29TH
JULY
FEAST DAY OF
"ST MARTHA; ST BEATRICE & SIMPLICIUS; ST
FAUSTINUS & BEATRICE; ST FELIX, antipope; ST WILLIAM OF SAINT-BRIEUC; ST LUPUS OF
TROYES; & ST OLAV, KING OF NORWAY." |
| 29TH |
1844 |
THE NEW YORK YACHT CLUB IS FORMED. |
| 29TH |
1875 |
THE ADELAIDE GPO CLOCK ARRIVED FROM
ENGLAND ABOARD THE SHIP ‘CITY OF SHANGHAI.’ |
| 29TH |
1890 |
ARTIST "VINCENT VAN GOUGH" DIES OF A SELF-INFLICTED
GUNSHOT WOUND IN AUVERS, FRANCE. |
| 29TH |
1936 |
RCA SHOWS FIRST REAL TV PROGRAM, IN THE
USA. |
| 29TH |
1940 |
GERMANY BEGINS AN ALL OUT BLITZ AGAINST BRITAIN IN WORLD WAR
11. |
| 29TH |
1948 |
THE FIRST OLYMPIC GAMES SINCE WORLD WAR
II OPENS IN LONDON. |
| 29TH |
1956 |
"JACQUES COUSTEAU’S" CALYPSO ANCHORS IN
7,500 METRE DEEP WATER, A RECORD. |
| 29TH |
1958 |
THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ACT,
WHICH CREATES NASA IS SIGNED BY "DWIGHT EISENHOWER." |
| 29TH |
1967 |
U.S. AIRCRAFT CARRIER ‘FORRESTAL’ IS SET ON
FIRE BY A PLANE’S RUPTURED FUEL TANK; 71 DIE, 78 INJURED, 112 MISSING. |
| 29TH |
1973 |
GREEK PLEBISCITE CHOOSES A REPUBLIC
OVER A MONARCHY. |
| 29TH |
1973 |
U.K. RACING DRIVER ROGER WILLIAMSON IS KILLED ON 8TH LAP OF
THE DUTCH FORMULA ONE GRAND PRIX WHEN HIS CAR CAUGHT FIRE. |
| 29TH |
1979 |
A DELIBERATELY LIT FIRE, EXTENSIVELY
DAMAGES THE GRAND STAND AT MORPHETTVILLE RACECOURSE, ADELAIDE, SOUTH AUSTRALIA. |
| 29TH |
1981 |
"PRINCE CHARLES" MARRIES "LADY DIANA
SPENCER," AT LONDON’S, ST PAUL’S CATHEDRAL, WATCHED BY A TELEVISION
AUDIENCE OF 700 MILLION VIEWERS. |
| 29TH |
1982 |
"ANDY TAYLOR" OF ROCK GROUP,
"DURAN DURAN" MARRIES "TRACIE WILSON." |
| 29TH |
1983 |
THE AUSTRALIAN DOLLAR FELL BELOW THE PARITY OF THE U.S.
DOLLAR FOR THE FIRST TIME. IT HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN EQUIVALENT TO $1.20 U.S. |
| 29TH |
1986 |
POP STAR, "BOY GEORGE" IS
CONVICTED FOR POSSESSING HEROIN. |
| 29TH |
1988 |
THE LAST PLAYBOY CLUB, AT LANSING, MICHIGAN, CLOSES. |
| 29TH |
1991 |
"DONALD TRUMP" GIVES
"MARLA MAPLES’ AN ENGAGEMENT RING. |
| 29TH |
1996 |
AMERICAN ATHLETE "CARL LEWIS" WINS HIS 9th OLYMPIC
GOLD MEDAL WHEN HE TAKES GOLD IN THE LONG JUMP AT THE ATLANTA OLYMPIC GAMES. |
| 29TH |
1999 |
THE FIRST SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH OF
THE "BENDIGO BANK" OPENS IN VIRGINIA. |
| 29th |
2000 |
ACTRESS, "JENNIFER ANNISTON" MARRIES ACTOR
"BRAD PITT" IN MALIBU. |
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