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Wednesday, 29 July 2026
1970 Andre Souris, composer, dies at 79 
1971 George Shelton, actor (It Pays to be Ignorant), dies at 86
1973 American prisoners captured in Vietnam are released.
1973 The inaugural US POWs in N Vietnam released; 116 of 456 flown to Philippines
1973 Benjamin Frankel, composer, dies at 67
1976 James Clifton Williams, composer (Sinfonians), dies at 52.
1978 "Jesus Christ Superstar" closes at Longacre Theater NYC after 96 performances.
1979 Jean Renoir, French writer/director (Human Beast), dies at 84
1980 Richard Hadlee is recorded as becoming New Zealand's top wicket-taker with 117.
1980 Floyd Taliaferro Alderson, actor (Crossing Trails), dies
1981 Admiral Bobby R Inman, USN, is recorded as becoming deputy director of CIA.
1981 Jean Dixon, actress (Joy of Livng, You Only Live Once), dies.
1982 Cornelis Rijnsdorp, Dutch writer (Culprit), dies at 87
1983 Eubie Blake, ragtime-composer/pianist (Memories of You), dies at 100.
1984 Jayne Torvill and Christopher Dean skate "Bolero" at the Olympics receiving all perfect scores for quality and the gold medal.
1984 Julio Cort zar, Argentina writer (Final del Juego), dies at 69.
1985 Defence Minister Robert Coates steps down news reports reveal he visited a nightclub featuring nude dancers and prostitutes while on ministry business in West Germany.
1985 Nicholas Colssanto, actor (Coach-Cheers), dies at 61
1986 Guy Douglas Hamilton Warrack, composer, dies at 86
1987 Survivors of a black man murdered by KKK members awarded $7 million damages.
1987 Lang Jeffries, Canadian actor (Skip-Rescue 8), dies at 55.
1989 5 Pakistani Moslem rioters killed protesting "Satanic Verses" novel.
1989 Thursday's Child sets sailing record, New York-Cape Horn-San Francisco, 80 days 20 hours.
1989 Mauritius Balfoort, French/Flemish director, dies at 83.
1990 In Hagersville, Ontarioa tire dump fire set by teenage boys forces hundreds of families from their homes, leads to massive air pollution
1991 Iceland recognizes Lithuania's independence.
1991 North and South Korea form a joint team for table tennis competition.
1991 Edward A Blatt, director (Between 2 Worlds), dies at 88.
1992 Bep [Lambertus] van Klaveren, boxing champ (Olympic-gold-1928), dies.
1993 A pair of 10-year-olds kidnap and beat to death a two-year-old child at a Liverpool, England shopping mall.
1993 James Bulger, English child beaten to death at 2, by 10 yr old boys.
1994 17th Olympics Winter games open in Lillehammer, Norway
1994 20th century premiere of 6 restored Haydn-sonatas in Boston.
1994 Edvard Munch's painting "The Cry" stolen (in Oslo).
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