What happened this day in history July 29

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)

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