Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
July 29
| 1588 | The Spanish Armada is sighted off the coast of England. | |
| 1602 | The Duke of Biron is executed in Paris for conspiring with Spain and Savoy against King Henry IV of France. | |
| 1603 | Bartholomew Gilbert is killed in Virginia by Indians, during a search for the missing Roanoke colonists. | |
| 1693 | The Army of the Grand Alliance is destroyed by the French at the Battle of Neerwinden. | |
| 1830 | Liberals led by the Marquis of Lafayette seize Paris in opposition to the king's restrictions on citizens' rights. | |
| 1848 | A rebellion against British rule is put down in Tipperary, Ireland. | |
| 1858 | Japan signs a treaty of commerce and friendship with the United States. | |
| 1862 | Confederates are routed by Union guerrillas at Moore's Mill, Missouri. | |
| 1875 | Peasants in Bosnia and Herzegovina rebel against the Ottoman army. | |
| 1915 | U.S. Marines land at Port-au-Prince to protect American interests in Haiti. | |
| 1921 | Adolf Hitler becomes the president of the Nationalist Socialist German Workers' Party (Nazis). | |
| 1945 | After delivering parts of the first atomic bomb to the island of Tinian, the U.S.S. Indianapolis is sunk by a Japanese submarine. The survivors are adrift for two days before help arrives. | |
| 1981 | Prince Charles marries Lady Diana. | |
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Born on July 29 |
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| 1805 | Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian ( Democracy in America). | |
| 1877 | Charles William Beebe, American biologist, explorer and writer. | |
| 1878 | Don Marquis, novelist and poet. | |
| 1883 | Benito Mussolini, Dictator of Italy (1922-1945). | |
| 1887 | Sigmund Romberg, composer. | |
| 1900 | Owen Lattimore, writer. | |
| 1905 | Stanley Kunitz, poet. | |
| 1905 | Dag Hammerarskjold, Nobel Peace Prize winner, secretary-general of the United Nations (1953-1961). | |
| 1909 | Chester Himes, author (Cotton Comes to Harlem, If He Hollers, Let Him Go). | |
| 1918 | Edwin Greene O'Connor, author (The Last Hurrah). | |
| 1918 | Mary Lee Settle, novelist. | |
| 1920 | Hank Ketchum, cartoonist, creator of Dennis the Menace. | |
| 1930 | Paul Taylor, choreographer and dancer. | |
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