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 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, 1,753,747,200 seconds 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 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.
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July 29 Historical Events
615 –
Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12.
1567 –
James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1836 –
Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
1899 –
The First Hague Convention is signed.
1957 –
The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
1959 –
First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
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.
1981 –
A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul’s Cathedral in London.
1987 –
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
2005 –
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Who were born on July 29?
1869 –
Booth Tarkington, American novelist and dramatist (d. 1946)
1915 –
Bruce R. McConkie, American Mormon apostle and writer (d. 1985)
1946 –
Neal Doughty, American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
1949 –
Leslie Easterbrook, American actress
1959 –
John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
1959 –
Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and Fluxus and mail artist
1965 –
Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
1977 –
Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, American songwriter and record producer
1981 –
Troy Perkins, American soccer player
1982 –
Allison Mack, American actress
Who died on July 29?
1095 –
King Ladislaus I of Hungary (b. c. 1040)
1108 –
King Philip I of France (b. 1052)
1781 –
Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
1856 –
Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
1934 –
Didier Pitre, French-Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
1950 –
Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
1979 –
Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
1983 –
Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
1996 –
Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. 1920)
1996 –
Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)