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 210th day of the year 2022 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 155 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Friday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is July 16, 2022 – a Friday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 27,650,880 minutes 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.
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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 177 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 3,507 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
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July 29 Historical Events
- 1848 –Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
- 1920 –Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
- 1921 –Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
- 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.
- 1976 –In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the “Son of Sam”) kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
- 1987 –British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
- 1987 –Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
- 2005 –Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Who were born on July 29?
- 1876 –Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born American actress (d. 1949)
- 1885 –Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
- 1918 –Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize winner (d. 1968)
- 1920 –Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
- 1924 –Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
- 1942 –Tony Sirico, American actor
- 1951 –Dan Driessen, American baseball player
- 1957 –Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
- 1981 –Fernando Alonso, Spanish Formula 1 Driver
- 1982 –Allison Mack, American actress
Who died on July 29?
- 1095 –King Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. c. 1040)
- 1900 –King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
- 1950 –Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
- 1966 –Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi, Nigerian military leader (b. 1924)
- 1970 –John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
- 1982 –Harold Sakata, American professional wrestler (“Tosh Togo”) and actor (b. 1920)
- 1982 –Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-born American physicist and inventor (b. 1889)
- 1990 –Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
- 2001 –Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2004 –Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
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