July 29
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[edit] Events
- 1793 - John Graves Simcoe decides to build a fort and settlement at present day Toronto, having sailed into the bay there.
- 1899 - The First Hague Convention is signed.
- 1900 - In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by Italian-born anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
- 1921 - Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
- 1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
- 1958 - U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- 1965 - Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
- 1987 - British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build the tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
- 1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquits accused camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
[edit] Births
- 1805 - Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
- 1883 - Benito Mussolini, Italian leader (d. 1945)
- 1905 - Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish 2nd UN Secretary-General, Nobel Prize Laureate (d. 1961)
- 1938 - Peter Jennings, Canadian-born journalist (d. 2005)
[edit] Deaths
- 1890 - Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
- 1967 - Paul Rassinier, French Holocaust revisionist (b. 1906)
- 1990 - Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
- 2007 - Tom Snyder, American television personality (b. 1936)
- 2008 - Bruce Edwards Ivins, anthrax scientist (b. 1946)
