Born on July 29
July 29 birthdays & history
If you were born on July 29, you share a birthday with Dag Hammarskjöld, Fernando Alonso and Alexis de Tocqueville. July 29 babies are Leo, with ruby as their birthstone and the larkspur as their birth flower. July 29 is the 211th day of the year in leap years (210th in other years).
Famous people born on July 29
- 1905Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1981Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver
- 1805Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and philosopher
- 1898Isidor Isaac Rabi, American physicist and academic, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1900Eyvind Johnson, Swedish novelist and short story writer, Nobel Prize Laureate
- 1927Harry Mulisch, Dutch author, poet, and playwright
- 1817Ivan Aivazovsky, Armenian-Russian painter and illustrator
- 1925Mikis Theodorakis, Greek composer
- 1905Clara Bow, American actress
- 1974Josh Radnor, American actor and musician
What happened on July 29
- 1567The infant James VI was crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
- 1836Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, France.
- 1851Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- 1858United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- 1871The Connecticut Valley Railroad opens between Old Saybrook, Connecticut and Hartford, Connecticut in the United States.
- 1901Land lottery begins in Oklahoma.
- 1914The Cape Cod Canal, connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, opened on a limited basis.
- 1920Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
- 1945The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
- 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.
- 1957Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show.
- 1981An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Also observed on July 29
- International Tiger Day
- Mohun Bagan Day (India)
- National Anthem Day (Romania)
- National Thai Language Day (Thailand)
- Ólavsøka or Olsok, opening of the Løgting session. (Faroe Islands and the Nordic countries)
Questions, answered
What star sign is July 29?
People born on July 29 are Leo. Their birthstone is ruby and their birth flower is the larkspur.
Which famous people were born on July 29?
Dag Hammarskjöld (1905), Fernando Alonso (1981), Alexis de Tocqueville (1805), Isidor Isaac Rabi (1898), Eyvind Johnson (1900), Harry Mulisch (1927) were all born on July 29.
What happened on July 29 in history?
Among other things: in 1954, The Fellowship of the Ring, the first part of J. R. R. Tolkien's novel The Lord of the Rings, was published by Allen & Unwin; in 1957, Tonight Starring Jack Paar premieres on NBC with Jack Paar beginning the modern day talk show; in 1981, An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
Can I get a newspaper front page from July 29?
Yes. The Birthday Gazette makes a personalised vintage-style front page for any July 29 birth year, with their name in the headline, events, famous birthdays and typical US prices. The preview is free and the print files cost $9.
Events, birthdays and observances are adapted from Wikipedia contributors, “July 29”, English Wikipedia, under CC BY-SA 4.0 (shortened and filtered). Ranking uses Wikidata (CC0). Sources.