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What happened in history on this day: July 29?
Since 1995, I have been collecting information on a variety of topics,
creating several timelines of history.
Here you will find specific events from those databases
for this day, on the topics of personal computers, video games, the Walt Disney Company,
Chevrolet Corvettes, A&W Root Beer, Sweden, and Canadian coins.
On July 29 in ...
- 1982 - In Tokyo, Japan, Fujitsu announces the development of 100-nanosecond 64 kbit DRAM chips that are 15 percent smaller than current 64 kbit chips.
- 1926 - Bard's Hollywood Theater in Los Angeles premieres the 38th Alice Comedy film, Alice's Brown Derby.
- 1930 - The Mickey Mouse film The Shindig is released to theaters.
- 1933 - The Silly Symphony film Old King Cole is released to theaters.
- 1938 - The Donald Duck and Goofy film The Fox Hunt is released to theaters. The film is a re-make of the Silly Symphony of the same title from 1931.
- 1942 - A preview of the film Saludos Amigos is held for US President Franklin Roosevelt, Nelson Rockefeller, and others in government.
- 1988 - Disney releases the Touchstone Pictures live-action feature film Cocktail to theaters in the US.
- 1998 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film The Parent Trap in theaters. This is a remake of the same title from 1961.
- 1999 - The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster attraction opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World.
- 2005 - Buena Vista Pictures releases the Walt Disney Pictures live-action feature film Sky High to theaters in Canada and the USA.
- 2007 - The Broadway performances of The Lion King end, after 5464 performances.
- 1994 - The last 1994 model Corvette is produced.
- 1938 - Japanese forces attack Soviet border guards on the Manchurian side of Broad Drum Peak, in a disputed area near the Soviet Union. They push several kilometres into Siberia.
- 1941 - In Canada, Minister of Defence James Ralston proposes to the Cabinet War Committee that the army overseas force be extended from four divisions to six. The committee turns it down.
- 1942 - The British Royal Navy's Second Support Group of five sloops commanded by Johnnie Walker defeats three German submarines in the Bay of Biscay.
- 1942 - In the Caribbean off British Guyana, German submarine U-160 torpedoes and sinks Canadian merchant ship Prescodoc.
- 1943 - (morning) Hamburg, Germany, is evacuated of nearly one million non-essential civilian personnel.
- 1943 - Nazi propaganda minister Joseph Goebbels writes in his diary about the destruction of Hamburg: "A city of one million inhabitants has been destroyed in a manner unparalleled in history...".
- 1943 - (evening) 707 British bombers attack Hamburg, Germany, dropping 2318 tons of bombs.
- 1944 - Former German Military Governor of Belgium, General Alexander Falkenhausen is arrested by the Gestapo, under suspicion of involvement in the plot to kill Adolf Hitler.
- 1991 - The Russian Federation and Lithuania sign a friendship treaty recognizing Lithuania as a sovereign state.
- 2010 - Guernsey issues six postage stamps commemorating the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of Guernsey in World War II.
- 1985 - Judge Sweet orders Universal Studios to pay Nintendo of America $1.8 million in failed copyright infringement lawsuit over Donkey Kong.
- 1993 - A Federal court jury in San Francisco decides Atari Games infringed a Nintendo patent for the security system in the Nintendo Entertainment System. Atari Games announces it will appeal the decision.
- 2008 - Namco Bandai releases the Soulcalibur IV video game for the PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360 in the USA.
- 1634 - The Form of Government is enacted, containing 65 sections detailing religion, succession, rule of the King, absence of the King, etc.
- 1640 - The Queen Mother Maria Eleonora secretly escapes from Gripsholm castle, and makes her way to Denmark.
- 1948 - (to August 14) The 14th Olympic Games are held in London, England. Sweden wins 16 gold, 11 silver, and 17 bronze medals.
- 1968 - A Proclamation sets the dimensions and compositions of 10c through $1 coins in either nickel or .500 fine silver.
- 1998 - Treasury Secretary Robert Rubin approves design concept of Sacagawea for dollar coin.
- 2003 - Edward C. Lee buys the Eliasberg specimen of the 1913 Liberty Head nickel for nearly $3 million from the California Gold Marketing Group.
- 2003 - At the ANA World's Fair of Money in the Baltimore Convention Center, relatives of George O. Walton bring in a 1913 Liberty Head 5-cent coin for authentication. Three coin experts tentatively authenticate and identify the coin as the one that had been missing for 40 years.
- 2010 - The US Mint launches the 2010 Yosemite National Park quarter dollar at the Valley Visitor Center in Yosemite, California.
- 1874 - Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court.
- 1899 - First motorcycle race, in Manhattan Beach, New York, USA.
- 1899 - Southern California Golf Association forms.
- 1908 - Saint Louis Browns' pitcher Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics' players.
- 1911 - Boston Red Sox pitcher Joe Wood no-hits Saint Louis Browns, 5-0.
- 1924 - Paul Runyan wins the PGA golf championship.
- 1948 - (to August 14) The Games of the XIV Olympiad are held in London, England.
- 1955 - Smokey Burgess hits three home runs to help Pittsburgh Pirates beat Cincinnati Reds 16-5.
- 1956 - Cathy Cornelius wins the US Women's Golf Open in a playoff.
- 1965 - Major league record 26 strikeouts in a game: Philadelphia Phillies (16), Pittsburgh Pirates (10).
- 1968 - Cincinnati Reds' player George Culver no-hits Philadelphia Phillies, 6-1.
- 1974 - Saint Louis Cardinals' player Lou Brock steals his 700th base.
- 1978 - Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7 hours 40 minutes.
- 1983 - Steve Garvey ends his National League record 1,207 consecutive game streak.
- 1986 - New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL US$1 in damages.
- 1986 - Sparky Anderson becomes the first baseball manager to win 600 games in both the National and American Leagues.
- 1989 - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8 feet) in San Juan.
- 1989 - Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's number 32.
- 1989 - Vince Coleman's record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases.
- 1990 - Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game.
- 1991 - First Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium (New York Mets beat Chicago Cubs 6-0).
- 2007 - Iraq wins its first Asian Cup football championship, beating Saudi Arabia 1-0.
- 2008 - Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva breaks her own pole vault world record, clearing 5.04m at the Super Grand Prix meeting in Monaco.
- 2022 - At Oracle Park in San Francisco, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Chicago Cubs beats San Francisco Giants by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Petco Park in San Diego, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: San Diego Padres beats Minnesota Twins by score 10-1.
- 2022 - At Angel Stadium in Anaheim, California, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Texas Rangers beats Los Angeles Angels by score 7-2.
- 2022 - At Coors Field in Denver, Colorado, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Los Angeles Dodgers beats Colorado Rockies by score 5-4.
- 2022 - At Minute Maid Park in Houston, Texas, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Houston Astros beats Seattle Mariners by score 11-1.
- 2022 - At Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago, Illinois, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Oakland Athletics beats Chicago White Sox by score 7-3.
- 2022 - At Truist Park in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Atlanta Braves beats Arizona Diamondbacks by score 5-2.
- 2022 - At Fenway Park in Boston, Massachusetts, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Milwaukee Brewers beats Boston Red Sox by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Tropicana Field in Saint Petersburg, Florida, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Cleveland Guardians beats Tampa Bay Rays by score 4-1.
- 2022 - At Rogers Centre in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, Major League Baseball regular season game: Detroit Tigers beats Toronto Blue Jays by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Nationals Park in Washington, D.C., USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Saint Louis Cardinals beats Washington Nationals by score 6-2.
- 2022 - At PNC Park in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Philadelphia Phillies beats Pittsburgh Pirates by score 4-2.
- 2022 - At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Yankees beats Kansas City Royals by score 11-5.
- 2022 - At LoanDepot Park in Miami, Florida, USA , Major League Baseball regular season game: New York Mets beats Miami Marlins by score 6-4.
- 2022 - At Great America Ball Park in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA, Major League Baseball regular season game: Baltimore Orioles beats Cincinnati Reds by score 6-2.
- 1851 - A De Gasparis discovers asteroid #15 Eunomia.
- 1958 - President Dwight Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- 1960 - J Schubart discovers asteroid #2000 Herschel.
- 1965 - Gemini 5 returns after 12 days 7 hours 11 minutes 53 seconds in space.
- 1969 - Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars.
- 1978 - Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings.
- 1985 - 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched.
- 1988 - Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit.
- 2010 - Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods.
- 1858 - First commercial treaty between US and Japan signed.
- 1858 - US citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan.
- 1890 - US President Benjamin Harrison sends a directive to Congress demanding legislation to make use of the Post Office for lottery purposes illegal.
- 1914 - First transcontinental phone link made between New York City and San Francisco.
- 1920 - First transcontinental airmail flight from New York to San Francisco.
- 1921 - The Council on Foreign Relations is incorporated in New York.
- 1936 - RCA shows the first real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives).
- 1938 - Olympic National Park established.
- 1947 - Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, ten women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia, USA.
- 1958 - President Dwight Eisenhower signs the National Aeronautics and Space Act creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
- 1965 - The last delivery of $2 United States notes is made.
- 1965 - Gemini 5 returns after 12 days 7 hours 11 minutes 53 seconds in space.
- 1967 - Explosion and fire aboard aircraft carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, causes US$100 million in damage.
- 1968 - US Treasury Department bans purchase abroad and import of Rhodesian stamps.
- 1969 - Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars.
- 1970 - Six days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut.
- 1974 - Second impeachment vote against President Richard Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee.
- 1975 - Gerald Ford becomes first US president to visit German concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland.
- 1978 - 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York.
- 1985 - 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched.
- 1987 - Ben and Jerry's ice cream parlour and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor: Cherry Garcia.
- 1988 - FDIC bails out First Republic Bank, in Dallas, Texas with $4 billion.
- 1988 - Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit.
- 1988 - Last US Playboy Club (Lansing, Michigan) closes.
- 1996 - The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act (1996) is struck down as too broad by a U.S. federal court.
- 1999 - The Rock 'N' Roller Coaster attraction opens in the Disney-MGM Studios Theme Park at Walt Disney World in Florida.
- 2008 - Wall Street investment bank and brokerage company Merrill Lynch reports it will take a US$5.7 billion third-quarter writedown due to risky debt.
- 2008 - Southern California is hit by a 5.4 magnitude earthquake, felt from Los Angeles to San Diego and slightly in Las Vegas.
Other history:
- 1588 - Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders.
- 1715 - Ten Spanish treasure galleons sink off Florida coast by hurricane.
- 1948 - King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London, England.
- 1981 - Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer.
- 1984 - The 1984 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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