About July 29
July 29, 2025 is the 210th day of the year 2025 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 155 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Tuesday.
You can browse the full year calendar in case you need it.
Are you looking for a day of the week calculator? Try it on any date like anniversaries, birthday of someone you know, or any other date that is special to you. You can even try it on historical dates. For example: July 29
(Sponsored by DayOfTheWeek.org)
Leo is the sun sign of a person born on this day. Ruby is the modern birthstone for this month. Ruby is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 203 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
What Happened On July 29
- 238 –The Praetorian Guard stormed the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor.
- 615 –Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12.
- 904 –Sack of Thessalonica: Saracen raiders under Leo of Tripoli sack Thessalonica, the Byzantine Empire’s second-largest city, after a short siege, and plunder it for a week.
- 1030 –Ladejarl-Fairhair succession wars: Battle of Stiklestad – King Olaf II fights and dies trying to regain his Norwegian throne from the Danes.
- 1567 –James VI is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
- 1693 –War of the Grand Alliance: Battle of Landen – France wins a Pyrrhic victory over Allied forces in the Netherlands.
- 1836 –Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
- 1848 –Irish Potato Famine: Tipperary Revolt – in Tipperary, an unsuccessful nationalist revolt against British rule is put down by police.
- 1851 –Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia.
- 1858 –United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
- 1920 –Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project.
- 1932 –Great Depression: in Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans.
- 1937 –Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu (China), the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
- 1948 –Olympic 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.
- 1965 –Vietnam War: the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay.
- 1967 –Vietnam War: off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
- 1976 –In New York City, David Berkowitz (aka the “Son of Sam”) kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
- 1987 –British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
- 1993 –The Israeli Supreme Court acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.
- 1996 –The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad .
Is this your birthday? Are you not curious to learn who shares your special day? Find out the July 29 famous birthdays and expand your knowledge today. (Sponsored link)
Share or Link to This Page: