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
- 1567 –James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
- 1836 –Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- 1858 –United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- 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.
- 1945 –The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
- 1948 –Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad – after a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
- 1967 –During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
- 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.
Who were born on July 29?
- 1892 –William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1911 –Foster Furcolo, 60th Governor of Massachusetts (d. 1995)
- 1914 –Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian
- 1917 –Rochus Misch, German courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for Adolf Hitler, the last survivor of the Führerbunker
- 1946 –Ximena Armas, Chilean painter
- 1963 –Graham Poll, English football referee
- 1970 –John Rennie, Zimbabwean cricketer
- 1971 –Bryan Dattilo, American actor
- 1982 –Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
- 1985 –Simon Santoso, Indonesian badminton player
Who died on July 29?
- 1890 –Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1900 –King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
- 1966 –Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian regional military governor (b. 1926)
- 1979 –Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1992 –Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
- 1994 –Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
- 2001 –Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2007 –Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
- 2007 –Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (b. 1940)
- 2009 –Gayatri Devi, England-born Indian Maharani of Jaipur (b. 1919)
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