29 July
Notable Births
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)
Nicole Melichar-Martinez
b. 1993
American tennis player (born 1993)
Dak Prescott
b. 1993
American football player (born 1993)
Dale Copley
b. 1991
Australian rugby league footballer
Irakli Logua
b. 1991
Russian footballer
Shin Se-kyung
b. 1990
South Korean actress (born 1990)
Grit Šadeiko
b. 1989
Estonian heptathlete (born 1989)
Tarjei Bø
b. 1988
Norwegian biathlete (born 1988)
Okinoumi Ayumi
b. 1985
Japanese sumo wrestler
Besart Berisha
b. 1985
Kosovan association football player
Simon Santoso
b. 1985
Indonesian badminton player (born 1985)
Oh Beom-seok
b. 1984
South Korean footballer (born 1984)
Chad Billingsley
b. 1984
American baseball player (born 1984)
Wilson Palacios
b. 1984
Honduran footballer (born 1984)
Jason Belmonte
b. 1983
Australian professional ten-pin bowler (born 1983)
Inés Gómez Mont
b. 1983
Mexican actress
Alexei Kaigorodov
b. 1983
Russian retired ice hockey forward (born 1983)
Jerious Norwood
b. 1983
American gridiron football player (born 1983)
Notable Deaths
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
M. Caldwell Butler
d. 2014
American politician (1925–2014)
Jon R. Cavaiani
d. 2014
US Army Medal of Honor recipient (1943–2014)
Giorgio Gaslini
d. 2014
Italian jazz musician
María Antonia Iglesias
d. 2014
Spanish writer and journalist
Péter Kiss
d. 2014
Hungarian politician
Idris Muhammad
d. 2014
American jazz drummer and bandleader (1939–2014)
Christian Benítez
d. 2013
Ecuadorian footballer (1986–2013)
Peter Flanigan
d. 2013
American investment banker, Nixon aide (1923–2013)
Munir Hussain (commentator)
d. 2013
Cricket commentator
Tatiana Egorova
d. 2012
Russian footballer and manager
August Kowalczyk
d. 2012
Chris Marker
d. 2012
French filmmaker (1921–2012)
James Mellaart
d. 2012
British archaeologist and forger (1925–2012)
Vincent van Gogh
d. 1890
Dutch painter (1853–1890)
On This Day in History
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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
1993
The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
Supreme Court of Israel
1987
British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Channel Tunnel).
Margaret Thatcher
1987
Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
Rajiv Gandhi
1985
Space Shuttle Challenger launches on STS-51-F. The shuttle ends up in a lower orbit than planned due to an engine failure during ascent.
Space Shuttle Challenger
1981
A worldwide television audience of around 750 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer
1981
After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
Abolhassan Banisadr
1980
Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution.
Flag of Iran
1976
In New York City, David Berkowitz (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
David Berkowitz
1973
Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi.
1973 Greek republic referendum
1973
Driver Roger Williamson is killed during the Dutch Grand Prix, after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
Roger Williamson
1972
Two Avianca Douglas DC-3 airliners collide over Colombia, killing 38.
Avianca
1967
Vietnam War: Off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
North Vietnam