What are the important events that happened on July 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
July 29: Facts & Myths About This Day
July 29 is the 211th day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 155 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Monday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 16, 2024 – a Monday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 478,392 hours has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectadecahenagon’ day.
Leo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 184 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,238 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 29 Historical Events
- 1030 –Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
- 1565 –The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1567 –James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
- 1693 –War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
- 1945 –The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
- 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, open in London.
- 1957 –The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
- 1958 –U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- 1967 –During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
- 1973 –Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
Who were born on July 29?
- 1883 –Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
- 1885 –Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
- 1887 –Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born American composer (d. 1951)
- 1890 –Daniel J. Callaghan, United States Navy officer, Medal of Honor recipient (d. 1942)
- 1911 –Archbishop Iakovos of America, Turkish-born Primate of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North and South America (d. 2005)
- 1916 –Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
- 1938 –Peter Jennings, Canadian-born American journalist (d. 2005)
- 1965 –Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born American novelist
- 1966 –Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voice actor
- 1990 –Munro Chambers, Canadian actor
Who died on July 29?
- 1030 –Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
- 1887 –Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)
- 1950 –Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
- 1973 –Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
- 1976 –Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
- 1982 –Harold Sakata, American professional wrestler (“Tosh Togo”) and actor (b. 1920)
- 1995 –Les Elgart, American jazz trumpeter and bandleader (b. 1917)
- 2001 –Wau Holland, German hacker (b. 1951)
- 2003 –Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- 2008 –Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian playback singer (b. 1989)
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