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
- 238 –The Praetorian Guard stormed the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
- 615 –Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12.
- 1014 –Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion – Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of a heart attack less than three months later, on October 6.
- 1588 –Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines – English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
- 1693 –War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
- 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.
- 1848 –Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
- 1858 –United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- 1899 –The First Hague Convention is signed.
- 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)
- 1905 –Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1924 –Elizabeth Short, American waitress, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
- 1951 –Dan Driessen, American baseball player
- 1953 –Geddy Lee, Canadian bassist and singer (Rush)
- 1955 –Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
- 1959 –Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
- 1963 –Alexandra Paul, American actress
- 1970 –John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1975 –Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
Who died on July 29?
- 1644 –Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
- 1781 –Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
- 1813 –Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
- 1900 –King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
- 1950 –Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
- 1973 –Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
- 1981 –Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
- 2004 –Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
- 2007 –Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
- 2008 –Ishmeet Singh Sodhi, Indian playback singer (b. 1989)
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