July 29 is the 210th day of the year – 211th in leap years – in the Gregorian calendar. On this day, there are 155 days remaining until the end of year. If you’re born on this day, you fall under the Zodiac sign of Leo. http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/july/29 Throughout history, a lot of interesting and monumental events occurred on this day. One of the biggest events happened in 1981 when Prince Charles and Lady Diana got married. Other important events included the tragic, self-inflicted death of artist Vincent van Gogh in 1890. At the age of 37, van Gogh took a shotgun to his head and ended his life.
A Wedding Watched around the World
700 million viewers watched the fairytale wedding of Lady Diana and Prince Charles. Prince Charles arrived in a naval uniform to marry his blushing bride, 20-year-old Diana Spencer. The marriage, although memorable for its beauty, was important for its representation. The marriage symbolized the continuity of the monarchy and the nation itself. Sir Winston Churchill described the wedding as “a flash of color on the hard road we have to travel.”http://www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/0729.html#article
Hitler Becomes Chairman of the National Socialist German Workers’ Party
In 1914, Adolf Hitler joined the Sixteenth Bavarian Infantry Regiment as a dispatch runner. It didn’t take long for Hitler to prove himself as an able soldier. After being promoted to Lance Corporal, Hitler was wounded twice and hospitalized. After recovering, Hitler was enraged by the military defeat and vowed that fate chose him to rescue the nation. His next assignment as a soldier included spying on political parties. When Hitler was sent to investigate a small, nationalistic group of idealists, the German Workers’ Party, he inevitably imposed himself as chairman. The rest was history.http://www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org/jsource/Holocaust/hitler.html
This page details some of the other notable happenings, events, and stories from July 29 past, present, and even future.
AP Today in History
This Associated Press video entitled Today in History chronicles the events that occurred on this day. The video starts with the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana. The video shows some footage of that memorable day that united countries all over the world. Th next event to be addressed is the birth of Benito Mussolini in 1883. He went on to be one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism.
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 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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- 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
