Historical Events In July - 29

1988  On July - 29 ellin Berlin, [MacKay], Mrs Irving Berlin, dies at 86   

1990  Bruno Kreisky, union chancellor Austria, dies on July - 29.   

1991  Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7+ carat engagement ring on this day in history.   

1992  On July - 29 tavio Amorin, Togolese politician, murdered   

1993  On July - 29 aJA Quintus Bosz, Indonesian/Suriname lawyer, dies at 78   

1994  Dorothy Crowfoot-Hodgkin, chemist (B-12, Nobel 1964), dies at 78 on July - 29.   

1996  Aruna Asaf Ali, politician, dies at 88 on this day in history.   

2007  On this day in history iraq wins its first Asian Cup football championship, beating Saudi Arabia 1-0.   

2007  On this day in history the ruling coalition of Japan lost its majority in the upper house after the election.   

2010  Heavy monsoon rains begin to cause widespread flooding (pictured) in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan. Over 1,600 are killed, and more than one million are displaced by the floods on July - 29.   

2012  On this day in history tropical Storm Khanun kills 88 people and leaves 60,000 homeless in North Korea   

2013  On this day in history 44 people are killed in a wave of car bombings in Iraq   

2014  100 Gazans killed overnight by Israeli strikes on July - 29.   

2017  Terrorist plot to bring down a plane averted in Sydney, Australia, 4 arrested on this day in history.   

2018  6.4 magnitude earthquake strikes island of Lombok, Indonesia, killing at least 14 on this day in history.   

2018  On this day in history palestinian teenage activist Ahed Tamimi released from prison after eight months   

2018  Ethiopian state funeral for murdered dam engineer Simegnew Bekele in Addis Ababa prompts unrest on July - 29.   

2018  On this day in history tour de France: Geraint Thomas becomes the first Welshman and only 3rd Briton to win the Tour; beats Dutchman Tom Dumoulin by 1' 51"; Peter Sagan wins green points jersey   

2018  On July - 29 british Open Senior Golf, St. Andrews: Spaniard Miguel Ángel Jiménez wins by 1 shot from defending champion Bernhard Langer of Germany   

2018  On July - 29 chipper Jones, Alan Trammell, Trevor Hoffman, Vladimir Guerrero, Jim Thome and Jack Morris are inducted in Baseball Hall of Fame, Cooperstown, NY   

2018  On July - 29 hun Sen's Cambodian People’s Party Hun Sen claims to have won all 125 seats in country's general election with widespread criticism of a sham vote   

2018  Demonstrations calling for safer road by students begin in Dhaka, Bangladesh on this day in history.   

2019  On July - 29 record for longest run at the top of US singles chart made by country rap single "Old Town Road" by Lil Nas X remixed with Billy Ray Cyrus , No. 1 for 17 weeks   

2021  Roscosmos' Nauka laboratory docks with the International Space Station following a protracted seventeen-year development and launch on 21 July. Hours after docking, a malfunction of its thrusters causes a temporary loss of control of the station, spinning it up to 45 degrees from its normal orbital attitude on this day in history.   

2021  The oil tanker Mercer Street is attacked off the coast of Oman on this day in history.   

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1166  On this day in history birth of henry II of Champagne (d. 1197)   

1590  On July - 29 birth of gilles Hayne, composer   

1605  Simon Dach, German poet was born on this day in history.   

1620  Nicolaas Heinsius, Dutch philologist/diplomat was born on this day in history.   

1646  On this day in history birth of johann Theile, German composer (Adam & Eve)   

1723  On this day in history birth of christleib Siegmund Binder, composer   

1739  On this day in history birth of johannes Ritschel, composer   

1755  On July - 29 birth of franz Gotz, composer   

0238  On July - 29 death of pupienus, Roman Emperor   

1030  On July - 29 olaf Haraldsson, King of Norway, dies in battle of Stiklestad   

1095  On July - 29 ladislaus I Arpad de Heilige, King of Hungary, dies   

1099  Urban II, [Odo van Lagery], French Pope (1088-99), dies on this day in history.   

1108  On July - 29 philip I, co-king of France (1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56   

1164  On July - 29 olaf, King of Norway, dies   

1507  Death of Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459) on July - 29.   

1573  On July - 29 spanish prince of Eboli, dies