History for July 29

History for July 29 - On-This-Day.com
Booth Tarkington 1869, Benito Mussolini 1883, Melvin Belli 1907


Marcel Bich 1914 - Manufacturer and co-founder of Bic., Peter Jennings 1938, Ken Burns 1953


1588 - The English defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines.


1874 - Major Walter Copton Winfield of England received U.S. patent for the lawn-tennis court.


1914 - The first transcontinental telephone service was inaugurated when two people held a conversation between New York, NY and San Francisco, CA.


1957 - Jack Paar began hosting the "Tonight" show on NBC-TV. The name of the show was changed to "The Jack Paar Show." Paar was host for five years.


1957 - The International Atomic Energy Agency was established.


1958 - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by the U.S. Congress.


1968 - Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Roman Catholic Church's stance against artificial methods of birth control.


1985 - General Motors announced that Spring Hill, TN, would be the home of the Saturn automobile assembly plant.