July 29
Today is the 211th day of 2016, there are 155 days left in the year.
1890 - Artist Vincent van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France at age 37.
1914 - Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.
1921 - Adolf Hitler became the leader ("fuehrer") of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
1957 - Jack Paar debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show".
1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1967 - An accidental rocket launch led to a fire that swept through the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing 134 servicemen.
1968 - In Humanae Vitae (of Human Life), Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Catholic Church's prohibition on artificial methods of birth control.
1976 - The first of eight shootings ascribed to the serial killer known as "Son of Sam" occurred on a street in The Bronx, New York, as a gunman killed 18-year-old Donna Lauria and wounded her friend, 19-year-old Jody Valenti. (In a yearlong reign of terror, the shooter also known as the ".44 Caliber Killer" would claim five more lives and wound six more people until the arrest of David Berkowitz, who is serving a life prison sentence.)
1981 - Britain's Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk of being Nazi death camp guard "Ivan the Terrible" and threw out his death sentence.
1999 - A day trader opened fire in two Atlanta brokerage offices, killing nine people and wounding 13 before shooting himself; he had earlier killed his wife and two children.
2008 - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was indicted on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts he had received from a powerful oil contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.)
2008 - Army scientist Bruce Ivins committed suicide as prosecutors prepared to indict him in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Birthdays
25 - Paulina Gato (actress)
26 - Munro Chambers (actor)
26 - Matt Prokop (actor)
29 - Genesis Rodriguez (actress)
34 - Allison Mack (actress)
34 - Lauren Brooke (TV host)
42 - Josh Radnor (actor)
44 - Wil Wheaton (actor)
45 - Monica Calhoun (actress)
47 - Timothy Omundson (actor)
50 - Martina McBride (country singer)
54 - Scott Steiner (professional wrestler)
63 - Geddy Lee (singer)
63 - Tim Gunn (TV host)
75 - David Warner (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 29
1754 - The first international boxing match is held. The 25-minute match was held when Jack Slack of Great Britain knocked out Jean Petit from France.
1908 - Rube Waddell of the St. Louis Browns strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics' players.
1948 - Britain's King George VI opened the Olympic Games in London.
1965 - The Philadelphia Phillies (16) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (10) combine for a major league record 26 strikeouts in their game.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals steals his 700th base.
1986 - A New York jury rules that the NFL violated antitrust laws and awards the USFL one dollar in damages.
1986 - Sparky Anderson becomes the first manager in major league history to win 600 games in both the National and American Leagues.
1989 - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba becomes the first high jumper to break the 8-foot barrier.
1989 - The Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's #32.
1990 - The Boston Red Sox set a major league record with 12 doubles in one game.
2003 - Boston Red Sox switch hitter Bill Mueller became the first player in major league history to hit grand slam home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game. He hit a total of three home runs in the game. He became the 12th player to hit two grand slams in one game.
2003 - Marcus Giles of the Atlanta Braves tied a major league record when he went 5-for-5 in nine straight at-bats. The record was shared by 10 other players at the time.
Today is the 211th day of 2016, there are 155 days left in the year.
1890 - Artist Vincent van Gogh died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France at age 37.
1914 - Transcontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.
1921 - Adolf Hitler became the leader ("fuehrer") of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
1957 - Jack Paar debuted as host of NBC's "Tonight Show".
1958 - President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
1967 - An accidental rocket launch led to a fire that swept through the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing 134 servicemen.
1968 - In Humanae Vitae (of Human Life), Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Catholic Church's prohibition on artificial methods of birth control.
1976 - The first of eight shootings ascribed to the serial killer known as "Son of Sam" occurred on a street in The Bronx, New York, as a gunman killed 18-year-old Donna Lauria and wounded her friend, 19-year-old Jody Valenti. (In a yearlong reign of terror, the shooter also known as the ".44 Caliber Killer" would claim five more lives and wound six more people until the arrest of David Berkowitz, who is serving a life prison sentence.)
1981 - Britain's Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London.
1993 - The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk of being Nazi death camp guard "Ivan the Terrible" and threw out his death sentence.
1999 - A day trader opened fire in two Atlanta brokerage offices, killing nine people and wounding 13 before shooting himself; he had earlier killed his wife and two children.
2008 - Sen. Ted Stevens (R-Alaska) was indicted on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts he had received from a powerful oil contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.)
2008 - Army scientist Bruce Ivins committed suicide as prosecutors prepared to indict him in the 2001 anthrax attacks.
Birthdays
25 - Paulina Gato (actress)
26 - Munro Chambers (actor)
26 - Matt Prokop (actor)
29 - Genesis Rodriguez (actress)
34 - Allison Mack (actress)
34 - Lauren Brooke (TV host)
42 - Josh Radnor (actor)
44 - Wil Wheaton (actor)
45 - Monica Calhoun (actress)
47 - Timothy Omundson (actor)
50 - Martina McBride (country singer)
54 - Scott Steiner (professional wrestler)
63 - Geddy Lee (singer)
63 - Tim Gunn (TV host)
75 - David Warner (actor)
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Today in Sports History - July 29
1754 - The first international boxing match is held. The 25-minute match was held when Jack Slack of Great Britain knocked out Jean Petit from France.
1908 - Rube Waddell of the St. Louis Browns strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics' players.
1948 - Britain's King George VI opened the Olympic Games in London.
1965 - The Philadelphia Phillies (16) and the Pittsburgh Pirates (10) combine for a major league record 26 strikeouts in their game.
1974 - Lou Brock of the St. Louis Cardinals steals his 700th base.
1986 - A New York jury rules that the NFL violated antitrust laws and awards the USFL one dollar in damages.
1986 - Sparky Anderson becomes the first manager in major league history to win 600 games in both the National and American Leagues.
1989 - Javier Sotomayor of Cuba becomes the first high jumper to break the 8-foot barrier.
1989 - The Philadelphia Phillies retire Steve Carlton's #32.
1990 - The Boston Red Sox set a major league record with 12 doubles in one game.
2003 - Boston Red Sox switch hitter Bill Mueller became the first player in major league history to hit grand slam home runs from both sides of the plate in the same game. He hit a total of three home runs in the game. He became the 12th player to hit two grand slams in one game.
2003 - Marcus Giles of the Atlanta Braves tied a major league record when he went 5-for-5 in nine straight at-bats. The record was shared by 10 other players at the time.
