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Events
- 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.
- 1030 - Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad - Olaf II of Norway fights and dies trying to regain his List of Norwegian monarchs from the Danish people.
- 1565 - Mary Queen of Scots, widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1567 - James I of England is crowned Monarch of Scotland at Stirling.
- 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War (1585): Spanish Armada#Battle of Gravelines - England Royal Navy forces under command of Lord Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Sir Francis Drake defeats 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.
- 1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
- 1830 - Abdication of Charles X of France.
- 1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- 1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
- 1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against United Kingdom rule is put down by police.
- 1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- 1858 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate States of America spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union (American Civil War) troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.
- 1899 - The Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907) is signed.
- 1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italy-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
- 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp ran from August 1-9, 1907, and is regarded as the founding of the Scouting movement.
- 1920 - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
- 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
- 1932 - Great Depression: In Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
- 1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
- 1947 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a memory upgrade, ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, is reactivated. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
- 1948 - Olympic Games: 1948 Summer Olympics - 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 opened in London.
- 1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
- 1958 - The Congress of the United States formally creates the NASA (NASA).
- 1959 - First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the United States.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
- 1966 - Musician Bob Dylan crashes his Triumph Motorcycles motorcycle in upstate New York. He goes into seclusion for over a year before reemerging and reinventing himself artistically.
- 1966 - American magazine Datebook releases issue with the Beatles article from the London Evening Standard four months ago which includes John Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" statement, setting off a furor resulting the trashing and burning of Beatles records and merchandise and the banning of Beatles songs on radio
- 1967 - Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst United States naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
- 1967 - At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
- 1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
- 1981 - Diana, Princess of Wales marries Charles, Prince of Wales.
- 1987 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
- 1987 - Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issue.
- 1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazism death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
- 1996 - The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.
- 2005 - Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris (dwarf planet).
- 2007 - The ruling coalition of Japan lost its majority in the upper house after the Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007.
- 2007 - The popular, long-running Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast (musical) closed on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to make room for Disney's new musical, The Little Mermaid (musical).
Births
- 1166 - Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)
- 1605 - Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659)
- 1763 - Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1845)
- 1797 - Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
- 1801 - George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
- 1843 - Johannes Schmidt (linguist), German linguist (d. 1901)
- 1849 - Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
- 1869 - Booth Tarkington, American author (d. 1946)
- 1872 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (d. 1957)
- 1874 - James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
- 1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born actress (d. 1949)
- 1878 - Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
- 1883 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
- 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
- 1884 - Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
- 1885 - Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
- 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1951)
- 1892 - William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1897 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
- 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1988)
- 1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1976)
- 1900 - Don Redman, American musician (d. 1964)
- 1904 - J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993)
- 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1961)
- 1905 - Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935)
- 1905 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
- 1906 - Diana Vreeland, French-born fashion editor (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
- 1911 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Erich Priebke, Nazi war criminal
- 1914 - Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian
- 1916 - Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
- 1916 - Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (d. 1968)
- 1920 - Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974)
- 1920 - Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Richard Egan (actor), American actor (d. 1987)
- 1923 - Jim Marshall (businessman), founder of Marshall Amplification
- 1923 - Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
- 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
- 1925 - Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player
- 1927 - Harry Mulisch, Dutch author
- 1929 - Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
- 1930 - Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
- 1932 - Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas
- 1933 - Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager
- 1933 - Colin Davis (driver), British racing driver
- 1934 - Robert Fuller (actor), American actor
- 1935 - Peter Schreier, German tenor
- 1936 - Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- 1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics
- 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist (d. 2005)
- 1938 - Jean Rochon, Quebec politician
- 1941 - Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1941 - David Warner (actor), English actor
- 1942 - Tony Sirico, American actor
- 1943 - David Taylor (snooker player), English snooker player
- 1946 - Neal Doughty, American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
- 1947 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
- 1951 - Dan Driessen, American baseball player
- 1953 - Ken Burns, American producer and director
- 1953 - Geddy Lee, Canadian musician (Rush (band))
- 1953 - Patti Scialfa, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1955 - Dave Stevens, American illustrator
- 1955 - Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
- 1956 - Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
- 1956 - Ronnie Musgrove, Former Governor of Mississippi
- 1957 - Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
- 1957 - Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
- 1959 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
- 1959 - Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and artist
- 1959 - Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
- 1959 - John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
- 1962 - Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
- 1963 - Graham Poll, English referee
- 1963 - Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
- 1963 - Alexandra Paul, American actress
- 1965 - Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author
- 1965 - Luis Alicea, baseball coach
- 1965 - Gail Simone, comic book writer
- 1965 - Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
- 1966 - Martina McBride, American singer
- 1966 - Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor
- 1969 - Adele Stevens, English model and erotic actress
- 1971 - Monica Calhoun, American actress
- 1972 - Wil Wheaton, American actor
- 1973 - Stephen Dorff, American actor
- 1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- 1974 - Josh Radnor, American actor
- 1975 - Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
- 1979 - Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
- 1979 - Ronald Murray, American basketball player
- 1980 - Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
- 1980 - Rachel Miner, American actress
- 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish two time formula 1 world champion
- 1981 - Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 - Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
- 1982 - Allison Mack, American actress
- 1983 - Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
Deaths
- 238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor
- 238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor
- 1030 - Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
- 1099 - Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
- 1108 - Philip I of France (b. 1052)
- 1507 - Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)
- 1612 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
- 1644 - Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
- 1752 - Peter Warren (admiral), British admiral
- 1781 - Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
- 1792 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
- 1813 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
- 1833 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (b. 1759)
- 1839 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
- 1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
- 1856 - Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
- 1857 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774)
- 1887 - Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)
- 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1900 - King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
- 1913 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1838)
- 1934 - Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
- 1938 - Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
- 1950 - Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
- 1951 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (b. 1883)
- 1954 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
- 1964 - Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
- 1970 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
- 1973 - Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
- 1974 - Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
- 1974 - Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
- 1975 - James Blish, American writer (b. 1921)
- 1976 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
- 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1979 - Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
- 1981 - Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
- 1982 - Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor (b. 1920)
- 1982 - Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (b. 1889)
- 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
- 1983 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
- 1983 - David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
- 1984 - Fred Waring, American band leader and inventor (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
- 1992 - Michel Larocque, French-Canadian hockey player (b. 1952)
- 1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1910)
- 1994 - Megan Kanka, American murder victim (b. 1986)
- 1996 - Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
- 1996 - Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise (band)) (b. 1967)
- 1996 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. 1920)
- 1998 - Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (b. 1918)
- 1998 - Bharathan, Malayalam film director (b. 1947)
- 2001 - Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
- 2003 - Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
- 2007 - Mike Reid (entertainer), English comedian and actor (b. 1940)
- 2007 - Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
- 2007 - Tom Snyder, American television personality (b. 1936)
- 2007 - Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
Holidays and observations
Liturgical feasts
Roman Catholicism
- Translation of - saint Domnius, bishop of Salona, martyr (sveti Duje)
- Saint Eugenius =? Saint Eugeus, king
- Saint Felix I, pope, and companions (Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix, (siblings)), martyrs
- Saint Ladislas, king, confessor (Deposition)
- Saint Lupus, bishop of Troyes, confessor Constance, Metz, Paris, France
- Saint Olaf II of Norway, king of Norway, martyr, patron of woodcarvers Scandinavia - celebrated in Norway as Olsok (St. Olav's Day)
- Saint Olaf of Sweden, king (of Sweden), martyr
- Saint Pantaleon
- Saint Suliavus, abbot, confessor Pol de Léon
- Saint William Pinchon, bishop of Saint-Brieuc =?William, bishop (of Brieuc), confessor
- Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
- Martha, host of Christ, sister of Lazarus, patron saint of cooks, domestic staff and dieticians
- Saint Serafina
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
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Events
- 1014 - Byzantine-Bulgarian Wars: Battle of Kleidion: Byzantine emperor Basil II inflicts a decisive defeat on the Bulgarian army, and his subsequent savage treatment of 15,000 prisoners reportedly causes Tsar Samuil of Bulgaria to die of shock.
- 1030 - Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad - Olaf II of Norway fights and dies trying to regain his List of Norwegian monarchs from the Danish people.
- 1565 - Mary Queen of Scots, widowed, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland.
- 1567 - James I of England is crowned Monarch of Scotland at Stirling.
- 1588 - Anglo-Spanish War (1585): Spanish Armada#Battle of Gravelines - England Royal Navy forces under command of Lord Charles Howard, 1st Earl of Nottingham and Sir Francis Drake defeats 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.
- 1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
- 1830 - Abdication of Charles X of France.
- 1836 - Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- 1847 - Cumberland School of Law founded in Lebanon, Tennessee, Tennessee, USA. At the end of 1847 only 15 law schools exist in the United States.
- 1848 - Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - In Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against United Kingdom rule is put down by police.
- 1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- 1858 - United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- 1864 - American Civil War: Confederate States of America spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union (American Civil War) troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, DC.
- 1899 - The Hague Conventions (1899 and 1907) is signed.
- 1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italy-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
- 1907 - Sir Robert Baden-Powell sets up the Brownsea Island Scout camp in Poole Harbour on the south coast of England. The camp ran from August 1-9, 1907, and is regarded as the founding of the Scouting movement.
- 1920 - Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
- 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
- 1932 - Great Depression: In Washington, DC, U.S. troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans.
- 1945 - The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
- 1947 - After being shut off on November 9, 1946 for a memory upgrade, ENIAC, the world's first all-electronic digital computer, is reactivated. It will remain in continuous operation until October 2, 1955.
- 1948 - Olympic Games: 1948 Summer Olympics - 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 opened in London.
- 1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
- 1958 - The Congress of the United States formally creates the NASA (NASA).
- 1959 - First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the United States.
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
- 1966 - Musician Bob Dylan crashes his Triumph Motorcycles motorcycle in upstate New York. He goes into seclusion for over a year before reemerging and reinventing himself artistically.
- 1966 - American magazine Datebook releases issue with the Beatles article from the London Evening Standard four months ago which includes John Lennon's "more popular than Jesus" statement, setting off a furor resulting the trashing and burning of Beatles records and merchandise and the banning of Beatles songs on radio
- 1967 - Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst United States naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
- 1967 - At the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela was shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
- 1976 - In New York City, the "Son of Sam" kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
- 1981 - Diana, Princess of Wales marries Charles, Prince of Wales.
- 1987 - United Kingdom Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
- 1987 - Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayawardene sign the Indo-Lankan Pact on ethnic issue.
- 1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused Nazism death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
- 1996 - The controversial child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.
- 2005 - Astronomers announce their discovery of Eris (dwarf planet).
- 2007 - The ruling coalition of Japan lost its majority in the upper house after the Japanese House of Councillors election, 2007.
- 2007 - The popular, long-running Broadway musical Beauty and the Beast (musical) closed on Broadway at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre to make room for Disney's new musical, The Little Mermaid (musical).
Births
- 1166 - Henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)
- 1605 - Simon Dach, German poet (d. 1659)
- 1763 - Philip Charles Durham, Royal Navy Admiral (d. 1845)
- 1797 - Daniel Drew, American financier (d. 1879)
- 1801 - George Bradshaw, English publisher (d. 1853)
- 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
- 1843 - Johannes Schmidt (linguist), German linguist (d. 1901)
- 1849 - Max Nordau, Austrian author and Zionist leader (d. 1923)
- 1869 - Booth Tarkington, American author (d. 1946)
- 1872 - Eric Alfred Knudsen, American folklorist (d. 1957)
- 1874 - James Shaver Woodsworth, Canadian politician (d. 1942)
- 1876 - Maria Ouspenskaya, Russian-born actress (d. 1949)
- 1878 - Don Marquis, American author (d. 1937)
- 1883 - Porfirio Barba-Jacob, Colombian poet and writer (d. 1942)
- 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian dictator (d. 1945)
- 1884 - Ralph A. Bard, U.S. Navy Undersecretary (d. 1975)
- 1885 - Theda Bara, American film actress (d. 1955)
- 1887 - Sigmund Romberg, Hungarian-born composer (d. 1951)
- 1892 - William Powell, American actor (d. 1984)
- 1897 - Sir Neil Ritchie, British general (d. 1983)
- 1898 - Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist, Nobel Prize in Physics (d. 1988)
- 1900 - Eyvind Johnson, Swedish writer, Nobel Prize in Literature (d. 1976)
- 1900 - Don Redman, American musician (d. 1964)
- 1904 - J. R. D. Tata, Indian industrialist (d. 1993)
- 1905 - Clara Bow, American actress (d. 1965)
- 1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Peace Prize (d. 1961)
- 1905 - Thelma Todd, American actress (d. 1935)
- 1905 - Stanley Kunitz, American poet (d. 2006)
- 1906 - Diana Vreeland, French-born fashion editor (d. 1989)
- 1907 - Melvin Belli, American lawyer and actor (d. 1996)
- 1911 - Iakovos, Archbishop of America (d. 2005)
- 1913 - Erich Priebke, Nazi war criminal
- 1914 - Irwin Corey, American stand-up comedian
- 1916 - Charlie Christian, American jazz guitarist (d. 1942)
- 1916 - Budd Boetticher, American film director (d. 2001)
- 1918 - Edwin O'Connor, American novelist and Pulitzer Prize for Fiction winner (d. 1968)
- 1920 - Rodolfo Acosta, Mexican actor (d. 1974)
- 1920 - Neville Jeffress, Australian founder of Media Monitors Australia (d. 2007)
- 1921 - Richard Egan (actor), American actor (d. 1987)
- 1923 - Jim Marshall (businessman), founder of Marshall Amplification
- 1923 - Gordon Mitchell, American actor (d. 2003)
- 1924 - Lloyd Bochner, Canadian actor (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)
- 1925 - Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
- 1925 - Ted Lindsay, Canadian hockey player
- 1927 - Harry Mulisch, Dutch author
- 1929 - Jean Baudrillard, French philosopher
- 1930 - Paul Taylor, American dancer and choreographer
- 1932 - Nancy Kassebaum Baker, United States Senator from Kansas
- 1933 - Lou Albano, American pro wrestling manager
- 1933 - Colin Davis (driver), British racing driver
- 1934 - Robert Fuller (actor), American actor
- 1935 - Peter Schreier, German tenor
- 1936 - Elizabeth Dole, U.S. Senator from North Carolina
- 1937 - Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize in Economics
- 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist (d. 2005)
- 1938 - Jean Rochon, Quebec politician
- 1941 - Jennifer Dunn, American politician (d. 2007)
- 1941 - David Warner (actor), English actor
- 1942 - Tony Sirico, American actor
- 1943 - David Taylor (snooker player), English snooker player
- 1946 - Neal Doughty, American keyboardist (REO Speedwagon)
- 1947 - Dick Harmon, American golf instructor (d. 2006)
- 1951 - Dan Driessen, American baseball player
- 1953 - Ken Burns, American producer and director
- 1953 - Geddy Lee, Canadian musician (Rush (band))
- 1953 - Patti Scialfa, American singer, guitarist and songwriter
- 1955 - Dave Stevens, American illustrator
- 1955 - Jean-Hugues Anglade, French actor
- 1956 - Teddy Atlas, American boxing trainer and commentator
- 1956 - Ronnie Musgrove, Former Governor of Mississippi
- 1957 - Nellie Kim, Russian gymnast
- 1957 - Alessandra Marc, American operatic soprano
- 1959 - Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor
- 1959 - Ruud Janssen, Dutch writer and artist
- 1959 - Dave LaPoint, American baseball player
- 1959 - John Sykes, British guitarist (Thin Lizzy, Whitesnake, Tygers of Pan Tang)
- 1962 - Scott Steiner, American professional wrestler
- 1963 - Graham Poll, English referee
- 1963 - Jim Beglin, Irish football commentator
- 1963 - Alexandra Paul, American actress
- 1965 - Chang-Rae Lee, Korean-born author
- 1965 - Luis Alicea, baseball coach
- 1965 - Gail Simone, comic book writer
- 1965 - Dean Haglund, Canadian actor
- 1966 - Martina McBride, American singer
- 1966 - Richard Steven Horvitz, American comic voiceactor
- 1969 - Adele Stevens, English model and erotic actress
- 1971 - Monica Calhoun, American actress
- 1972 - Wil Wheaton, American actor
- 1973 - Stephen Dorff, American actor
- 1973 - Wanya Morris, American singer (Boyz II Men)
- 1974 - Josh Radnor, American actor
- 1975 - Corrado Grabbi, Italian footballer
- 1979 - Karim Essediri, Tunisian footballer
- 1979 - Ronald Murray, American basketball player
- 1980 - Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
- 1980 - Rachel Miner, American actress
- 1981 - Fernando Alonso, Spanish two time formula 1 world champion
- 1981 - Andrés Madrid, Argentine footballer
- 1982 - Jônatas Domingos, Brazilian footballer
- 1982 - Janez Aljančič, Slovenian footballer
- 1982 - Allison Mack, American actress
- 1983 - Alexei Kaigorodov, Russian hockey player
Deaths
- 238 - Pupienus, Roman Emperor
- 238 - Balbinus, Roman Emperor
- 1030 - Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
- 1099 - Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
- 1108 - Philip I of France (b. 1052)
- 1507 - Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)
- 1612 - Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
- 1644 - Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
- 1752 - Peter Warren (admiral), British admiral
- 1781 - Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
- 1792 - René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
- 1813 - Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
- 1833 - William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (b. 1759)
- 1839 - Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
- 1844 - Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
- 1856 - Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
- 1857 - Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774)
- 1887 - Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)
- 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1900 - King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
- 1913 - Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Peace Prize (b. 1838)
- 1934 - Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
- 1938 - Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
- 1950 - Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
- 1951 - Hozumi Shigeto, Japanese author (b. 1883)
- 1954 - Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
- 1964 - Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
- 1970 - John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
- 1973 - Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
- 1974 - Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
- 1974 - Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
- 1975 - James Blish, American writer (b. 1921)
- 1976 - Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
- 1979 - Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
- 1979 - Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
- 1981 - Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
- 1982 - Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor (b. 1920)
- 1982 - Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (b. 1889)
- 1983 - Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
- 1983 - Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
- 1983 - David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
- 1984 - Fred Waring, American band leader and inventor (b. 1900)
- 1990 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
- 1992 - Michel Larocque, French-Canadian hockey player (b. 1952)
- 1994 - Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel Prize in Chemistry (b. 1910)
- 1994 - Megan Kanka, American murder victim (b. 1986)
- 1996 - Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
- 1996 - Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise (band)) (b. 1967)
- 1996 - Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. 1920)
- 1998 - Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (b. 1918)
- 1998 - Bharathan, Malayalam film director (b. 1947)
- 2001 - Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
- 2001 - Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
- 2003 - Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
- 2004 - Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
- 2007 - Mike Reid (entertainer), English comedian and actor (b. 1940)
- 2007 - Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
- 2007 - Tom Snyder, American television personality (b. 1936)
- 2007 - Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
Holidays and observations
- Faroe Islands - Ólavsøka: opening of the Løgting session.
- Deşteaptă-te, române! in Romania.
Liturgical feasts
Roman Catholicism
- Translation of - saint Domnius, bishop of Salona, martyr (sveti Duje)
- Saint Eugenius =? Saint Eugeus, king
- Saint Felix I, pope, and companions (Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix, (siblings)), martyrs
- Saint Ladislas, king, confessor (Deposition)
- Saint Lupus, bishop of Troyes, confessor Constance, Metz, Paris, France
- Saint Olaf II of Norway, king of Norway, martyr, patron of woodcarvers Scandinavia - celebrated in Norway as Olsok (St. Olav's Day)
- Saint Olaf of Sweden, king (of Sweden), martyr
- Saint Pantaleon
- Saint Suliavus, abbot, confessor Pol de Léon
- Saint William Pinchon, bishop of Saint-Brieuc =?William, bishop (of Brieuc), confessor
- Simplicius, Faustinus and Beatrix
- Martha, host of Christ, sister of Lazarus, patron saint of cooks, domestic staff and dieticians
- Saint Serafina
External links
- BBC: On This Day
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- On This Day in Canada
BBC - Proms - 29 July 2008
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July 29 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
July 29 is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 155 days remaining until the end of the year.
BBC ON THIS DAY | 29 | 1981: Charles and Diana marry
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1588: Sir Francis Drake took part in the most famous game of bowls in history on Plymouth Hoe when he received news that the Spanish Armada was off the coast of Cornwall. <br>
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