| 1603 |
|
Bartholomew
Gilbert is killed in Virginia
by Indians, during a search
for the missing Roanoke
colonists. |
| 1693 |
|
The
Army of the Grand Alliance is
destroyed by the French at the
Battle of Neerwinden. |
| 1830 |
|
Liberals
led by the Marquis of
Lafayette seize Paris in
opposition to the king's
restrictions on citizens'
rights. |
| 1848 |
|
A
rebellion against British rule
is put down in Tipperary,
Ireland. |
| 1858 |
|
Japan
signs a treaty of commerce and
friendship with the United
States. |
| 1862 |
|
Confederates
are routed by Union guerrillas
at Moore's Mill, Missouri. |
| 1875 |
|
Peasants
in Bosnia and Herzegovina
rebel against the Ottoman
army. |
| 1915 |
|
U.S.
Marines land at Port-au-Prince
to protect American interests
in Haiti. |
| 1921 |
|
Adolf
Hitler becomes the president
of the Nationalist Socialist
German Workers' Party (Nazis). |
| 1945 |
|
After
delivering parts of the first
atomic bomb to the island of
Tinian, the U.S.S. Indianapolis
is sunk by a Japanese
submarine. The survivors are
adrift for two days before
help arrives. |
| 1981 |
|
Prince
Charles marries Lady Diane. |
Born on July 29 |
| 1805 |
|
Alexis
de Tocqueville, French
historian ( Democracy in
America). |
| 1877 |
|
Charles
William Beebe, American
biologist, explorer and
writer. |
| 1878 |
|
Don
Marquis, novelist and poet. |
| 1883 |
|
Benito
Mussolini, Dictator of Italy
(1922-1945). |
| 1887 |
|
Sigmund
Romberg, composer. |
| 1900 |
|
Owen
Lattimore, writer. |
| 1905 |
|
Stanley
Kunitz, poet. |
| 1905 |
|
Dag
Hammerarskjold, Nobel Peace
Prize winner,
secretary-general of the
United Nations (1953-1961). |
| 1909 |
|
Chester
Himes, author (Cotton Comes
to Harlem, If He
Hollers, Let Him Go). |
| 1918 |
|
Edwin
Greene O'Connor, author (The
Last Hurrah). |
| 1918 |
|
Mary
Lee Settle, novelist. |
| 1920 |
|
Hank
Ketchum, cartoonist, creator
of Dennis the Menace. |
| 1930 |
|
Paul
Taylor, choreographer and
dancer. |
