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| Birthday July 29, 1861 Alica Hathaway Lee Roosevelt, 1st wife of Theodore Roosevelt. |
| Birthday July 29, 1869 Booth Tarkington, American novelist (17, Magnificent Ambersons). |
| Birthday July 29, 1883 Benito Mussolini (Il Duce), Italian dictator. |
| Birthday July 29, 1887 Tim Mara, NFL team owner (NY Giants). |
| Birthday July 29, 1892 William Powell, Actor (the Thin Man). |
| Birthday July 29, 1898 I.I. Rabi, Polish physicist. |
| Birthday July 29, 1900 Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist (Return to Ithaca) (Nobel 1974). |
| Birthday July 29, 1905 Thelma Todd, Actress |
| Birthday July 29, 1905 Dag Hammarskjold, 2nd UN sec-gen (1953-61) (Nobel 1961). |
| Birthday July 29, 1905 Clara Bow, silent screen Actress (It, Saturday Night Kid). |
| Birthday July 29, 1907 Melvin Belli, in SF's 'King of Torts' |
| Birthday July 29, 1925 Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer. |
| Birthday July 29, 1936 Elizabeth Dole, US secretary of transportation. |
| Birthday July 29, 1965 101st Airborne Division arrives in Vietnam |
| History July 29, 1588 Spanish Armada defeated |
| History July 29, 1776 Escalante and Dominguez begin expedition |
| History July 29, 1778 French navy contacts Continentals |
| History July 29, 1824 Peruvian National Day |
| History July 29, 1835 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begun. |
| History July 29, 1848 Tipperary Revolt ends in failure |
| History July 29, 1858 1st commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed. |
| History July 29, 1862 Confederate spy Belle Boyd is captured |
| History July 29, 1899 1st motorcycle race Manhattan Beach N.Y. |
| History July 29, 1900 Italian king Umberto I assassinated. |
| History July 29, 1900 Italian American assassinates Italian king |
| History July 29, 1909 General Motors buys Cadillac |
| History July 29, 1914 Kaiser Wilhelm of Germany and Czar Nicholas of Russia exchange telegrams |
| History July 29, 1914 1st transcontinental phone link made Between NYC & SF |
| History July 29, 1915 US marines land in Haiti stay until 1924. |
| History July 29, 1920 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF |
| History July 29, 1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released |
| History July 29, 1945 Japanese sink the USS Indianapolis |
| History July 29, 1952 1st transpacific non-stop flight by jet |
| History July 29, 1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers |
| History July 29, 1957 International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN |
| History July 29, 1958 Pres Eisenhower signs into law NASA & Space Act of 1958. |
| History July 29, 1958 President Eisenhower authorizes creation of NASA |
| History July 29, 1958 Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running |
| History July 29, 1958 NASA established |
| History July 29, 1965 Gemini 5 returned after 12 d/7 hr/11 min/53 sec. |
| History July 29, 1965 Chang-Rae Lee's birthday |
| History July 29, 1967 Rocket causes deadly fire on aircraft carrier |
| History July 29, 1967 The Doors score their first #1 hit with Light My Fire |
| History July 29, 1967 Fire ravages U.S. carrier off Vietnam |
| History July 29, 1972 Former U.S. Attorney General visits North Vietnam |
| History July 29, 1976 Son of Sam terrorizes New York |
| History July 29, 1978 Pioneer 11 transmitted images of Saturn & its rings. |
| History July 29, 1981 Prince Charles marries Lady Diana |
| History July 29, 1981 Prince Charles & Lady Diana wed |
| History July 29, 1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 8 is launched |
| History July 29, 1996 Carl Lewis wins fourth consecutive long jump at 35 |
| History July 29, 2000 Hollywood golden couple weds |