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Notable anniversaries in history for today: July 29
- 150th: 1874 - Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court.
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Lloyd Bochner in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; actor (Cecil - Dynasty, Lonely Lady, Naked Gun 2 1/2).
- 100th: 1924 - Birth of Robert Horton in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena).
- 100th: 1924 - Paul Runyan wins the PGA golf championship.
- 60th: 1964 - Birth of Lisa Peluso; actress (Search for Tomorrow, Ava Alden Rescott - Loving).
- 50th: 1974 - Second impeachment vote against President Richard Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee.
- 50th: 1974 - Erich Kästner dies in Munich, Germany; popular humorist and satirist, author of children's books (Emil und die Detektive (1929)).
- 50th: 1974 - Cass Elliot, singer of Mamas and Papas, chokes to death at age 30 in London, England.
- 50th: 1974 - Saint Louis Cardinals' player Lou Brock steals his 700th base.
- 40th: 1984 - Death of Fred Waring at age 84; choirmaster/bandleader (The Pennsylvanians, Fred Waring Show), inventor (Waring blender).
- 40th: 1984 - Woodrow Parfey, actor (Time Express), dies at age 61 of a heart attack.
- 30th: 1994 - The German Bundestag votes to privatize the postal system. The postal service, the telephone service and the postal bank are to be privatized by January 1, 1995.
- 30th: 1994 - New Line releases the film The Mask to theaters.
- 30th: 1994 - Death of Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1910).
- 25th: 1999 - The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster attraction opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World in Florida.
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