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July 29th
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July 29th is the 210th day of the year (211th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar.  There are 155 days remaining until
the end of the calendar year.

Births
1887
- Tim Mara, Hall of Fame football owner
1892 - William Powell, actor (The Thin Man, My Man Godfrey, Life with Father)
1938 - Peter Jennings, news anchor, journalist (World News Tonight)
1953 - Geddy Lee, singer, musician (Rush)
1968 - Julian McMahon, actor (Nip/Tuck)
1973 - Wanya Morris, singer (Boys II Men)
1974 - Afroman (Joseph Foreman), comedic rapper
1981 - Fernando Alonso, race car driver
1982 - Allison Mack, actress (Smallville)

Deaths
1974
- Cass Elliot, singer (The Mamas & the Papas)
1984 - Fred Waring, musician, bandleader, radio-television personality
1998 - Jerome Robbins, film director, choreographer (West Side Story)
2007 - Tom Snyder, television personality, news anchor

Events
1940
- The first scene of Citizen Kane is filmed by 25-year-old Orson Welles who co-wrote, produced, directed, and starred
in the classic.
1945 - The USS Indianapolis is sunk by Japanese warships, killing 883 aboard in what is the worst loss in U.S. Navy history.
1958 - The NASA program is established by the passing of the National Aeronautics and Space Act.
1981 - Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, marries Lady Diana Spencer, a young English schoolteacher at St. Paul's
Cathedral in London.
1996 - At age 35, Carl Lewis takes down his fourth consecutive Olympic gold medal in the long jump.  This would be his 9th
and final Olympic gold medal.
Calendar
January
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
February
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29
March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
April
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
May
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
June
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
July
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
August
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
September
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
October
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
November
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30
December
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
29 30 31
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