A Brief History
This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on July 29th. For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event.
Digging Deeper
On July 29, 1565, Mary, Queen of Scots, married her first cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley.
On July 29, 1973, British race car driver Roger Williamson met his death when his Formula 1race car crashed at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands.
On July 29, 1973, British race car driver Roger Williamson met his death when his Formula 1race car crashed at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands. (NOTE: The link in the date for this entry leads to a different article than the other mention to this same event above.)
On July 29, 1973, British race car driver Roger Williamson met his death when his Formula 1 race car crashed at the Dutch Grand Prix at Zandvoort Circuit in the Netherlands. (NOTE: The link in the date for this entry leads to a different article than the other mention to this same event above.)
On July 29, 1973, British race car driver Roger Williamson met his death when his Formula 1 race car crashed at the Dutch Grand Prix. (NOTE: The link in the date for this entry leads to a different article than the other mention to this same event above.)
On July 29, 1976, the homicidal lunatic known to the tabloid press as “Son of Sam” murdered his first victim and wounded another in the first of 8 shooting attacks by David Berkowitz of New York City.
On July 29, 1993, Ukrainian-American retired auto worker, John Demjanjuk, was finally acquitted by the Supreme Court of Israel and was a free man.
On July 29, 1998, Caesars Windsor opened in Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
On July 29, 2019, we celebrated National Lasagna Day, a day to revel in the wonderfulness of Italian style cooking.
On July 29, 2020, Americans celebrated another of our greatest holidays, National Chicken Wing Day!
On July 29, 2021, the International Space Station suffered an engine malfunction in its Russian Nauka module, inadvertently firing its thrusters, causing the giant man-made satellite to spin out of control!
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Andrews, John and Matt Baker. Timeline of World History. Thunder Bay Press, 2020.
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