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 210^th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 155 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 16, 2025 – a Tuesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 487,152 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 ‘dihectadecagon’ 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 203 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 4,603 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

July 29 Historical Events

• 615 –
  Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12.
• 904 –
  Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire’s second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
• 1030 –
  Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
• 1847 –
  Cumberland School of Law is founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, United States, one of only 15 law schools to exist in the United States at the end of 1847.
• 1900 –
  In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
• 1907 –
  Sir Robert Baden Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9, 1907, and is regarded as the foundation of the Scouting movement.
• 1921 –
  Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
• 1937 –
  Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu (China), the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
• 1945 –
  The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
• 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.

Who were born on July 29?

• 1911 –
  Foster Furcolo, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
• 1936 –
  Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
• 1941 –
  Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
• 1946 –
  Diane Keen, English actress
• 1951 –
  Dean Pitchford, American songwriter, filmmaker and novelist
• 1953 –
  Geddy Lee, Canadian bassist and singer (Rush)
• 1956 –
  Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
• 1959 –
  Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and Fluxus and mail artist
• 1973 –
  Stephen Dorff, American actor
• 1974 –
  Afroman, American rapper

Who died on July 29?

• 1030 –
  Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
• 1108 –
  King Philip I of France (b. 1052)
• 1507 –
  Martin Behaim, German- or Bohemian-born navigator and geographer at the service of the King of Portugal (b. 1459)
• 1950 –
  Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
• 1954 –
  Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
• 1966 –
  Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian regional military governor (b. 1926)
• 1983 –
  David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
• 1996 –
  Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise) (b. 1967)
• 1996 –
  Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
• 2003 –
  Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)