1014 The Battle of Kleidion took place on July 29, 1014, between the Byzantine Empire and the Bulgarian Empire. The result was a decisive Byzantine victory. After winning the Battle of Kleidion, the Byzantine Emperor Basil II took an estimated 14,000-15,000 prisoners; he sorted them into groups of a 100, then blinded 99 men in each one and left a single man in each with one eye so that he could lead the others home.
1030 In 1029, King Cnut of Denmark invaded Norway supported by the Norwegian nobles and the country's king Olaf II was forced to take refuge. When Olaf tried to claim the throne back, he was defeated and killed at the Battle of Stiklestad on July 29, 1030. Olaf swiftly became Norway's patron saint; his canonization was performed only a year after his death. King Olaf's sainthood encouraged the widespread adoption of Christianity by Scandinavia's Vikings/Norsemen.
1565 Mary Queen of Scots unexpectedly married her first cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, a descendant of King Henry VII of England on July 29, 1565 at Holyrood's private chapel. The eighteen-year-old tall, blonde, arrogant, worthless, stupid, cowardly, vindictive, Darnley antagonized most people at Mary's court. Less than a year after the birth of his and Mary's only child, King James VI of Scotland and I of England, Darnley was murdered at Kirk o' Field.
1588 Philip II of Spain planned to seize the English throne from Elizabeth I and restore the power of the Catholic Church. In late May 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon with the purpose of escorting an army to invade England. The English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France on July 29, 1588. The defeat of the Armada marked the beginning of the decline of Spanish power.
1747 The Swedes executed Scottish-born adventurer Alexander Blackwell on July 29, 1747 for meddling with their line of succession. Blackwell's last words, “I’m sorry for the mistake but this is the first time I’ve been beheaded,” were spoken after he laid his head on the wrong side of the chopping block and was corrected by the executioner.
1786 The Pittsburgh Gazette became the first US newspaper west of the Alleghenies to be published with its first edition July 29, 1786. The paper's name was later changed to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It is still printed daily in Pittsburgh.
1833 When the dying Anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce heard the good news about the government concessions that guaranteed the passing of the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, he mumbled, "Thank God that I have lived to witness a day when England is willing to give 20 million sterling for the abolition of slavery." Wilberforce died three days later aged 73 early on the morning of July 29, 1833 at his cousin's house at 44, Cadogan Place, London.
1856 The German composer Robert Schumann suffered from manic depression and in February 1854 he threw himself into the Rhine. Rescued by boatmen and taken home, Schumann asked to be taken to an asylum for the insane in Endenich near Bonn. During his confinement, Schumann was not allowed to see Clara until two days before his death on July 29, 1856. Schumann appeared to recognize her, but was able to speak only a few words.
1883 Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, a small town in the province of Forlì in Romagna, Italy. His father, Alessandro was a socialist blacksmith, who bored his customers with his relentless propaganda. His mother, Rosa Maltoni, was a devoutly Catholic school teacher. Always in trouble, Benito caused his family much worry and in 1894 Benito he was expelled from his catholic boarding school for stabbing a fellow student in the buttocks with a pen knife.
1890 After the troubled artist Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest in May 1890, he was attended by two physicians but without a surgeon present the bullet could not be removed. After tending to him as best they could, the physicians left him alone in his room, smoking his pipe. His brother Theo rushed to be with him as soon as he was notified, but within hours Van Gogh began to fail due to an untreated infection caused by the wound. He died on July 29, 1890 aged 37.
1905 Silent movie actress Clara Bow was born on July 29, 1905 in a run-down tenement in old Brooklyn, to a schizophrenic mother and a chronically destitute, physically abusive father. Her last name "Bow" was short for her actual last name "Bowtinelli". Her best friend Johnny burned to death in her arms when she was 10 years old. Years later, she could make herself cry at will on a movie set by listening to the lullaby "Rock-A-Bye Baby". She claimed it reminded her of her small friend.
1914 Throughout history, Belgrade has been a crossroads between the West and the Orient. Because of its strategic location, Belgrade has been battled over in 115 wars throughout history and razed to the ground 44 times. A day after World War 1 kicked off, Belgrade was shelled by Austro-Hungarians on July 29, 1914. Most of the subsequent Balkan offensives occurred near the city and Belgrade fell to German and Austro-Hungarian troops in October 1915.
1940 On July 29, 1940, butcher John Sigmund of St. Louis, Missouri, achieved the remarkable feat of completing a 292-mile swim down the Mississippi River. The challenging swim started from St. Louis and concluded in Caruthersville, Missouri. It took him a total of 89 hours and 48 minutes to accomplish this extraordinary endurance feat.
1030 In 1029, King Cnut of Denmark invaded Norway supported by the Norwegian nobles and the country's king Olaf II was forced to take refuge. When Olaf tried to claim the throne back, he was defeated and killed at the Battle of Stiklestad on July 29, 1030. Olaf swiftly became Norway's patron saint; his canonization was performed only a year after his death. King Olaf's sainthood encouraged the widespread adoption of Christianity by Scandinavia's Vikings/Norsemen.
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| King Olaf's fall |
1565 Mary Queen of Scots unexpectedly married her first cousin Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, a descendant of King Henry VII of England on July 29, 1565 at Holyrood's private chapel. The eighteen-year-old tall, blonde, arrogant, worthless, stupid, cowardly, vindictive, Darnley antagonized most people at Mary's court. Less than a year after the birth of his and Mary's only child, King James VI of Scotland and I of England, Darnley was murdered at Kirk o' Field.
1588 Philip II of Spain planned to seize the English throne from Elizabeth I and restore the power of the Catholic Church. In late May 1588 the Spanish Armada set sail from Lisbon with the purpose of escorting an army to invade England. The English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France on July 29, 1588. The defeat of the Armada marked the beginning of the decline of Spanish power.
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| English fireships are launched at the Spanish armada off Calais |
1747 The Swedes executed Scottish-born adventurer Alexander Blackwell on July 29, 1747 for meddling with their line of succession. Blackwell's last words, “I’m sorry for the mistake but this is the first time I’ve been beheaded,” were spoken after he laid his head on the wrong side of the chopping block and was corrected by the executioner.
1786 The Pittsburgh Gazette became the first US newspaper west of the Alleghenies to be published with its first edition July 29, 1786. The paper's name was later changed to The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It is still printed daily in Pittsburgh.
1833 When the dying Anti-slavery campaigner William Wilberforce heard the good news about the government concessions that guaranteed the passing of the Bill for the Abolition of Slavery, he mumbled, "Thank God that I have lived to witness a day when England is willing to give 20 million sterling for the abolition of slavery." Wilberforce died three days later aged 73 early on the morning of July 29, 1833 at his cousin's house at 44, Cadogan Place, London.
1856 The German composer Robert Schumann suffered from manic depression and in February 1854 he threw himself into the Rhine. Rescued by boatmen and taken home, Schumann asked to be taken to an asylum for the insane in Endenich near Bonn. During his confinement, Schumann was not allowed to see Clara until two days before his death on July 29, 1856. Schumann appeared to recognize her, but was able to speak only a few words.
1883 Benito Mussolini was born on July 29, 1883 in Dovia di Predappio, a small town in the province of Forlì in Romagna, Italy. His father, Alessandro was a socialist blacksmith, who bored his customers with his relentless propaganda. His mother, Rosa Maltoni, was a devoutly Catholic school teacher. Always in trouble, Benito caused his family much worry and in 1894 Benito he was expelled from his catholic boarding school for stabbing a fellow student in the buttocks with a pen knife.
1890 After the troubled artist Vincent Van Gogh shot himself in the chest in May 1890, he was attended by two physicians but without a surgeon present the bullet could not be removed. After tending to him as best they could, the physicians left him alone in his room, smoking his pipe. His brother Theo rushed to be with him as soon as he was notified, but within hours Van Gogh began to fail due to an untreated infection caused by the wound. He died on July 29, 1890 aged 37.
1905 Silent movie actress Clara Bow was born on July 29, 1905 in a run-down tenement in old Brooklyn, to a schizophrenic mother and a chronically destitute, physically abusive father. Her last name "Bow" was short for her actual last name "Bowtinelli". Her best friend Johnny burned to death in her arms when she was 10 years old. Years later, she could make herself cry at will on a movie set by listening to the lullaby "Rock-A-Bye Baby". She claimed it reminded her of her small friend.
1914 Throughout history, Belgrade has been a crossroads between the West and the Orient. Because of its strategic location, Belgrade has been battled over in 115 wars throughout history and razed to the ground 44 times. A day after World War 1 kicked off, Belgrade was shelled by Austro-Hungarians on July 29, 1914. Most of the subsequent Balkan offensives occurred near the city and Belgrade fell to German and Austro-Hungarian troops in October 1915.
1940 On July 29, 1940, butcher John Sigmund of St. Louis, Missouri, achieved the remarkable feat of completing a 292-mile swim down the Mississippi River. The challenging swim started from St. Louis and concluded in Caruthersville, Missouri. It took him a total of 89 hours and 48 minutes to accomplish this extraordinary endurance feat.
1945 The BBC Light Programme radio station was launched on July 29, 1945 for mainstream light entertainment and music. It took over the longwave frequency which had earlier been used – prior to the outbreak of World War II in September 1939 – by the BBC National Programme. The Light Programme is now known as BBC Radio 2.
1954 JRR Tolkien began The Lord of the Rings as a sequel to The Hobbit, but eventually it developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, Tolkien typed the 1,200-page manuscript with two fingers. It was published in three volumes over the course of a year from July 29, 1954 to October 20, 1955. The three volumes were titled The Fellowship of the Ring, The Two Towers, and The Return of the King.
1958 A new federal non-military spaceflight agency The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was established by the National Aeronautics and Space Act on July 29, 1958. It was signed into law, in response to the Soviet space program's launch of the world's first artificial satellite. During the Apollo 11 mission, which landed the first two humans on the moon, the average age in the NASA control room was just 28.
1967 The Venezuela city of Caracas was founded by the Spaniard, Diego de Losada, in 1567 as Santiago de León de Caracas, and was sacked by the English in 1595. The city was destroyed by earthquakes in 1755 and 1812. During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary on July 29, 1967, Caracas was shaken by another earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead.
1974 On July 29, 1974, three bishops in the American Episcopal Church, claiming that "obedience to the Spirit" justified their action, ordained eleven women deacons to the priesthood. The ensuing controversy surrounding these irregular ordinations highlighted divisions evident in the church over this issue. As a result, the American Episcopal Church approved the ordination of women as priests and bishops in 1976.
1980 The current "holy" flag of Iran was adopted on July 29, 1980. The flag of Iran is a tricolor comprising equal horizontal bands of green, white and red. The tricolor flag was introduced in 1906, but after the Islamic Revolution the Arabic words 'Allahu akbar' ('God is great'), written in the Kufic script of the Qur'an and repeated 22 times, were added to the red and green strips where they border the white central strip.
1981 On July 29, 1981, Lady Diana Spencer became the first common Englishwoman in 300 years to marry an heir to the British throne when she wed Charles, Prince of Wales. A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watched the wedding, which took place at St Paul's Cathedral in London. The wedding vows had only one omission. Diana was the first Royal bride not to promise to obey.
2000 Brad Pitt first met Jennifer Aniston on a blind date, which was arranged by their agent. Pitt and Aniston were one of Hollywood’s highest-profile couples when they married on July 29, 2000 in Malibu, California. They spent $1 million on their wedding. The pair separated after four years of marriage.
2010 In 2010, at the Saint Petersburg Tiger Summit, July 29 was declared to be Global Tiger Day and it has been celebrated on that date each year since then. The goal of Global Tiger Day is to raise awareness about the conservation of tigers and to promote a global system for protecting their natural habitats.
2011 The record for the longest pogo stick marathon is 206,864 bounces by American James Roumeliotis. He achieved the feat at Pogopalooza 8 in Costa Mesa, California, USA on July 29, 2011. Roumeliotis bounced for 20 hours and 13 minutes.
2015 Microsoft Edge is a web browser developed by Microsoft and included in the company's Windows operating system. It was originally rolled out to consumers on July 29, 2015 and later replaced Internet Explorer as the default browser on Windows 10.
Today, July 29th, is National Lipstick Day. Did you know....
Lipstick can still contain lead, but no more than 20 parts per million; arsenic, but no more than three parts per million; and mercury, but no more than one part per million.
Fish scales are used in lipstick to make it shimmer and reflect light.
Known as the "lipstick effect," lipstick sales tend to increase during economic recessions—as well as on rainy days.
The average woman uses her height in lipstick every five years.
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