Today in History
29 July
221 births · 105 deaths · 59 events recorded
Notable Births
All 221 ›
Mirjam Björklund
b. 1998
Swedish tennis player (born 1998)
Clayton Keller
b. 1998
American ice hockey player (born 1998)
Liam O'Brien (ice hockey)
b. 1994
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1994)
Luis Alicea
b. 1965
Puerto Rican baseball player and coach (born 1965)
Ronnie Musgrove
b. 1956
American politician (born 1956)
Jamil Mahuad
b. 1949
President of Ecuador between 1998 and 2000
Peter Schreier
b. 1935
German tenor and conductor (1935–2019)
Mary Lee Settle
b. 1918
American writer (1918–2005)
Notable Deaths
All 105 ›
Alon Abutbul
d. 2025
Israeli actor (1965–2025)
Oliver Dragojević
d. 2018
Croatian singer (1947–2018)
Nikolai Volkoff
d. 2018
Croatian-American professional wrestler (1946–2018)
Antony Holland
d. 2015
British actor and theatre director (1920–2015)
Mike Pyle (American football)
d. 2015
American football player (1939–2015)
Franklin H. Westervelt
d. 2015
American computer scientist
Ric Nordman
d. 1996
Canadian politician
Vincent van Gogh
d. 1890
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
On This Day in History
All 59 ›2024
Three children are stabbed to death and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in Southport, England. This incident, coupled with widespread online misinformation, leads to various racially motivated riots across the UK.
2024 Southport stabbings
2021
The International Space Station temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module Nauka.
International Space Station
2019
The 2019 Altamira prison riot between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.
2019 Altamira prison riot
2015
The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.
Malaysia Airlines Flight 370
2013
Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.
Granges-près-Marnand train crash
2010
An overloaded passenger ferry capsizes on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.
2010 Kasai River ferry capsizing
2005
Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris.
Eris (dwarf planet)
1996
The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.
Communications Decency Act