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What happened in history on this day: July 29?
On July 29 in ...
- 1858 - First commercial treaty between US and Japan signed.
- 1858 - US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan.
- 1890 - US President Benjamin Harrison sends a directive to Congress demanding legislation to make use of the Post Office for lottery purposes illegal.
- 1914 - First transcontinental phone link made between New York City and San Francisco.
- 1920 - First transcontinental airmail flight from New York to San Francisco.
- 1921 - The Council on Foreign Relations is incorporated in New York.
- 1936 - RCA shows the first real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives).
- 1938 - Olympic National Park established.
- 1947 - Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, ten women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
- 1958 - President Dwight Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- 1965 - The last delivery of $2 United States notes is made.
- 1965 - Gemini 5 returns after 12 days 7 hours 11 minutes 53 seconds in space.
- 1967 - Explosion and fire aboard aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, causes US$100 million in damage.
- 1968 - US Treasury Department bans purchase abroad and import of Rhodesian stamps.
- 1969 - Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars.
- 1970 - Six days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1974 - Second impeachment vote against President Richard Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee.
- 1975 - Gerald Ford becomes first US president to visit German concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland.
- 1978 - 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York.
- 1985 - 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched.
- 1987 - Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlour and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor: Cherry Garcia.
- 1988 - FDIC bails out First Republic Bank, in Dallas, Texas with $4 billion.
- 1988 - Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit.
- 1988 - Last US Playboy Club (Lansing, Michigan) closes.
- 1996 - The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.
- 1999 - The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster attraction opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World in Florida.
- 2008 - Wall Street investment bank and brokerage company Merrill Lynch reports it will take a US$5.7 billion third-quarter writedown due to risky debt.
- 2008 - Southern California is hit by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake, felt from Los Angeles to San Diego and slightly in Las Vegas.
Births on July 29
- 1878 - Birth of Don Marquis in Illinois, USA; journalist/poet (archy and mehitabel).
- 1900 - Birth of Don Redman in Piedmont, West Virginia, USA; orchestra leader ("Sugar Hill Times").
- 1907 - Birth of Melvin Belli in Sonora, California, USA; lawyer, San Francisco's "King of Torts".
- 1913 - Birth of Stephen McNally in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Split Second, 30 Seconds over Tokyo).
- 1921 - Birth of Richard Egan in San Francisco, California, USA; actor (Empire, Redigo, Pollyanna).
- 1924 - Birth of Robert Horton in Los Angeles, California, USA; actor (Kings Row, Wagon Train, Arena).
- 1933 - Birth of Robert Fuller in Troy, New York, USA; actor (Laramie, Wagon Train).
- 1941 - Birth of David Warner in Manchester, New Hampshire, USA; actor (Holocaust).
- 1943 - Birth of Roz Kelly in Mount Vernon, New York, USA; actress (The Owl and the Pussycat, Happy Days).
- 1951 - Birth of Leslie Easterbrook in Los Angeles, California, USA; actress (Ryan's Hope, Police Acadamy 5).
- 1959 - Birth of Gary Springer in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Bernice Bobs Her Hair).
- 1963 - Birth of Alexandra Paul in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Christine, American Flyers, Dragnet).
- 1973 - Birth of Stephen Dorff in Atlanta, Georgia, USA; actor (I Know My Name is Steven).
- 1973 - Birth of Wanya Morris [Squirt] in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; rapper (Boyz II Men).
Deaths on July 29
- 1983 - Death of Raymond Massey at age 86 of pneumonia in Beverly Hills, California, USA; actor (President Abraham Lincoln, Dr. Gillespie - Dr. Kildare).
- 2007 - Death of Tom Snyder, American talk show host (born 1936).
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