History for July 29

History for July 29 - On-This-Day.com
Booth Tarkington 1869, Benito Mussolini 1883, Clara Bow 1905 - Actress (Down to the Sea in Ships, The Plastic Age)


Melvin Belli 1907, Marcel Bich 1914 - Manufacturer and co-founder of Bic, Martina McBride 1966


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


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


1950 - Disney's adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson's "Treasure Island" was released.


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.


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


1981 - England's Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer were married.


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


1998 - The United Auto Workers union ended a 54-day strike against General Motors. The strike caused $2.8 billion in lost revenues.