July 29th, 1959

Born on July 29th, 1959

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What happened on July 29th, 1959?

July 29th, 1959

First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.

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What else happened on July 29th?

July 29th, 1981

An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.

July 29th, 1954

The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's high-fantasy novel The Lord of the Rings, was published by Allen & Unwin.

July 29th, 1950

Korean War: Over fears that North Korean soldiers were infiltrating refugee columns, U.S. forces concluded a four-day massacre of hundreds of civilians through shootings and air attacks near the village of No Gun Ri.

July 29th, 1938

The Essential Commodities Reserves Act, which allowed the British government to build up reserves of essential commodities in anticipation of war, received royal assent.

July 29th, 1922

The Yomiuri Shimbun reported that up to 100 Korean workers who were constructing a hydroelectric plant on the Shinano River in Japan had been murdered and thrown into the river.

July 29th, 1914

The Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on a limited basis.

July 29th, 1900

Italian-American anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto I of Italy in Monza.

July 29th, 1862

American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd was arrested by Union forces after her lover turned her in.

July 29th, 1818

French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel submitted a memoir on the diffraction of light to the Royal Academy of Sciences, providing strong support for the wave theory of light.

July 29th, 1693

Nine Years' War: French troops defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance led by William III of England at the Battle of Landen in present-day Neerwinden, Belgium.

July 29th, 1014

Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion (pictured) in the mountains of Belasica near present-day Klyuch.

July 29th, 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.

July 29th, 2015

The first piece of suspected debris from Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 is discovered on Réunion Island.

July 29th, 2013

Two passenger trains collide in the Swiss municipality of Granges-près-Marnand near Lausanne injuring 25 people.

Birthdays
... of famous people, actors, celebrities and stars on July 29th

Born on July 29th, 1959

64

Sanjay Dutt

Indian actor and politician

*July 29th, 1959, Mumbai

64

John Sykes

British guitarist

*July 29th, 1959, Reading

64

Gilda Buttà

Italian musician

*July 29th, 1959, Patti

64

Dave LaPoint

American baseball player

*July 29th, 1959, Glens Falls

64

Ruud Janssen

Dutch artist

*July 29th, 1959, Tilburg

64

Klaus-Peter Dehde

German politician

*July 29th, 1959, Hamburg

56

Julio Rojas Buendía

Colombian singer

*July 29th, 1959, San Juan Nepomuceno †June 20th, 2016, Barranquilla

Same Day
Who's birthday is on July 29th?

60

Alexandra Paul

American actress

*July 29th, 1963, New York City

37

Kim Min-jung

South Korean badminton player

*July 29th, 1986, Jeju

60

Caroline Paul

American writer

*July 29th, 1963, New York City

38

Simon Santoso

Badminton player

*July 29th, 1985, Tegal City

63

Didier Van Cauwelaert

French writer

*July 29th, 1960, Nice

42

Fernando Alonso

Spanish racing driver

*July 29th, 1981, Oviedo City

51

Joe Vaz

South African actor

*July 29th, 1972, Johannesburg

61

Benito Mussolini

Italian politician and journalist who founded and led the National Fascist Party

*July 29th, 1883, Predappio †April 28th, 1945, Giulino

80

David Warner

British actor (1941–2022)

*July 29th, 1941, Manchester †July 24th, 2022, Northwood

83

Harry Mulisch

Dutch writer

*July 29th, 1927, Haarlem †October 30th, 2010, Amsterdam

77

Bill Forsyth

British film director

*July 29th, 1946, Glasgow

36

Genesis Rodriguez

American actress (b. 1987)

*July 29th, 1987, Miami

52

Dana Morávková

Czech actress, choreographer, figure skater and television presenter

*July 29th, 1971, Písek

56

Dag Hammarskjöld

Swedish diplomat, economist, and author (1905-1961)

*July 29th, 1905, Jönköping †September 18th, 1961, Ndola

61

Lisa Ono

Brazilian Japanese bossa nova singer

*July 29th, 1962, São Paulo

67

Neal Walk

American basketball player, center

*July 29th, 1948, Cleveland †October 4th, 2015, Phoenix

34

Jake Smollett

American actor

*July 29th, 1989, New York City

66

Ulrich Tukur

German actor and musician

*July 29th, 1957, Viernheim

70

Frank McGuinness

Irish writer (born 1953)

*July 29th, 1953, Buncrana

72

Dean Pitchford

American songwriter, screenwriter, director, actor, and novelist

*July 29th, 1951, Honolulu

Same year
Born in 1959

64

Jim Kerr

Scottish singer

*July 9th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Andrew Eldritch

British singer

*May 15th, 1959, Ely

56

Nahed Hattar

Jordanian writer

*November 30th, 1959, Amman †September 25th, 2016, Amman

64

Wolfgang Rolff

German association football player and manager

*December 26th, 1959, Lamstedt

64

Mike Pence

Vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021

*June 7th, 1959, Columbus

64

Morten Andreas Meyer

Norwegian politician

*October 20th, 1959, Sarpsborg Municipality

64

Jon Fosse

Norwegian writer, theater writer and translator

*September 29th, 1959, Haugesund Municipality

64

Donna Strickland

Canadian physicist, 2018 Nobel laurate

*May 27th, 1959, Guelph

64

Dave Ball

English producer and electronic musician

*May 3rd, 1959, Blackpool

64

Charlie Burchill

Scottish musician and composer

*November 27th, 1959, Glasgow

64

Rolf Mützenich

German politician (SPD)

*June 25th, 1959, Cologne

64

Martin Atkins

English musician

*August 3rd, 1959, Coventry

64

Bryan Adams

Canadian guitarist

*November 5th, 1959, Kingston

64

Steve Alten

American writer

*August 21st, 1959, Philadelphia

64

Carla Antonelli

Spanish actress and activist

*July 12th, 1959, Güímar

64

Johannes Röring

German politician

*May 16th, 1959, Vreden

64

Peter Enders

German politician (1959–)

*May 10th, 1959, Eichen

64

Allison Janney

American actress

*November 19th, 1959, Boston

65

Luc Besson

French film director, writer, and producer

*March 18th, 1959, Paris

64

Stephen Harper

22nd prime minister of Canada from 2006 to 2015

*April 30th, 1959, Toronto

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No: With 365 days 1959 is a normal year and no leap year.

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