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| July 29th |
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| About 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. |
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