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History Events on July 29

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History Events on July 29

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Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.

#Rajiv_Gandhi

In 1987

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.

#Byzantine-Bulgarian_wars

In 1014

Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.

#Great_Depression

In 1932

United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.

#Treaty_of_Amity_and_Commerce_(United_States-Japan)

In 1858

Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.

#Eris_(dwarf_planet)

In 2005

Founding of the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General's Corps: General George Washington appoints William Tudor as Judge Advocate of the Continental Army.

#Judge_Advocate_General's_Corps,_United_States_Army

In 1775

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).

#Margaret_Thatcher

In 1987

The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.

#International_Atomic_Energy_Agency

In 1957

The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.

#BBC_Light_Programme

In 1945

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.

#Anglo-Spanish_War_(1585-1604)

In 1588

Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn.

#Korean_War

In 1950

The Cape Cod Canal opened.

#Cape_Cod_Canal

In 1914

War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen: France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.

#Nine_Years'_War

In 1693

The Praetorian Guard storm 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.

#Praetorian_Guard

In 238

Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.

#Flag_of_Iran

In 1980

American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.

#American_Civil_War

In 1864

Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.

#Adolf_Hitler

In 1921

Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.

#Arc_de_Triomphe

In 1836

French physicist Augustin Fresnel submits his prizewinning "Memoir on the Diffraction of Light", precisely accounting for the limited extent to which light spreads into shadows, and thereby demolishing the oldest objection to the wave theory of light.

#Augustin-Jean_Fresnel

In 1818

In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.

#Umberto_I_of_Italy

In 1900

Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessaloniki, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.

#Sack_of_Thessalonica_(904)

In 904

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

#Dwight_D._Eisenhower

In 1958

Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.

#Link_River_Dam

In 1920

The Siege of Damascus ends in a decisive crusader defeat and leads to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.

#Siege_of_Damascus_(1148)

In 1148

Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.

#Vietnam_War

In 1965

Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.

#Great_Famine_(Ireland)

In 1848

During the Dutch Grand Prix driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race, after a suspected tire failure caused the car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.

#1973_Dutch_Grand_Prix

In 1973

Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.

#Annibale_de_Gasparis

In 1851

First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.

#United_States_Congress

In 1959

The First Hague Convention is signed.

#Hague_Conventions_of_1899_and_1907

In 1899

Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad: King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.

#Earls_of_Lade

In 1030

The Neo-Babylonian Empire sacks Jerusalem and destroys the First Temple.

#Neo-Babylonian_Empire

In 587 BC

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.

#Robert_Baden-Powell,_1st_Baron_Baden-Powell

In 1907

After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.

#Abolhassan_Banisadr

In 1981

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.

#Olympic_Games

In 1948

Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.

#Granges-près-Marnand_train_crash

In 2013

James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.

#James_VI_and_I

In 1567

The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace, Edinburgh, Scotland.

#Mary,_Queen_of_Scots

In 1565

During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.

#Caracas

In 1967

Prison riot between rival gangs broke out in Brazil, at least 57 people have been killed.

In 2019

An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.

In 2010

The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.

In 1996

The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

In 1993

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.

In 1981

In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.

In 1976

Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.

In 1973

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.

#North_Vietnam

In 1967

T?ngzh?u Incident: In T?ngzh?u, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.

In 1937

Count Dirk III defeats an army sent by Emperor Henry II in the Battle of Vlaardingen.

In 1018

Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).

In 923

Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at the age of 12.

In 615

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