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July 29, 1997 U.S. Senior Golf Open ends at Olympia Fields GC Ill July 29, 1995 Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis July 29, 1995 Carolina Panthers beat Jacksonville Jaguars in their 1st NFL exhibition game 20-14 July 29, 1994 200,000 Moslems demand death to feminist Taslima Nasrin July 29, 1994 Corrupt Italian ex-premier Craxi gets 8 year jail sentenced July 29, 1994 H Emans Arubaanse Peoples Party wins parliamentary election July 29, 1994 India army kills 27 Moslem militants July 29, 1994 Parliamentary election in Aruba July 29, 1993 Cincinnati Red pitcher Thomas Browning arrested for marijuana possession July 29, 1993 Walter Koenig, Checkov-Star Trek, suffers a mild heart attack July 29, 1993 Israeli Court of Appeal overturns (5-0) conviction of John Demjaujuk, saying not enough evidence he is Concentration Camp Ivan the Terrible July 29, 1992 "Chinese Coffee" closes at Circle in Sq Theater New York City after 18 performances July 29, 1992 Evgueni Sadovyi swims world record/OR 400m freestyle (3:45.00) July 29, 1992 Ray Sharkey, actor, Wiseguys, arrested for narcotic possession July 29, 1991 1st Sunday Night game at Shea Stadium, Mets beat Cubs 6-0 July 29, 1991 Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7 caret engagement ring July 29, 1991 Yankee Stadium fans throw cups and blowup dolls at Jose Canseco July 29, 1990 26th Curtis Cup: U.S. wins 14-4 July 29, 1990 28th Tennis Fed Cup: USA beats U.S.S.R. in Atlanta Georgia (2-1) July 29, 1990 36th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Beth Daniel July 29, 1990 Boston Red Sox set major league record with 12 doubles in a game July 29, 1990 South Africa Communist Party begins 1st legal conference July 29, 1989 Javier Sotomayor of Cuba sets high jump record (8'0") in San Juan July 29, 1989 Phillies retire Steve Carlton's # 32 July 29, 1989 Vince Coleman, record streak stopped at 50 straight stolen bases July 29, 1989 White Sox trade Harold Baines to Rangers for Scott Fletcher and Sam Sosa July 29, 1988 FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion July 29, 1988 Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989 July 29, 1988 Judge orders NASA to release unedited tape from Challenger cockpit July 29, 1988 Last U.S. Playboy Club, Lansing, Michigan, closes July 29, 1988 South African government bans anti-apartheid film "Cry Freedom" July 29, 1988 Baltimore trades Mike Boddicker to the Red Sox for Brady Anderson and Curt Schilling July 29, 1988 Rick Sutcliffe swipes home, 1st pitcher since Pascual Perez in 1984 to steal home July 29, 1987 Ben and Jerry's and Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia July 29, 1986 Bomb attack in West-Beirut, 30 killed July 29, 1986 Dennis Amiss scores his 100th 100, Warwickshire vs. Lancashire July 29, 1986 New York jury rules NFL violated antitrust laws, awards USFL $1 in damages July 29, 1985 19th Space Shuttle Mission (51-F)-Challenger 8-launched July 29, 1984 12th du Maurier Golf Classic: Juli Inkster July 29, 1984 23rd Summer Olympics opens in Los Angeles July 29, 1983 "Friday Night Videos" premieres on NBC TV July 29, 1983 Steve Garvey ends his NL record 1,207 consecutive game streak July 29, 1982 Andy Taylor of rock group Duran Duran weds Tracie Wilson July 29, 1981 Cleveland Metroparks Zoo Amphitheater is dedicated July 29, 1981 Iran ex-president Bani Sadr flees to Paris July 29, 1981 Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diane Spencer July 29, 1979 7th du Maurier Golf Classic (Peter Jackson Classic): Amy Alcott July 29, 1978 600,000 attend "Summer Jam" rock festival, Watkins Glen, New York July 29, 1978 Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h 40m July 29, 1978 Pioneer 11 transmits images of Saturn and its rings July 29, 1978 On Old Timer's Day, New York Yankees announce that Billy Martin will return as New York Yankee manager in 1980 and Bob Lemon will become GM July 29, 1976 U.S.S.R. performs underground nuclear Test July 29, 1975 Ford became 1st U.S. President to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz July 29, 1975 Military coup by Gen Mohammed/President Jakubu Gowon fired July 29, 1974 2nd impeachment vote against Nixon by House Judiciary Committee July 29, 1974 Episcopal Church ordained female priests July 29, 1974 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island July 29, 1974 St. Louis Card Lou Brock steals his 700th base July 29, 1973 $180,000 in Led Zeppelin receipts are robbed from New York, Hilton July 29, 1973 Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy July 29, 1972 France performs nuclear Test at Muruora Island July 29, 1970 6 days of race rioting in Hartford, Connecticut July 29, 1969 Mariner 6 begins transmitting far-encounter photos of Mars July 29, 1968 Cincinnati Red George Culver no hits Phillies, 6-1 July 29, 1968 Gram Parson refuses to play with the Byrds in South Africa July 29, 1968 Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption July 29, 1968 Pope Paul VI, in an encyclical entitled "Humanae Vitae" (Of Human Life), declares any artificial forms of birth control prohibited July 29, 1968 Washington D.C. Ron Hansen makes unassisted triple play vs Cleve July 29, 1967 Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134 July 29, 1967 Moderate quake (6.5) strikes Caracas Venezuela causing severe damage July 29, 1966 Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock New York July 29, 1966 Nigerians chief of staff Jakubu Gowon makes coup July 29, 1965 Beatles movie "Help" premieres, Queen Elizabeth attends July 29, 1965 Gemini 5 returned after 12d 7h 11m 53s July 29, 1965 Major league record 26 strikeouts, Phillies (16), Pirates (10) July 29, 1965 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk U.S.S.R. July 29, 1961 Bob Dylan injured in car accident July 29, 1961 Phillies lose 1st of 23 straight games July 29, 1961 Wallis and Futuna Islands become a French overseas territory July 29, 1958 President Eisenhower signs NASA and Space Act of 1958 July 29, 1958 Southern Pacific Bay ferries stop running July 29, 1957 Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title July 29, 1957 International Atomic Energy Agency formed by U.N. July 29, 1957 Jack Paar's Tonight show premieres July 29, 1956 11th U.S. Women's Open Golf Championship won by Kathy Cornelius July 29, 1956 Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record) July 29, 1956 WCKT (now WSVN) TV channel 7 in Miami, Florida (IND) begins broadcasting July 29, 1955 Smokey Burgess hits 3 HRS to help Pirates beat Reds 16-5 July 29, 1955 U.S.S.R. performs nuclear Test July 29, 1953 U.S. bombers shot down at north of Wladiwostok July 29, 1952 1st nonstop transpacific flight by a jet July 29, 1950 Pee Wee Reese, hits the 3,000th Dodger home run July 29, 1949 Airlift in West-Germany to West-Berlin ends July 29, 1949 BBC radio begins broadcasting July 29, 1948 King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic games in London July 29, 1947 Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg, Virginia July 29, 1945 After delivering the Atomic Bomb across the Pacific, the cruiser USS Indianapolis is torpedoed and sunk by a Japanese submarine July 29, 1944 Allied air force bomb Germany for 6 hours July 29, 1944 Frank McCormick (Reds) HR off Ace Adams (Giants) in both games of DH July 29, 1944 U.S. 4th Armour division occupiers Avranches July 29, 1943 1 million inhabitants flee Hamburg July 29, 1943 Nazi's evacuate Hollandsche Theater in Amsterdam July 29, 1942 Eastern Blvd in the Bronx renamed Bruckner Blvd July 29, 1940 Urk soccer team forms July 29, 1938 Comic strip "Dennis the Menace," 1st appears July 29, 1938 Olympic National Park forms July 29, 1937 Japanese troops occupies Peking and Tientsin July 29, 1936 RCA shows 1st real TV program (dancing, film on locomotives, Bonwit Teller fashion show and monologue from Tobacco Road and comedy) July 29, 1934 17th PGA Championship: Paul Runyan at Park CC Williamsville NY July 29, 1930 115 degrees F (46 degrees C), Holly Springs, Mississippi (state record) July 29, 1930 Airship R100, 1st passenger-carrying flight from England to Canada July 29, 1929 Belgium Maurice Dewaele wins Tour de France July 29, 1928 Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released July 29, 1928 Cleveland Indians score 17 in 1st 2 inns to beat Yanks 24-6 at Dunn Field they also set a record with 24 singles in 1 game July 29, 1927 1st iron lung installed, Bellevue hospital, New York July 29, 1927 Bellevue Hospital in New York installs 1st iron lung July 29, 1927 Phil Mead scores his 100th 100, Hampshire vs. Northants July 29, 1924 Paul Runyan wins PGA golf championship July 29, 1923 Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin July 29, 1923 KPD holds struggle day against fascism, in Germany July 29, 1921 Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn July 29, 1921 New rules of language assumed, equal rights Flemings/Walen Belgium July 29, 1920 1st transcontinental airmail flight from New York to SF July 29, 1920 Mexican rebel Pancho Villa surrenders July 29, 1916 Postal check and Girodienst establishes July 29, 1915 Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR July 29, 1914 1st transcontinental phone link made between New York City and SF July 29, 1914 Austrian-Hungary bombs Belgrade July 29, 1914 British fleet leaves Portland/passes Straits of Dover July 29, 1914 Russia mobilize troops along Austrian boundary July 29, 1913 Albania becomes sovereignty under prince Wilhelm von Wied July 29, 1911 Boston Red Sox Joe Wood no-hits St. Louis Browns, 5-0 July 29, 1910 JWEL Hilgers is 1st Dutchman to fly above Dutch territory July 29, 1908 St. Louis Browns Rube Waddell strikes out 16 Philadelphia Athletics July 29, 1907 Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England July 29, 1902 Union of Orthodox Rabbis of U.S. and Canada forms July 29, 1899 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, New York July 29, 1899 Southern California Golf Association forms July 29, 1874 Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court July 29, 1864 3rd and last day of battle at Deep Bottom Run, Virginia July 29, 1864 Battle of Macon, Georgia (Stoneman's Raid) July 29, 1858 1st commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan signed July 29, 1858 U.S. citizens allowed to live anywhere in Japan July 29, 1844 New York Yacht Club forms July 29, 1786 1st newspaper published west of Alleghanies, Pitts Gazette July 29, 1783 Skaptar Volcano on Iceland erupts killing about 9,000 July 29, 1773 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH July 29, 1751 1st international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M Petit of France in 29 mins in England July 29, 1715 10 Spanish treasure galleons sinks off Florida coast by hurricane July 29, 1696 French king Louis XIV and Victor Amadeua van Savoye signs peace July 29, 1693 Battle at Neerwinden: French beats English/Dutch army July 29, 1676 Nathaniel Bacon declared a rebel for assembling frontiersmen to protect settlers from Indians July 29, 1655 Biggest townhall in the world opens in Amsterdam July 29, 1634 Dutch fleet under Johannes van Walbeeck lands on Curacao July 29, 1588 Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders July 29, 1588 Duke Farneses troops ready for invasion of England July 29, 1585 Friese academy opens July 29, 1579 Antwerp request union with of Utrecht July 29, 1579 King Philip II arrests plotters Antonio Perez and princess van Eboli July 29, 1565 Mary Queen of Scots marries her cousin, Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley July 29, 1563 League of High Nobles routes King Philip II July 29, 1560 Turkish fleet recaptures Djerba on Spanjaarden July 29, 1179 Lando Sittino proclaimed (anti-)pope Innocent III July 29, 1030 Battle at Stiklestad (Trondheim) July 29, 1014 Battle of Strumitsa-valley: Byzantine destroys Bulgarian armies July 29, 626 Avaren/Slaves under khagan Bajan begin siege of Constantinople July 29, 362 Emperor Julianus of Constantinople ends education laws |