A complete timeline of historical events, famous births, notable deaths, and holidays that occurred on July 29 throughout history.
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The "Invincible" Spanish Armada is sighted approaching England, and several skirmishes follow, forcing the invading fleet to make a long and costly retreat around Scotland and Ireland
Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York, setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years
Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police
US Secretary of War William Howard Taft makes a secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura, agreeing to give Japan free rein in Korea in return for non-interference with the US in the Philippines
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
Test footage is first created for Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," featuring Mickey Mouse
Led Zeppelin has over $200,000 in cash stolen from a safe deposit box at the New York Hilton Hotel
First international world title prizefight: Jack Stack of England defeats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 minutes in England
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546 – 10 February 1567) was King of Scotland as the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 29 July 1565 until his murder.
British mountain climber George Mallory (28) weds Ruth Dixon Turner
American artist and "Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (24) weds second husband, American screenwriter Arthur Sheekman (33), until his death in 1978
Robyn Denise Moore divorces Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson (55) due to irreconcilable differences after 31 years of marriage
William Emerson Arnett is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and the...
The Roman Senate and Praetorian Guard proclaim 13-year-old Gordian III as Emperor - the youngest-ever emperor of a united Rome [1]
Emperor Julianus of Constantinople's "School Edict" prohibit Christian teachers from using pagan literature, which was standard text for classical education at the time
Avars under Khagan Bayan begin the siege of Constantinople, which fails, preserving the Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantine city Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli
The Battle of Kleidion (Ancient Greek: Κλειδίον; or Clidium, after the medieval name of the village of Klyuch, lit. 'key'; also known as the Battle of Belasitsa) took place on 29 July 1014, between...
Battle of Stiklestad: Norwegian King Olaf II is killed while trying to reclaim the throne, one of the most famous Norwegian battles
Lando Sittino proclaims (anti-)pope Innocent III
Emperor Go-Horikawa, aged only 10 years old, ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan
Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba from Spaniards
Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England
Antwerps request union with Utrecht
Franeker is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Waadhoeke. It is located north of the Van Harinxmakanaal and about 20 km (12 mi) west of Leeuwarden.
The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style (19 August New Style) 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in...
French colonist Samuel de Champlain surrenders Montreal to British privateers led by David Kirke after a blockade of the colony
Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curaçao
The largest town hall in the world at the time opens in Amsterdam
Dutch VOC troops and their allies attack the fort of Asaudi, driving out Makasar and Hoamoalese defenders during the Great Ambon War (modern Indonesia) [1]
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Native Americans
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen/Neerwinden - France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Spanish Netherlands
Ten Spanish treasure galleons sink off Florida's coast in a hurricane
First schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is completed in Schoenbrunn, Ohio
Skaftár Volcano in Iceland erupts, killing about 9,000 people
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto after sailing into the bay
The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas (AECST) was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States.
The Old Sugar Mill of Kōloa was part of the first commercially successful sugarcane plantation in Hawaiʻi, which was founded in Kōloa on the island of Kauaʻi in 1835 by Ladd & Company.
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France.
Cumberland School of Law is founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847, only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
15 Eunomia is a very large asteroid in the middle asteroid belt. It is the largest of the stony asteroids, with 3 Juno as a close second.
Treaty of Amity and Commerce, also known as the Harris Treaty, is signed between the US and Japan, opening Japanese ports to trade
American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,...
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
First motorcycle race at Manhattan Beach, New York
Umberto I was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination in 1900. His reign saw the creation of the Italian Empire, as well as the creation of the Triple Alliance among Italy, Germany,...
The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada (UOR), often called by its Hebrew name, Agudath Harabonim or (in Ashkenazi Hebrew) Agudas Harabonim ("union of rabbis"), was established...
First helicopter ascent in Douai, France
St. Louis Browns' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia A's in a 5-4 win against his previous team at Sportsman's Park II, St. Louis
J.W.E.L. Hilgers is the first Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory
The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Boston, Massachusetts, also known in their early years as the "Boston Americans" (1901–1907).
The Principality of Albania (Albanian: Principata e Shqipërisë) was a monarchy from 1914 to 1925.
The Bombardment of Belgrade was an Austro-Hungarian naval and artillery attack on the Serbian capital during the night of 28–29 July 1914, marking the opening engagement of World War I.
Cochrane and Matheson forest fire, 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) in size in Ontario, takes approximately 223 lives and leads to improved techniques and legislation for the prevention and control of forest fires [1]
Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, Oregon
Greek troops defeat Turkish forces and are on their way to Constantinople, but the Allies forbid them from taking the city
First iron lung installed at Bellevue Hospital in New York
Cleveland Indians score 17 in the first two innings to defeat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field, setting a record with 24 singles in one game
Holly Springs is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north.
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators—17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand...
Japanese troops occupy Peking and Tianjin
Olympic National Park is established in Washington state, featuring the longest undeveloped coastline in America
SV Urk Dutch soccer team forms
Eastern Blvd in the Bronx, NYC, is renamed Bruckner Boulevard in honor of former Bronx Borough President and US Congressman Henry Bruckner
Nazis evacuate Hollandsche Schouwburg in Amsterdam
Allied air forces bomb Germany for 6 hours
Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, killing 10 women in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Pee Wee Reese hits the 3,000th home run for the Dodgers
First non-stop transpacific flight by a jet
US bomber shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces in the Sea of Japan, north of Vladivostok
Smokey Burgess hits three home runs to help Pirates defeat Reds 16-5
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, commonly referred to as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California.
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
Beatles movie "Help!" has Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London; Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon attend
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
A 6.5 earthquake strikes Caracas, Venezuela, causing significant damage
Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica, killing 87 people and burying three small villages
Mariner 6 begins transmitting distant-encounter photos of Mars
Six days of race riots in Hartford, Connecticut
France conducts a nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
The Greek royal family was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Greece from 1863 to 1924 and again from 1935 to 1973.
Episcopal Church ordains female priests
Ford becomes the first US President to visit Auschwitz concentration camp
In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks
American Penny Dean swims the English Channel in a record 7 hours and 40 minutes; record holds until 1995
Anti-apartheid protesters against the Springbok rugby tour are confronted by police, who use batons to stop them from marching to the South African consulate in New Zealand
Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.
American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter win the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the Los Angeles Olympics
19th NASA Space Shuttle mission (51-G): Challenger 8 launches
On 5 April 1986, three people were killed and 229 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in the Friedenau locality (then part of Schöneberg, and since 2001 part of the merged district of...
Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets a high jump record at 8.046 ft (2.45 m) in San Juan, Puerto Rico
The 1990 Boston Red Sox season was the 90th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 88–74.
First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets defeat Cubs 6-0)
American actor Ray Sharkey is arrested for narcotic possession
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning is arrested for marijuana possession
,000 Muslims demand the death of feminist writer Taslima Nasrin in Bangladesh
The 1995 NFL season was the 76th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league expanded to 30 teams with the addition of the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Deadliest mass shooting in Georgia, USA, history; gunman targets Atlanta-area day trading firms, killing 12 and injuring 13 others
Eris (minor-planet designation: 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System.
The climate of Seattle is temperate, classified in the warm-summer (in contrast to hot-summer) subtype of the Mediterranean zone by the most common climate classification (Köppen: Csb) although some...
Miramax, LLC, formerly known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company owned by Qatari state-owned beIN Media Group and Paramount Pictures.
Tropical Storm Khanun kills 88 people and leaves 60,000 homeless in North Korea
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013. Some of the incidents are sectarian in nature and the TTP is responsible for a majority of them.
Sweat is a 2015 play by American playwright Lynn Nottage. It won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Over 3,500 immigrants in 2 days attempt to enter the Channel Tunnel at Calais to cross into Britain
On 5 August 2018, a destructive and shallow earthquake measuring Mw 6.9 (ML 7.0 according to BMKG) struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia.
Prison riot kills 58, with 16 decapitated in a battle between rival factions at Altamira prison, Pará state, Brazil
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and also known simply as the Saudi, is a country in West Asia.
Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins the inaugural women's C-1 slalom gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a time of 109.96 seconds
Rebekah Vardy loses her UK libel trial against Coleen Rooney in the so-called Wagatha Christie trial over Rooney accusing Vardy of leaking stories to The Sun newspaper
46,000-year-old minuscule pair of roundworms revived from their cryptobiotic state after being frozen in Siberian permafrost, proving life can be stopped and then restarted according tto scientists [1]
The national debt of the United States is the total national debt owed by the federal government of the United States to treasury security holders.
The UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final was a football match held on 27 July 2025 at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, between title holders England and reigning World Champions Spain to determine the...
Walter Hunt, American mechanic and inventor, known for american mechanic and inventor, was born on 1796-07-29. Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer.
Dag Hammarskjöld is born
Li Ka-shing, Chinese hong kong entrepreneur, known for hong kong entrepreneur, was born on 1929-07-29. Sir Ka-shing Li is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.
Charles Schwab is born
Fumio Kishida is born
Clara Bow, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1905-07-29. Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent…
Peter Jennings, American news anchor, known for american news anchor, was born on 1938-07-29.
Geddy Lee, Canadian musician, known for canadian musician, was born on 1954-07-29.
Martina McBride, American musician, known for american country singer, was born on 1967-07-29. Martina Mariea McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Ted Lindsay, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1925-07-29.
Fernando Alonso, Spanish athlete, known for spanish racing driver, was born on 1982-07-29. Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin.
Erich Priebke, German ss police commander, known for german ss police commander, was born on 1913-07-29.
William Wilberforce, British politician and abolitionist, known for english politician and abolitionist, died on 1833-07-29.
Vladimir Zworykin, American russian-american engineer, known for russian-american engineer, died on 1982-07-29.
Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and director, known for american choreographer and director, died on 1998-07-29.
The Roman Senate and Praetorian Guard proclaim 13-year-old Gordian III as Emperor - the youngest-ever emperor of a united Rome [1]
Emperor Julianus of Constantinople's "School Edict" prohibit Christian teachers from using pagan literature, which was standard text for classical education at the time
Avars under Khagan Bayan begin the siege of Constantinople, which fails, preserving the Eastern Roman Empire
Byzantine city Thessalonica is sacked by Saracen pirates led by renegade Leo of Tripoli
The Battle of Kleidion (Ancient Greek: Κλειδίον; or Clidium, after the medieval name of the village of Klyuch, lit. 'key'; also known as the Battle of Belasitsa) took place on 29 July 1014, between...
Battle of Stiklestad: Norwegian King Olaf II is killed while trying to reclaim the throne, one of the most famous Norwegian battles
Lando Sittino proclaims (anti-)pope Innocent III
Emperor Go-Horikawa, aged only 10 years old, ascends to the Chrysanthemum Throne of Japan
Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba from Spaniards
Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1546 – 10 February 1567) was King of Scotland as the second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots, from 29 July 1565 until his murder.
Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England
Antwerps request union with Utrecht
Franeker is one of the eleven historical cities of Friesland and capital of the municipality of Waadhoeke. It is located north of the Van Harinxmakanaal and about 20 km (12 mi) west of Leeuwarden.
The "Invincible" Spanish Armada is sighted approaching England, and several skirmishes follow, forcing the invading fleet to make a long and costly retreat around Scotland and Ireland
The Speech to the Troops at Tilbury was delivered on 9 August Old Style (19 August New Style) 1588 by Queen Elizabeth I of England to the land forces earlier assembled at Tilbury in Essex in...
Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York, setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years
French colonist Samuel de Champlain surrenders Montreal to British privateers led by David Kirke after a blockade of the colony
Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curaçao
The largest town hall in the world at the time opens in Amsterdam
Dutch VOC troops and their allies attack the fort of Asaudi, driving out Makasar and Hoamoalese defenders during the Great Ambon War (modern Indonesia) [1]
Nathaniel Bacon is declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Native Americans
War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen/Neerwinden - France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Spanish Netherlands
Ten Spanish treasure galleons sink off Florida's coast in a hurricane
First international world title prizefight: Jack Stack of England defeats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 minutes in England
First schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is completed in Schoenbrunn, Ohio
Skaftár Volcano in Iceland erupts, killing about 9,000 people
The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, also known simply as the PG, is the largest newspaper serving metropolitan Pittsburgh in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania.
John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto after sailing into the bay
The African Episcopal Church of St. Thomas (AECST) was founded in 1792 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as the first black Episcopal Church in the United States.
Walter Hunt, American mechanic and inventor, known for american mechanic and inventor, was born on 1796-07-29. Walter Hunt (July 29, 1796 – June 8, 1859) was an American mechanical engineer.
William Wilberforce, British politician and abolitionist, known for english politician and abolitionist, died on 1833-07-29.
The Old Sugar Mill of Kōloa was part of the first commercially successful sugarcane plantation in Hawaiʻi, which was founded in Kōloa on the island of Kauaʻi in 1835 by Ladd & Company.
The Arc de Triomphe de l'Étoile, often simply called the Arc de Triomphe, is one of the most famous monuments in Paris, France.
Cumberland School of Law is founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847, only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police
15 Eunomia is a very large asteroid in the middle asteroid belt. It is the largest of the stony asteroids, with 3 Juno as a close second.
Treaty of Amity and Commerce, also known as the Harris Treaty, is signed between the US and Japan, opening Japanese ports to trade
American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,...
Major Walter Clopton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court
First motorcycle race at Manhattan Beach, New York
Umberto I was King of Italy from 9 January 1878 until his assassination in 1900. His reign saw the creation of the Italian Empire, as well as the creation of the Triple Alliance among Italy, Germany,...
The Union of Orthodox Rabbis of the United States and Canada (UOR), often called by its Hebrew name, Agudath Harabonim or (in Ashkenazi Hebrew) Agudas Harabonim ("union of rabbis"), was established...
US Secretary of War William Howard Taft makes a secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura, agreeing to give Japan free rein in Korea in return for non-interference with the US in the Philippines
Dag Hammarskjöld is born
Clara Bow, American actress, known for american actress, was born on 1905-07-29. Clara Gordon Bow (July 29, 1905 – September 27, 1965) was an American actress who rose to stardom during the silent…
First helicopter ascent in Douai, France
St. Louis Browns' future Baseball Hall of Fame pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia A's in a 5-4 win against his previous team at Sportsman's Park II, St. Louis
J.W.E.L. Hilgers is the first Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory
The Boston Red Sox are a Major League Baseball franchise based in Boston, Massachusetts, also known in their early years as the "Boston Americans" (1901–1907).
The Principality of Albania (Albanian: Principata e Shqipërisë) was a monarchy from 1914 to 1925.
Erich Priebke, German ss police commander, known for german ss police commander, was born on 1913-07-29.
British mountain climber George Mallory (28) weds Ruth Dixon Turner
The Bombardment of Belgrade was an Austro-Hungarian naval and artillery attack on the Serbian capital during the night of 28–29 July 1914, marking the opening engagement of World War I.
Cochrane and Matheson forest fire, 500,000 acres (2,000 km²) in size in Ontario, takes approximately 223 lives and leads to improved techniques and legislation for the prevention and control of forest fires [1]
Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project, Oregon
Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 – 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician who was the dictator of Germany during the Nazi era, which lasted from 1933 until his suicide in 1945.
Greek troops defeat Turkish forces and are on their way to Constantinople, but the Allies forbid them from taking the city
Ted Lindsay, Canadian athlete, known for canadian ice hockey player, was born on 1925-07-29.
First iron lung installed at Bellevue Hospital in New York
Test footage is first created for Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie," featuring Mickey Mouse
Cleveland Indians score 17 in the first two innings to defeat the New York Yankees 24-6 at Dunn Field, setting a record with 24 singles in one game
Li Ka-shing, Chinese hong kong entrepreneur, known for hong kong entrepreneur, was born on 1929-07-29. Sir Ka-shing Li is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist.
Holly Springs is a city in and the county seat of Marshall County, Mississippi, United States, near the border with Tennessee to the north.
The Bonus Army was a group of 43,000 demonstrators—17,000 veterans of U.S. involvement in World War I, their families, and affiliated groups—who gathered in Washington, D.C., in mid-1932 to demand...
American artist and "Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (24) weds second husband, American screenwriter Arthur Sheekman (33), until his death in 1978
Japanese troops occupy Peking and Tianjin
Olympic National Park is established in Washington state, featuring the longest undeveloped coastline in America
Charles Schwab is born
Peter Jennings, American news anchor, known for american news anchor, was born on 1938-07-29.
SV Urk Dutch soccer team forms
Eastern Blvd in the Bronx, NYC, is renamed Bruckner Boulevard in honor of former Bronx Borough President and US Congressman Henry Bruckner
Nazis evacuate Hollandsche Schouwburg in Amsterdam
Allied air forces bomb Germany for 6 hours
Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, killing 10 women in Harrisonburg, Virginia
Pee Wee Reese hits the 3,000th home run for the Dodgers
First non-stop transpacific flight by a jet
US bomber shot down by Soviet Air Defence Forces in the Sea of Japan, north of Vladivostok
Geddy Lee, Canadian musician, known for canadian musician, was born on 1954-07-29.
Smokey Burgess hits three home runs to help Pirates defeat Reds 16-5
The San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, commonly referred to as the Bay Bridge, is a complex of bridges spanning San Francisco Bay in California.
Fumio Kishida is born
Hawaii is an island state of the United States, in the Pacific Ocean about 2,000 miles (3,200 km) southwest of the U.S. mainland. One of the two non-contiguous U.S.
Beatles movie "Help!" has Royal World Premiere at the London Pavilion Theatre in the West End of London; Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon attend
Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter.
A 6.5 earthquake strikes Caracas, Venezuela, causing significant damage
Martina McBride, American musician, known for american country singer, was born on 1967-07-29. Martina Mariea McBride is an American country music singer and songwriter.
Arenal Volcano erupts in Costa Rica, killing 87 people and burying three small villages
Mariner 6 begins transmitting distant-encounter photos of Mars
Six days of race riots in Hartford, Connecticut
France conducts a nuclear test at Mururoa Atoll
Led Zeppelin has over $200,000 in cash stolen from a safe deposit box at the New York Hilton Hotel
The Greek royal family was the ruling family of the Kingdom of Greece from 1863 to 1924 and again from 1935 to 1973.
Episcopal Church ordains female priests
Ford becomes the first US President to visit Auschwitz concentration camp
In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks
American Penny Dean swims the English Channel in a record 7 hours and 40 minutes; record holds until 1995
Anti-apartheid protesters against the Springbok rugby tour are confronted by police, who use batons to stop them from marching to the South African consulate in New Zealand
Fernando Alonso, Spanish athlete, known for spanish racing driver, was born on 1982-07-29. Fernando Alonso Díaz is a Spanish racing driver who competes in Formula One for Aston Martin.
Vladimir Zworykin, American russian-american engineer, known for russian-american engineer, died on 1982-07-29.
Friday Night Videos is an American music video/variety program that aired from July 29, 1983, to May 24, 2002, on NBC.
American cyclists Alexi Grewal and Connie Carpenter win the road race double around the streets of Mission Viejo at the Los Angeles Olympics
19th NASA Space Shuttle mission (51-G): Challenger 8 launches
On 5 April 1986, three people were killed and 229 injured when La Belle discothèque was bombed in the Friedenau locality (then part of Schöneberg, and since 2001 part of the merged district of...
Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling
Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets a high jump record at 8.046 ft (2.45 m) in San Juan, Puerto Rico
The 1990 Boston Red Sox season was the 90th season in the franchise's Major League Baseball history. The Red Sox finished first in the American League East with a record of 88–74.
First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (Mets defeat Cubs 6-0)
American actor Ray Sharkey is arrested for narcotic possession
Cincinnati Reds pitcher Thomas Browning is arrested for marijuana possession
,000 Muslims demand the death of feminist writer Taslima Nasrin in Bangladesh
The 1995 NFL season was the 76th regular season of the National Football League (NFL). The league expanded to 30 teams with the addition of the Carolina Panthers and the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Jerome Robbins, American choreographer and director, known for american choreographer and director, died on 1998-07-29.
Deadliest mass shooting in Georgia, USA, history; gunman targets Atlanta-area day trading firms, killing 12 and injuring 13 others
Eris (minor-planet designation: 136199 Eris) is the most massive and second-largest known dwarf planet in the Solar System.
Robyn Denise Moore divorces Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson (55) due to irreconcilable differences after 31 years of marriage
The climate of Seattle is temperate, classified in the warm-summer (in contrast to hot-summer) subtype of the Mediterranean zone by the most common climate classification (Köppen: Csb) although some...
Miramax, LLC, formerly known as Miramax Films, is an American film and television production and distribution company owned by Qatari state-owned beIN Media Group and Paramount Pictures.
Tropical Storm Khanun kills 88 people and leaves 60,000 homeless in North Korea
This is a list of terrorist incidents in Pakistan in 2013. Some of the incidents are sectarian in nature and the TTP is responsible for a majority of them.
Sweat is a 2015 play by American playwright Lynn Nottage. It won the 2017 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Over 3,500 immigrants in 2 days attempt to enter the Channel Tunnel at Calais to cross into Britain
William Emerson Arnett is a Canadian and American actor and comedian. He is widely known for his roles as Gob Bluth in the Fox/Netflix sitcom Arrested Development (2003–2006, 2013, 2018–2019) and the...
On 5 August 2018, a destructive and shallow earthquake measuring Mw 6.9 (ML 7.0 according to BMKG) struck the island of Lombok, Indonesia.
Prison riot kills 58, with 16 decapitated in a battle between rival factions at Altamira prison, Pará state, Brazil
Saudi Arabia, officially the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) and also known simply as the Saudi, is a country in West Asia.
Australian canoeist Jessica Fox wins the inaugural women's C-1 slalom gold medal at the Tokyo Olympic Games with a time of 109.96 seconds
Rebekah Vardy loses her UK libel trial against Coleen Rooney in the so-called Wagatha Christie trial over Rooney accusing Vardy of leaking stories to The Sun newspaper
46,000-year-old minuscule pair of roundworms revived from their cryptobiotic state after being frozen in Siberian permafrost, proving life can be stopped and then restarted according tto scientists [1]
The national debt of the United States is the total national debt owed by the federal government of the United States to treasury security holders.
The UEFA Women's Euro 2025 final was a football match held on 27 July 2025 at St. Jakob-Park in Basel, Switzerland, between title holders England and reigning World Champions Spain to determine the...