American dancer
• 1991 - Miki Ishikawa, American actress
• 1993 - Munro Chambers, Canadian Actor

Deaths

• 238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor
• 238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor
• 1030 - Olaf II of Norway (b. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Daniel Driessen (born July 29, 1951 in Hilton Head Island South Carolina) is a former Major League Baseball infielder who played for three teams Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Kenneth Lauren Burns (born July 29 1953) is an American director and producer of Documentary films known for his style of making use of archival Geddy Lee OC (born Gary Lee Weinrib on July 29, 1953 in Willowdale Toronto) is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist Rush is a Canadian rock band originally formed in August 1968 in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario, currently comprised of Vivienne Patricia "Patti" Scialfa ("SKAL-fah" (born July 29 1953) is an American Singer, Songwriter, and Timothy M Gunn (born July 29 1953 is an American Fashion consultant and Television personality. Year 1955 ( MCMLV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1955 Gregorian calendar) Dave Stevens ( July 29, 1955 – March 11, 2008) was an American Illustrator and Comics artist Jean-Hugues Anglade (born 29 July 1955 is a French Actor. He was born in Thouars, Deux-Sèvres, Poitou-Charentes, France Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Theodore A Atlas Jr (b 29 July 1956, in Staten Island, New York) is a well-known boxing trainer and fight commentator David Ronald "Ronnie" Musgrove (born July 29, 1956) is an American politician who was the Democratic Lieutenant Governor Mississippi ( is a state located in the Deep South of the United States Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Nellie Vladimirovna Kim ( Russian: rus Нелли Владимировна Ким b Alessandra Marc (born July 29, 1957) is an award-winning American Dramatic soprano. The year 1959 ( MCMLIX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Sanjay Dutt ( Hindi: संजय दत्त born 29 July 1959, is an Indian Bollywood film actor Ruud Janssen (b Tilburg July 29, 1959) is a Dutch Fluxus and Mail artist currently living in Breda in the David Jeffrey LaPoint (born July 29, 1959, in Glens Falls New York) was a Major League Baseball pitcher John Sykes (born July 29 1959 in Reading, Berkshire) is an English Heavy metal / Hard rock Guitarist Thin Lizzy are an Irish Hard rock band who formed in Dublin, Ireland in 1969 Whitesnake are an English Hard rock band founded in 1977 by David Coverdale (formerly of Deep Purple) Tygers Of Pan Tang are a heavy metal band originating from Whitley Bay in the North-East of England, formed in 1978 Scott Rechsteiner (born July 29 1962 better known by his Ring name Scott Steiner, is an American professional wrestler. Year 1963 ( MCMLXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Graham Poll (born July 29, 1963 in Tring, Hertfordshire) is an English former football referee in the James Martin Beglin (born 29 July 1963 in County Waterford) is a former Irish professional footballer Alexandra Elizabeth Paul (born July 29, 1963) is an American actress Year 1965 ( MCMLXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1965 Gregorian calendar. Chang-Rae Lee (born July 29, 1965) is a first-generation Korean American Novelist. Luis René Alicea de Jesús (born July 29, 1965 in Santurce Puerto Rico) is a former Second baseman in Major League Baseball Dean Haglund (born July 29, 1965) is a Canadian Actor known for the role of Richard "Ringo" Langly, one of The Lone Gunmen Year 1966 ( MCMLXVI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the 1966 Gregorian calendar. Martina McBride (born Martina Mariea Schiff, July 29, 1966 in Sharon, Kansas, USA) is an American country-pop Richard Steven Horvitz, sometimes credited as Richard S Horvitz, Richard Horvitz or Richard Wood (born on July 29, 1966 in Year 1968 ( MCMLXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Paavo Lötjönen is a cello player for Finnish band Apocalyptica. Year 1969 ( MCMLXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. Monica Calhoun (born July 29, 1971) is an American film and television actress. Lisa Ekdahl (born July 29 1971) is a Swedish singer and song writer in Popular music. Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Richard William "Wil" Wheaton III (born July 29, 1972) is an American Writer and Actor. Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Stephen Dorff (born July 29, 1973) is an American Actor, best known for portraying Stuart Sutcliffe in Backbeat Wanyá Jermaine Morris (born 29 July 1973, in Philadelphia) is an American R&B Singer, best known as a member of the R&B Boyz II Men is a four-time Grammy Award -winning American R&B / soul singing group from Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Joshua "Josh" Radnor (born July 29, 1974) is an American Actor who plays Ted Mosby on the CBS Sitcom Year 1975 ( MCMLXXV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Corrado Grabbi (born July 29, 1975 in Turin) is an Italian football player Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Karim Essediri (كريم السديري (born July 29, 1979) is a French - Tunisian footballer. Ronald Murray (born July 29, 1979 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) nicknamed "Flip" is an American professional Basketball Year 1980 ( MCMLXXX) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1980 Gregorian calendar) Ryan Zachary Braun (born July 29, 1980, in Kitchener Ontario) is a Right handed Pitcher for the Kansas City Royals ' AAA Fernando Francisco González Ciuffardi (born July 29, 1980) nicknamed El bombardero de La Reina ( Spanish "The La Reina Rachel Miner (born July 29 1980 in New York City) is a Broadway, Film and Television Actress. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Fernando Alonso Díaz (born July 29, 1981 in Oviedo, Spain) is a Spanish Formula One racing driver and a two-time Andrés David Madrid (born July 29, 1981 in Buenos Aires) is an Argentine football player from Capital Federal, currently Troy Perkins (born July 29, 1981 in Springfield, Ohio) is an American Soccer player who currently plays Goalkeeper for Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Janez Aljančič (born 29 July, 1982) is a Slovenian international football player Jônatas Domingos, or simply Jônatas (born July 29 1982 in Fortaleza, CE) is a Brazilian footballer who currently Allison Mack (born July 29 1982 in Preetz, Germany) is a Film and television actress. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Alexei Kaigorodov ( Russian: Алексей Кайгородов Alexey Kajgorodov) (born July 29 1983 in Chelyabinsk, U Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Chad Ryan Billingsley (born July 29, 1984, in Defiance Ohio) is a Major League Baseball right-handed pitcher with the Los Angeles Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Sabra Elise Johnson (born July 29, 1987) is a dancer from Roy Utah and the Season 3 Champion of the Fox reality television show So Year 1991 ( MCMXCI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar. Miki Ishikawa (born July 29, 1991) is an American actress and singer born in Denver, Colorado. Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar) Munro Chambers is a Canadian actor His first acting role was at age 8 in a McDonalds commercial Events By Place Roman Empire Carpians invade Moesia; Emperor Maximinus Thrax campaigns against them Marcus Clodius Pupienus Maximus, born about 178 was jointly Roman Emperor with Balbinus between April and July of 238 the Year of the Six Emperors. The Roman Emperor was the ruler of the Roman State during the imperial period (starting at about 27 BC Decimus Caelius Calvinus Balbinus born about 165 was jointly Roman Emperor with Pupienus between April and July of 238 the Year of the Six Emperors. 995)
• 1099 - Pope Urban II (b. Events By Place Europe Erik Segersäll is succeeded by Olof Skötkonung, the first baptized ruler of Sweden (see Pope 1042)
• 1108 - Philip I of France (b. Philip I ( 23 May 1052 &ndash 29 July 1108) called the Amorous or the Fat, was King of France from 1060 1052)
• 1507 - Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. Martin (of Behaim ( October 6, 1459 &ndash July 29, 1507) (or Behem, Boemia or Bohemia) was a German 1459)
• 1612 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. Jacques Bongars ( 1554 - 29 July 1612) French Scholar and Diplomatist was born at Orleans, and was brought up 1554)
• 1644 - Pope Urban VIII (b. Pope 1568)
• 1752 - Peter Warren, British admiral
• 1781 - Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. Year 1752 ( MDCCLII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar for European countries but not Great Britain) of Admiral Sir Peter Warren, KB (1703 or 1704 &ndash 29 July 1752) was a British Naval officer from Ireland who commanded Year 1781 ( MDCCLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Johann Kies ( September 14, 1713 — July 29, 1781) was a German astronomer and mathematician. 1713)
• 1792 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. Year 1713 ( MDCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1792 ( MDCCXCII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou ( February 25, 1714 &ndash July 29, 1792) was a French politician Chancellor of France 1714)
• 1813 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. Year 1714 ( MDCCXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jean-Andoche Junot, 1st Duc d' Abrantès ( October 23, 1771 &ndash July 29, 1813) was a French General 1771)
• 1833 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (b. Year 1771 ( MDCCLXXI) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1833 ( MDCCCXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common William Wilberforce (24 August 1759 – 29 July 1833 was a British Politician, a Philanthropist 1759)
• 1839 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. Year 1759 ( MDCCLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1839 ( MDCCCXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Gaspard Clair François Marie Riche de Prony ( July 22, 1755 - July 29, 1839) was a French Mathematician and Engineer 1755)
• 1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. Year 1755 ( MDCCLV) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart ( July 26[[ 791]] &ndash July 29[[ 844]] also known as F 1791)
• 1856 - Robert Schumann, German composer (b. Year 1791 ( MDCCXCI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1856 ( MDCCCLVI) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Robert Schumann, sometimes given as Robert Alexander Schumann (June 8 1810 &ndash July 29 1856 was a German Composer, Aesthete and influential Music critic 1810)
• 1857 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. Year 1810 ( MDCCCX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Click here for Indian Rebellion of 1857 Year 1857 ( MDCCCLVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the Reverend Thomas Dick ( November 24, 1774 in Hilltown, Dundee - July 29, 1857) was a Scottish church minister 1774)
• 1887 - Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. Year 1774 ( MDCCLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1887 ( MDCCCLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Agostino Depretis ( January 31, 1813 &ndash July 29, 1887) was an Italian statesman. 1813)
• 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. Year 1813 ( MDCCCXIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common 1853)
• 1900 - King Umberto I of Italy (b. Year 1853 ( MDCCCLIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Umberto I King of Italy or Humbert I of Italy ( Umberto Ranieri Carlo Emanuele Giovanni Maria Ferdinando Eugenio di Savoy) English 1844)
• 1913 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. Year 1844 ( MDCCCXLIV) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Tobias Michael Carel Asser ( April 28, 1838, Amsterdam &ndash July 29, 1913, The Hague) was a Dutch jurist The Nobel Peace Prize ( Swedish, Danish and Nobels fredspris is one of five Nobel Prizes Bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor 1838)
• 1918 - Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. Year 1838 ( MDCCCXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Ernest William Christmas was an Australian painter He was born near Adelaide South Australia in 1863 and studied art in Adelaide Sydney and in London Painting (pān'tīng in Art, is the practice of applying Color to a Surface (support base such as e 1863)
• 1934 - Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1863 ( MDCCCLXIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1934 ( MCMXXXIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full 1934 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Didier Pitre ( 1 September 1883 &mdash 29 July, 1934) was a Canadian Professional Ice hockey forward 1883)
• 1938 - Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. Year 1883 ( MDCCCLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Nikolai Vasilyevich Krylenko (Николай Васильевич Крыленко ( May 2 1885, Bekhteevo (Бехтеево Smolensk region 1885)
• 1950 - Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1950 ( MCML) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Joe Fry ( October 26 1915, Chipping Sodbury – July 29 1950, Blandford Camp) was a British Racing driver and 1915)
• 1954 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1954 ( MCMLIV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1954 Gregorian calendar) Coen de Koning ( March 30, 1879 &ndash July 29, 1954) was the second Dutch Speed skating World Champion 1879)
• 1964 - Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. Year 1879 ( MDCCCLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1964 ( MCMLXIV) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar of the 1964 Gregorian calendar. Vean Gregg ( Sylveanus Augustus Gregg) was born April 13, 1885, in Chehalis Washington. 1885)
• 1970 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. Year 1885 ( MDCCCLXXXV) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1970 ( MCMLXX) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link shows full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. WikipediaWikiProject Classical music#Biographical_infoboxes --> Sir John Giovanni Battista Barbirolli, CH ( 2 December 1899)
• 1973 - Norm Smith, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1973 ( MCMLXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display full calendar of the 1973 Gregorian calendar. Norman Walter "Norm" Smith (born 21 November 1915 at Clifton Hill Victoria died 29 July 1973 at Pascoe Vale Victoria was an Australian rules footballer and 1915)
• 1973 - Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. Year 1915 ( MCMXV) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Roger Williamson ( 2 February 1948, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire &ndash 29 July 1973, Zandvoort Circuit 1948)
• 1974 - Cass Elliot, American musician (b. Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1974 ( MCMLXXIV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the 1974 Gregorian calendar. Cass Elliot ( September 19 1941 – July 29 1974) born Ellen Naomi Cohen, was a noted American Singer, best 1941)
• 1974 - Erich Kästner, German author (b. Year 1941 ( MCMXLI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (the link will display 1941 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Erich Kästner (ˈʔeːʁɪç ˈkʰɛstnɐ ( February 23, 1899 &ndash July 29, 1974) was one of the most famous German authors, 1899)
• 1976 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. Year 1899 ( MDCCCXCIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1976 ( MCMLXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Meyer Harris "Mickey" Cohen ( September 4 1913 in Brooklyn New York – July 29 1976 in Los Angeles, 1913)
• 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1979 ( MCMLXXIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1979 Gregorian calendar) Herbert Marcuse ( July 19, 1898 &ndash July 29, 1979) was a German philosopher and sociologist, and a member of 1898)
• 1979 - Bill Todman, American television producer (b. Year 1898 ( MDCCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common William (Wilbur S "Bill" Todman ( July 31, 1916 &ndash July 29, 1979) was an American 1916)
• 1981 - Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. Year 1916 ( MCMXVI) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Robert Moses ( December 18 1888 – July 29 1981) was the "master builder" of mid-20th century New York City, Long 1888)
• 1982 - Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor (b. Year 1888 ( MDCCCLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Year 1982 ( MCMLXXXII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar) Toshiyuki "Harold" Sakata ( July 1, 1920 – July 29, 1982) was a Japanese American professional wrestler and film 1920)
• 1982 - Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Vladimir Kozmich Zworykin (Владимир Козьмич Зворыкин ( July 30, 1889 - July 29, 1982) was a Russian-American 1889)
• 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. Year 1889 ( MDCCCLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Luis Buñuel Portolés (22 February 1900 &ndash 29 July 1983 was a Spanish -born Filmmaker and naturalized Mexican who worked mainly in Mexico 1900)
• 1983 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Raymond Hart Massey ( August 30 1896 &ndash July 29 1983) was a Canadian -born American actor 1896)
• 1983 - David Niven, English actor (b. Year 1896 ( MDCCCXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Leap year James David Graham Niven (1 March 1910 – 29 July 1983 was an English Academy Award -winning Actor probably best known for his role as the punctuality-obsessed 1910)
• 1984 - Fred Waring, American band leader and inventor (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1984 ( MCMLXXXIV) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1984 Gregorian calendar) Fredrick Malcolm Waring ( June 9, 1900 &ndash July 29, 1984) was a popular Musician, Bandleader and radio-television 1900)
• 1987 - Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (b. Year 1900 ( MCM) was an exceptional Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay ( October 24 1894 - July 29 1987) was a renowned Bengali author Etymology and ethnology The exact origin of the word Bangla or Bengal is unknown though it is believed to be derived from the Dravidian-speaking tribe Bang 1894)
• 1990 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. Year 1894 ( MDCCCXCIV) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 1990 ( MCMXC) was a Common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar) Bruno Kreisky ( January 22 1911 July 29 1990) served as Chancellor of Austria from 1970 to 1983 The Chancellor of Austria (in German: Bundeskanzler) is the Head of government in Austria. 1911)
• 1992 - Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (b. Year 1911 ( MCMXI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Michel 'Bunny' Larocque (April 6 1952 in Hull Quebec, Canada - July 29 1992 was a Canadian Professional Ice hockey Goaltender 1952)
• 1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. Year 1952 ( MCMLII) was a Leap year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1994 ( MCMXCIV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1994 Gregorian calendar) Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, born Dorothy Mary Crowfoot OM, FRS ( 12 May 1910 &ndash 29 July 1994) was a British The Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Nobelpriset i kemi is awarded annually by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of Chemistry. 1910)
• 1996 - Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. Year 1910 ( MCMX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Rurik (Ric Nordman (born October 18, 1919 in Cypress River, Manitoba, died July 29, 1996 in Winnipeg, 1919)
• 1996 - Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise) (b. Year 1919 ( MCMXIX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Jason Matthew Thirsk ( December 25, 1967 &ndash July 29, 1996) was the former bass player of the California Punk rock Pennywise is an American Punk rock band that was formed in 1988 and is named after the monster from the critically acclaimed Stephen King novel 1967)
• 1996 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Marcel-Paul "Marco" Schützenberger ( October 24, 1920 – July 29, 1996) was a French Mathematician and Doctor 1920)
• 1998 - Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (b. Year 1920 ( MCMXX) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display 1920 of the Gregorian calendar Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Jerome Robbins (11 October 1918 – 29 July 1998 was an American film director and Choreographer whose work has included everything from classical ballet to 1918)
• 2001 - Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. Year 1918 ( MCMXVIII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Year 2001 ( MMI) was a Common year starting on Monday according to the Gregorian calendar. Edward Gierek ( January 6 1913 - July 29 2001) was a Polish communist politician 1913)
• 2001 - Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. Year 1913 ( MCMXIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Herwart Holland-Moritz, known as Wau Holland, (December 12 1951 - July 29 2001 co-founded the Chaos Computer Club (CCC in 1981 one of the world's oldest 1951)
• 2003 - Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Year 2003 ( MMIII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. Foday Saybana Sankoh ( October 17, 1937 - July 29, 2003) was the leader and founder of the Sierra Leone rebel group Revolutionary 1937)
• 2004 - Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. Year 1937 ( MCMXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again " Rena Vlahopoulou (Ρένα Βλαχοπούλου ( 1923 - July 29, 2004) was a famous Greek Actress and Singer. 1923)
• 2007 - Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (b. Year 1923 ( MCMXXIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. This article is about the entertainer For other people named Mike Reid see Mike Reid. 1940)
• 2007 - Michel Serrault, French actor (b. Year 1940 ( MCMXL) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display the full 1940 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Michel Serrault ( 24 January 1928, Brunoy, Essonne – 29 July 2007, Honfleur, Normandy) was 1928)
• 2007 - Tom Snyder, American television personality (b. Year 1928 ( MCMXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Tom Snyder ( May 12, 1936 - July 29, 2007) was an American television personality, News anchor and 1936)
• 2007 - Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. Year 1936 ( MCMXXXVI) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Marvin Harold Zindler (August 10 1921 - July 29 2007 was an iconic and influential news reporter for Television station KTRK-TV in Houston Texas, 1921)

Holidays and observations

• Faroe Islands - Ólavsøka: opening of the Løgting session. Year 1921 ( MCMXXI) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full 1921 calendar of the Gregorian calendar The Faroe Islands or Faeroe Islands or simply Faroe(s or Faeroes (Føroyar meaning " Sheep Islands" Færøerne Old Norse Ólavsøka is a national holiday of the Faroe Islands, celebrated on July 29. The Løgting, or determined in Faroese Løgtingið (full official name Føroya løgting "Løgting of the Faroes" is the Parliament
• National Anthem Day in Romania. (variously translated as "Awaken thee Romanian!" "Awaken Romanian!" or "Wake Up Romanian!" is Romania 's National anthem. Romania ( dated: Rumania, Roumania

Roman Catholicism

• Saint Eugenius, king [Magdeburg]
• Saint Felix I, pope, and companions (Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix, (siblings)), martyrs [common]
• Saint Ladislas, king, confessor (Deposition) [Hungary]
• Saint Lupus, bishop of Troyes, confessor [Cologne, Constance, Metz, Paris, France]
• Saint Olaf II of Norway, king of Norway, martyr, patron of woodcarvers [Sleswig, Scandinavia] - celebrated in Norway as Olsok (St. Saint Eugenius of Carthage was a Christian saint unanimously elected Bishop of Carthage in 480 to succeed Deogratias (died 456 Pope Saints Simplicius Faustinus and Beatrice (or Beatrix Viatrix) were a group of Christian Martyrs who died in Rome during the Diocletian The term martyr ( Greek μάρτυς martys "witness" is most commonly used today to describe an individual who sacrifices their life (or personal freedom For other monarchs with similar names please see Ladislaus I (disambiguation. Saint Lupus (Loup Leu (ca 383 - ca 478 was an early Bishop of Troyes. Norway ( Norwegian: Norge ( Bokmål) or Noreg ( Nynorsk) officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Constitutional Olsok (literally "StOlaf's Wake" is a name for July 29, traditionally the date for the Battle of Stiklestad in 1030, and the death of St Olav's Day)
• Saint Pantaleon [Paris]
• Saint Beatrice of Nazareth
• Saint Martha, host of Christ, sister of Lazarus, patron saint of cooks, domestic staff and dieticians [common]
• Saint Serafina

External links

• BBC: On This Day
• The New York Times: On This Day
• On This Day in Canada

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Saint Pantaleon ( Greek: Παντελεήμων Panteleimon 'all-compassionate' counted in the West among the late-medieval Fourteen Holy Helpers and in Saints Simplicius Faustinus and Beatrice (or Beatrix Viatrix) were a group of Christian Martyrs who died in Rome during the Diocletian Saint Martha ( Judæo-Aramaic מַרְתָּא Martâ "The lady" was the sister of Lazarus Lazarus ( Hebrew: אלעזר Elʿāzār Eleazar "God (has helped" is the name of two separate men mentioned in the New Testament. Saint Fina (1238-1253 is a blessed who is venerated in the Tuscan town of San Gimignano.

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