July 29 (triple checked)
615 – Pakal ascends the throne of Palenque at age 12. (great Mayan ruler who reigned for
68 years!!!!!)
1567 – James VI (future James I) is crowned King of Scotland at Stirling.
1836 – Inauguration of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris.
1900 – In Italy, King Umberto I of Italy is assassinated by the anarchist Gaetano Bresci.
1921 – Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party.
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.
1957 – The International Atomic Energy Agency is established.
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.
1981 – A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch
the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
1987 – British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a
tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel).
2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the
dwarf planet Eris.
Births:
1805 – Alexis de Tocqueville, French historian and political scientist (d. 1859)
1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian fascist dictator (d. 1945)
(source: Wikpedia)