On This Day: 29 July

29 July in Indian history

• 1987Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.India

29 July in world history

• 1981After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran.
• 1972Two Avianca Douglas DC-3 airliners collide over Colombia, killing 38.
• 1965Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
• 1954The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, was published by Allen & Unwin.
• 1948Olympic Games: The Games of the XIV Olympiad: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first Summer Olympics to be held since the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, open in London.
• 1932Great Depression: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans using arson, bayonets, sabers, tanks, tear gas, and vomit gas.
• 1921Adolf Hitler became leader of the National Socialist German Workers' Party.
• 1914The Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on a limited basis.
• 1900Italian anarchist Gaetano Bresci assassinated King Umberto I of Italy in Monza.
• 1862American Civil War: Confederate spy Belle Boyd is arrested by Union troops and detained at the Old Capitol Prison in Washington, D.C.
• 1848Great Famine of Ireland: Tipperary Revolt: In County Tipperary, Ireland, then in the United Kingdom, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
• 1818French physicist Augustin-Jean Fresnel submitted a memoir on the diffraction of light to the Royal Academy of Sciences, providing strong support for the wave theory of light.
• 1693Nine Years' War: French troops defeated the forces of the Grand Alliance led by William III of England at the Battle of Landen in present-day Neerwinden, Belgium.
• 1588Anglo-Spanish War: Battle of Gravelines: English naval forces under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeat the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.
• 1014Byzantine–Bulgarian wars: Byzantine forces defeated troops of the Bulgarian Empire at the Battle of Kleidion in the mountains of Belasica near present-day Klyuch.
• 923Battle of Firenzuola: Lombard forces under King Rudolph II and Adalbert I, margrave of Ivrea, defeat the dethroned Emperor Berengar I of Italy at Firenzuola (Tuscany).
• 904Arab–Byzantine wars: Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire's second-largest city, was sacked by Saracen raiders.

Born on 29 July

• 1980Fernando González, Chilean tennis player
• 1966Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster
• 1959Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producerIndia
• 1925Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2019)
• 1904J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages (died 1993)India
• 1796Walter Hunt, inventor of the safety pin and other things (died 1859)

Died on 29 July

• 2013Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster (born 1929)India
• 2012James Mellaart, English archaeologist and author (born 1925)
• 1987Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author, poet, and playwright (born 1894)India
• 1962Ronald Fisher, English biologist and statistician (born 1890)

Frequently asked questions

What happened on 29 July in history?

1987: Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. 1981: After impeachment on June 21, Abolhassan Banisadr flees with Massoud Rajavi to Paris, in an Iranian Air Force Boeing 707, piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the National Council of Resistance of Iran. 1972: Two Avianca Douglas DC-3 airliners collide over Colombia, killing 38. 1965: Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.

What happened on 29 July in Indian history?

1987: Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.

Which famous people were born on 29 July?

Fernando González, Chilean tennis player (1980); Sally Gunnell, English hurdler and sportscaster (1966); Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer (1959); Ted Lindsay, Canadian ice hockey player, manager, and sportscaster (died 2019) (1925).

Which day is observed on 29 July?

International Tiger Day; Mohun Bagan Day (India); Earliest day on which Somer's Day can fall, while August 4 is the latest; celebrated on Friday before the first Monday in August. (Bermuda); International Tiger Day; National Anthem Day (Romania).