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Famous Birthdays
- 1972: Wil Wheaton - Star Trek
- 1953: Ken Burns - Documentarian
- 1905: Dag Hammarskjold - Secretary General
- 1883: Benito Mussolini - Italy Dictator
Famous Deaths
- 1890: Vincent van Gogh - Painter
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The 2000s
- 2003: Bill Mueller of the Boston Red Sox hit two grand slams in one game, the only player to do so as he hit each from different sides of the plate.
The 1980s
- 1981: Prince Charles of Great Britain married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
The 1970s
- 1975: Gerald Ford became the first U.S. president to visit the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland.
The 1950s
- 1958: President Dwight Eisenhower signed a bill creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA.
July 29 Historical Information
- Wikipedia: Today in History Entry
- Library of Congress: Today in American History
- The New York Times: Today in History News Archive
- BBC: Today in British History
- CBC: Today in Canadian History
- History.com: Today in History
July 29 in Sports
- TodayinSport: Today in Sports History
- National Pastime: Today in Baseball History
- FamousFoto.com: Today in Hockey History
July 29 2009 Top Social Stories
- Mahalo Answers: New Feature: Team Tipping! (456 Views)
- Digg: Bill O'Reilly: Genius. (3570 Diggs)
- Fark: She left school with a business admin. degree and $120,000 in debt (26376 Clicks)
- YouTube: Sarah Palin Gives Her Farewell Speech (47,431 Views)
- VideoSift: Fox News Calls Amsterdam a "Cesspool" - Amsterdam responds (106 Sifts)
July 29 Moment of Zen
- 2008: John McCain responds to Barack Obama's comment about an Iraq timetable.
- 1999: Jon says goodbye to The Daily Show's Supervising Producer Rob Fox.
- 2002: A last lingering look at the Terrorist Summer Camp.
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