July 29
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July 29 is the 211th day of the year (212th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 154 days remaining after July 29 until the end of the year.
[change] Births
- 1801 – George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- 1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
- 1841 – Gerhard Armauer Hansen, Norwegian doctor and scientist (d. 1912)
- 1843 – Johannes Schmidt, German linguist (d. 1901)
- 1849 – Max Nordau, author, philosopher and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
- 1865 – Alexander Glazunov, Russian composer (d. 1936)
- 1869 – Booth Tarkington, author (d. 1946)
- 1874 – James Shaver Woodsworth, Methodist minister, social worker, and politician (d. 1942)
- 1876 – Maria Ouspenskaya, actress (d. 1949)
- 1878 – Don Marquis, author (d. 1937)
- 1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
- 1883 – Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
- 1884 – Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Under Secretary (d. 1975)
- 1887 – Sigmund Romberg, composer (d. 1951)
- 1892 – William Powell, actor (d. 1984)
- 1897 – Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
- 1898 – Isidor Isaac Rabi, physicist, Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1988)
- 1900 – Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer (d. 1976)
- 1905 – Clara Bow, actress (d. 1965)
- 1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, UN Secretary-General (d. 1961)
- 1905 – Thelma Todd, actress (d. 1935)
- 1905 – Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
- 1906 – Diana Vreeland, fashion editor (d. 1989)
- 1907 – Melvin Belli, lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
- 1924 – Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor
- 1925 – Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
- 1926 – Don Carter, bowler
- 1929 – Julio Botelho, Brazilian footballer (d. 2003)
- 1930 – Paul Taylor, dancer, choreographer
- 1932 – Nancy Landon Kassebaum Baker, U.S. Senator
- 1935 – Peter Schreier, German tenor
- 1936 – Elizabeth Dole, former US senator
- 1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist
- 1937 – Ryutaro Hashimoto, former Prime Minister of Japan (d. 2006)
- 1938 – Peter Jennings, television news anchor (d. 2005)
- 1941 – David Warner, actor
- 1942 – Tony Sirico, actor
- 1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player
- 1945 – Mircea Lucescu, Romanian football manager
- 1949 – Vida Blue, Major League Baseball player
- 1949 – Jamil Mahuad, former President of Ecuador
- 1949 – Marilyn Quayle, wife of US Vice President Dan Quayle
- 1951 – Susan Blackmore, British author, lecturer and psychologist
- 1953 – Ken Burns, American television producer and director
- 1953 – Geddy Lee, musician (Rush)
- 1957 – Nelli Kim, Soviet gymnast
- 1959 – Ruud Janssen, teacher, writer, and artist
- 1959 – Sanjay Dutt, actor
- 1963 – Graham Poll, English football referee
- 1965 – Chang-Rae Lee, author
- 1966 – Martina McBride, American country singer
- 1966 – Sally Gunnell, British athlete
- 1967 – Matthew C. Henderson, actor and baseball player
- 1972 – Wil Wheaton, actor
- 1973 – Stephen Dorff, actor
- 1974 – Steve-O, musician and actor
- 1977 – Danger Mouse, American DJ
- 1979 – Abs Breen, singer
- 1980 – Fernando Gonzalez, Chilean tennis player
- 1981 – Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
- 1984 – Hanna Bessenova, Ukrainian gymnast
- 1984 – Wilson Palacios, Honduran footballer
[change] Deaths
- 238 – Pupienus and Balbinus, Roman emperors (assassinated)
- 1030 – King Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
- 1099 – Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
- 1108 – King Philip I of France (b. 1081)
- 1507 – Martin Behaim, navigator and geographer (b. 1459)
- 1644 – Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
- 1833 – William Wilberforce, campaigner against slavery (b. 1759)
- 1844 – Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
- 1856 – Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
- 1890 – Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1900 – King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
- 1954 – Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
- 1970 – John Barbirolli, conductor (b. 1899)
- 1970 – George Szell, Hungarian conductor (b. 1897)
- 1974 – Mama Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
- 1974 – Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
- 1979 – Bill Todman, game show producer (b. 1916)
- 1981 – Robert Moses, New York public works official (b. 1888)
- 1982 – Vladimir Zworykin, physicist and inventor (b. 1889)
- 1983 – David Niven, British actor (b. 1910)
- 1983 – Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
- 1983 – Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
- 1984 – Fred Waring, band leader, inventor (b. 1900)
- 1990 – Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
- 2001 – Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2001 – Wau Holland, German hacker (b. 1951)
- 2003 – Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- 2004 – Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek comedienne and actress (b. 1923)
- 2007 – Mike Reid, British actor (b. 1940)
- 2010 – Zheng Ji, Chinese nutritionist and biochemist (b. 1900)
[change] Events
- 1588 – The Spanish Armada is defeated.
- 1900 – King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
- 1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the Nazi Party.
- 1967 – An earthquake strikes Caracas and kills 500 people.
- 1976 – The first victims of the Son of Sam serial killer are murdered.
- 1981 – Prince Charles and Diana, Princess of Wales marry.
- 2005 – The discovery of the dwarf planet Eris is announced.
