Major Events
- 1588 The "Invincible" Spanish Armada is sighted approaching England, several skirmishes follow forcing the invading fleet to make a long and costly retreat around Scotland and Ireland
- 1609 Samuel de Champlain shoots and kills two Iroquois chiefs at Ticonderoga, New York setting the stage for French-Iroquois conflicts for the next 150 years
- 1848 Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt - an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule put down by police
- 1905 US Secretary of War William Howard Taft makes secret agreement with Japanese Prime Minister Katsura agreeing to Japanese free rein in Korea in return for non-interference with the US in the Philippines
- 1921 Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party
- 1949 Moscow ends the blockade of West Berlin
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Jul 29 in Film & TV
- 1928 Test footage first created for Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" with Mickey Mouse
Jul 29 in Music
- 1973 Led Zeppelin has more than $200,000 in cash stolen from a safety-deposit box at the New York Hilton hotel
Jul 29 in Sport
- 1751 1st international world title prize fight: Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 mins in England
Did You Know?
Walter Hunt
Benito Mussolini
Vladimir Zworykin
Dag Hammarskjöld
Erich Priebke
Elizabeth Short
Clara Bow
Peter Jennings
Geddy Lee
Martina McBride
Ted Lindsay
Fernando Alonso
Fun Fact About July 29
Zion Harvey became the first paediatric patient to receive a double hand transplant at The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Famous Weddings
- 1565 Mary, Queen of Scots (22) marries for the second time her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (19)
- 1914 Mountain climber George Mallory (28) weds Ruth Dixon Turner
- 1934 "Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (24) weds screenwriter Arthur Sheekman (33)
Famous Divorces
- 2006 Robyn Denise Moore divorces Oscar-winning actor Mel Gibson (55) due to irreconcilable differences after 31 years of marriage
- 2016 Comedians and actors Amy Poehler and Will Arnett divorce after 12 years of marriage
More July 29 Weddings
Philip I
William Wilberforce
Vincent van Gogh
Herbert Marcuse
David Niven
Jerome RobbinsArticles, Photos and Quiz
Defeat of the Spanish Armada
English and Spanish fleets clash in the Battle of Gravelines in this historic painting by Philip James de Loutherbourg
July 29, 1588
William Wilberforce’s Fight Against Slavery
William Wilberforce, who died on this day, was a leading figure in the fight against slavery, especially the horrific transportation of people from Africa.
July 29, 1833
