Today in History

Births On This Day, July 29th 🎂

1981 Fernando Alonso
Spanish race car driver

1938 Peter Jennings
Canadian/American journalist

1905 Dag Hammarskjöld
Swedish diplomat, economist, author, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate

1883 Benito Mussolini
Italian politician, Dictator of Italy

1805 Alexis de Tocqueville
French historian, scientist

Deaths On This Day, July 29th 🪦

1983 Luis Buñuel
Spanish director, producer

1974 Erich Kästner
German author, poet

1970 John Barbirolli
English cellist, conductor

1890 Vincent van Gogh
Dutch painter

1833 William Wilberforce
English politician, philanthropist
 

29th July

1565 Mary, Queen of Scots married her cousin Lord Darnley.

1567 James VI was crowned King of Scotland at the Church of the Holy Rude in Stirling. At the time, he was only thirteen months old, having been born in June 1566. His mother, Mary, Queen of Scots, had been forced to abdicate the throne, and the young James was subsequently crowned.

1848 The Young Irelander Rebellion occurred when members of the Young Ireland revolutionary society launched an abortive uprising against the United Kingdom amid the Great Famine. Two Irishmen were killed in the failed uprising, many of whose leaders were deported to Australia or fled into exile in the United States and France.

1968 Pope Paul VI confirmed a ban on the use of contraceptives by Roman Catholics in spite of a Church commission's recommendation for change.

1976 Fire destroyed the famous pierhead at the end of the world's longest pier, in Southend on the UK's south-east coast.

1981 The Prince of Wales married Lady Diana Spencer at London's St Paul's Cathedral. The televised ceremony was watched by over 700 million viewers around the world.
 

1907
Sir Robert Baden-Powell forms Boy Scouts in England
1928
test footage of Walt Disney's 'Steamboat Willie' is released which features 'Mickey Mouse'
1958
Pres Dwight Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics Space Act which establishes NASA
1996
Los Angeles Dodgers manager, Tommy Lasorda retires with record 1599 wins, 1439 losses, 4 National League Pennants,2 World Series rings
2013
The U.S. Coast Guard new HQ's in Washington,DC is designated as the Douglas A. Muro building in honor of the only guardsman to win the Medal of Honor during WWII postmously for extraordinary heroism,he died in 1942
 
On This Day In History, July 30th

2002 Pretoria Accord signed
The Pretoria Accord was signed between the between the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and Rwanda as an attempt to end the Second Congo War

1980 The Israeli Knesset passes the Jerusalem Law and adds it to Israel's Basic Law
The law declared Jerusalem the unified capital of Israel.

1980 Vanuatu gains independence
The Republic of Vanuatu gained independence from France and UK.

1932 Summer Olympics open in Los Angeles
The tenth Summer Olympics was officially opened. This was the second time that the city of Los Angeles was hosting the multi-event international sports meet.
 
Births On This Day, July 30th 🎂

1974 Hilary Swank
American actress

1970 Christopher Nolan
English/American director, screenwriter, producer

1947 Arnold Schwarzenegger
Austrian/American bodybuilder, actor, politician, 38th Governor of California

1863 Henry Ford
American businessman founded the Ford Motor Company

1818 Emily Brontë
English novelist

Deaths On This Day, July 30th 🪦

2007 Ingmar Bergman
Swedish director

1996 Claudette Colbert
American actress

1912 Emperor Meiji
of Japan

1898 Otto von Bismarck
German politician, 1st Chancellor of the
German Empire

1718 William Penn
English businessman, founder of Pennsylvania
 
30th July

1948 The world's first radar station was opened, to assist shipping at the port of Liverpool.

1963 The Soviet Union announced that it had granted political asylum to British spy Kim Philby and had given him Soviet citizenship.

1966 Football glory for England. England won football's World Cup for the first time since the tournament began in 1930.

1974 Peace deal for Cyprus The prime ministers of Greece and Turkey and the British Foreign Secretary have signed a peace agreement to settle the Cyprus crisis.

2006 The world's longest running music show Top of the Pops was broadcast for the last time on BBC Two. The show had aired for 42 years. 2213 episodes were screened, the first being broadcast on New Year's Day 1964.

2014 A large part of the 144-year-old Grade II listed pier at Eastbourne's seafront was 'reduced to a mangled wreck' after a huge blaze that is believed to have started in wall panelling.
 
1909
French chemist, Eugene Schuller founds L'Oreal with his new range of hair dyes
1930
the 1st broadcast of anthology series'Death Valley Days" on NBC radio debuts. The show was created by Ruth Woodman,a NYC advertising agency script writer. The show was sponsored by 20 Mule Team Borax. It later became a syndicated TV series from 1952-1975. All the stories were based on fact,revolved around legends &lore of Death Valley, Calif where borax was mined
1956
Pres Eisenhower signs into law offically making' In God We Trust' the national motto of the U.S.
1990
The 1st Saturn automobile rolled off the assembly line in Spring Hill, Tenn,the last one was in 2007
General motors now owns& operates the company
 
On This Day In History, July 31st

1998, the British government banned landmines
The move came after the public pressured the parliament to pass the Landmines Act.

1992 Thai Airways International Flight 311 crashed while approaching Tribhuvan International Airport in Kathmandu, Nepal.
All 113 people on board were killed in the crash.

1991 US and USSR signed the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
The treaty, also known as START I, limited the number of nuclear weapons and missiles the signatories could deploy. It came into force in December 1994 and expired 15 years later in 2009.

1981 :First female president of the US National Bar Association is appointed
Arnette R. Hubbard became the first woman to preside over the US National Bar Association, the country's largest group of association of African-American lawyers and judges.

1917 Third Battle of Ypres begins
Also known as the Battle of Passchendaele, the battle was part of World War I and took place between July 31 and November 6 for control of the Belgian city of Ypres.
 
Births On This Day, July 31st 🎂

1965 J. K. Rowling
English author

1962 Wesley Snipes
American martial artist, actor, and producer

1919 Primo Levi
Italian chemist, author

1912 Milton Friedman
American economist, Nobel Prize laureate

1884 Carl Friedrich Goerdeler
German politician

Deaths On This Day, July 31st 🪦

2012 Gore Vidal
American author, screenwriter, and actor

1980 Mohammed Rafi
Indian actor, singer

1964 Jim Reeves
American singer-songwriter

1944 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
French writer

1875 Andrew Johnson
American politician, 17th President of the United
 
31st July

1703 English novelist Daniel Defoe was made to stand in the pillory as punishment for offending the government and church with his satire 'The Shortest Way With Dissenters'. Bystanders pelted him with flowers instead of the customary harmful and noxious objects.

1910 Dr Crippen was arrested aboard the SS Montrose as it was docking at Quebec. He was charged with the murder of his wife and was the first criminal to be caught by the use of radio.

1962 Violence flared at Mosley rally. Former fascist leader Sir Oswald Mosley was assaulted at a rally in London's east end.

1970 Black Tot Day occurred On This Day. It was the last day of the officially sanctioned rum ration in the Royal Navy that dated back to 1665. It was poured as usual at 6 bells in the forenoon watch (11am) after the pipe of 'up spirits'.🥃 Some sailors wore black armbands, tots were 'buried at sea' and in one navy training camp there was a mock funeral procession complete with black coffin and accompanying drummers and piper.

1973 The new Northern Ireland Assembly met for the first time amid noisy scenes of protest.
 
On This Day In History, August 1st

1981 Music Television is launched
The channel, popularly known as MTV was mostly known for showing music videos and for being hosted by Video Jockeys.

1980 Vigdís Finnbogadóttir takes office in Iceland
The Icelandic politician was the fourth president of Iceland and the world's first democratically elected female head of state. Her 16 years of Presidency also makes her the longest serving female head of state in the world.

1951 Japan Airlines (JAL) is founded
The flagship airlines of Japan, JAL started operating on October 25, 1951

1936 The XI Summer Olympics are opened in Berlin by Adolf Hitler
Initially, Jews and people of African descent were to be barred from the games, however, a boycott was threatened by several countries and the German organizers relented. 18 African-American athletes, including James "Jesse" Owens and Matthew "Mack" Robinson, placed well in the track and field events, winning several medals.

1834 Slavery abolished in British Empire
The Slavery Abolition Act 1833 came into force a year after it was passed by the British Parliament. The act was repealed in 1998.
 

Births On This Day, August 1st 🎂

1942 Jerry Garcia
American singer-songwriter, guitarist

1932 Meena Kumari
Indian actress

1930 Pierre Bourdieu
French sociologist

1929 Hafizullah Amin
Afghan politician

1819 Herman Melville
American writer

Deaths On This Day, August 1st 🪦

2009 Corazon Aquino
Filipino politician, 11th President of the Philippines

1970 Frances Farmer
American actress

1944 Manuel L. Quezon
Filipino politician, 2nd President of the Philippines

1920 Bal Gangadhar Tilak
Indian lawyer, social reformer

1714 Anne, Queen of Great Britain
 
1st August 1966
The Troggs accomplished the rare feat of having a Top Ten hit in both the UK and the US with different songs.
In England, "With a Girl Like You" topped the UK charts, while in the US, "Wild Thing" led the Billboard Hot 100.
 
1932
In U. S. the George Washington quarter goes into circulation
1941
The Jeep is produced,U.S. Army ordered 1,600 at a cost of $738 each
1972
the 1st article exposing the 'Watergate Scandal' by reporters, Carl Bernstein &Bob Woodward is published in Washington Post
1981
duet single' Endless Love' with Diana Ross &Lionel Ritchie is released,written by Ritchie. It was #1 on Billboard charts for 9 weeks
2024
U.S & Russia complete the biggest prisoner swap since the Cold War. It involved 7 countries and 24 people inc 2 Americans, Wall St. Journalist, Evan Gershkovich, who was arrested in 2023 on espionage and former Marine, Paul Whelan who had been in prison since 2018 on espionage charges
 
On This Day In History, August 2nd

1998 Second Congo War Begins
The deadliest war in Africa, the war and its aftermath have killed an estimated 5.4 million people. The war started with a mutiny in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and soon involved 9 African nations. It lasted for 5 years.

1990 Invasion of Kuwait begins
In 2 days, Iraqi forces had overrun Kuwaiti forces, and Saddam Hussein declared Kuwait as the 19th province of Iraq. The invasion lasted for 7 months and ended after a UN-authorized coalition force led by the United States intervened.

1958 The Arab Federation is dissolved
The short-lived federation of Jordan and Iraq was dissolved after King Faisal of Iraq was deposed and assassinated during the 14 July Revolution.

1945 The Potsdam Conference which is convened to negotiate the terms of the end of WW II comes to an end
Representatives from the US, U.K., and Soviet Union participated in the conference.

1870 World's first underground railway opened
The Tower Subway beneath river Thames in London opened its doors for passengers. The subway was closed within a few months because of bankruptcy. The tunnel is now used for utilities.
 

Births On This Day, August 2nd 🎂

1981 Alexander Emelianenko
Russian mixed martial artist

1964 Mary-Louise Parker
American actress

1932 Peter O'Toole
Irish actor

1892 Jack Warner
Canadian/American film producer

1820 John Tyndall
British physicist

Deaths On This Day, August 2nd 🪦

1997 Fela Kuti
Nigerian singer-songwriter, musician, and activist

1934 Paul von Hindenburg
Prussian/German field marshal, politician, 2nd President of Germany

1923 Warren G. Harding
American politician, 29th President of the United States

1922 Alexander Graham Bell
Scottish/American engineer, invented the Telephone

1921 Enrico Caruso
Italian tenor
 

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