General Events and Observations of July 29

238: Balbinus, Roman Emperor
238: Pupienus, Roman Emperor
1030: Olaf II of Norway (b. 995)
1099: Pope Urban II (b. 1042)
1108: Philip I of France (b. 1052)
1507: Martin Behaim, German-born navigator and geographer (b. 1459)
1612: Jacques Bongars, French scholar and diplomat (b. 1554)
1644: Pope Urban VIII (b. 1568)
1752: Peter Warren, British admiral
1781: Johann Kies, German astronomer and mathematician (b. 1713)
1792: René Nicolas Charles Augustin de Maupeou, Chancellor of France (b. 1714)
1813: Jean-Andoche Junot, French general (b. 1771)
1833: William Wilberforce, English abolitionist (b. 1759)
1839: Gaspard de Prony, French mathematician (b. 1755)
1844: Franz Xaver Wolfgang Mozart, Austrian composer (b. 1791)
1856: Robert Schumann, German composer (b. 1810)
1857: Thomas Dick, Scottish scientific teacher and writer (b. 1774)
1887: Agostino Depretis, Italian statesman (d. 1813)
1890: Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter (b. 1853)
1900: King Umberto I of Italy (b. 1844)
1913: Tobias Michael Carel Asser, Dutch jurist, Nobel Prize Laureate (b. 1838)
1918: Ernest William Christmas, Australian painter (b. 1863)
1934: Didier Pitre, French Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1883)
1938: Nikolai Krylenko, Russian/Soviet jurist and politician (b. 1885)
1950: Joe Fry, British racing driver (b. 1915)
1954: Coen de Koning, Dutch speed skater (b. 1879)
1964: Vean Gregg, American baseball player (b. 1885)
1970: John Barbirolli, English conductor (b. 1899)
1973: Norm Smith, Australian rules footballer and coach (b. 1915)
1973: Roger Williamson, English racing driver (b. 1948)
1974: Cass Elliot, American musician (b. 1941)
1974: Erich Kästner, German author (b. 1899)
1976: Mickey Cohen, American gangster (b. 1913)
1979: Bill Todman, American television producer (b. 1916)
1979: Herbert Marcuse, German philosopher (b. 1898)
1981: Robert Moses, American urban planner (b. 1888)
1982: Harold Sakata, Japanese-American actor (b. 1920)
1982: Vladimir Zworykin, Russian physicist and inventor (b. 1889)
1983: David Niven, English actor (b. 1910)
1983: Luis Buñuel, Spanish director (b. 1900)
1983: Raymond Massey, Canadian actor (b. 1896)
1984: Fred Waring, American band leader and inventor (b. 1900)
1987: Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Bengali author (b. 1894)
1990: Bruno Kreisky, Chancellor of Austria (b. 1911)
1992: Michel Larocque, Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1952)
1994: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin, British chemist, Nobel laureate (b. 1910)
1996: Jason Thirsk, American bassist (Pennywise) (b. 1967)
1996: Marcel-Paul Schützenberger, French mathematician (b. 1920)
1996: Ric Nordman, Canadian politician (b. 1919)
1998: Jerome Robbins, American choreographer (b. 1918)
2001: Edward Gierek, Polish politician (b. 1913)
2001: Wau Holland, German computer hacker (b. 1951)
2003: Foday Sankoh, Sierra Leonean rebel leader (b. 1937)
2004: Rena Vlahopoulou, Greek actress and singer (b. 1923)
2007: Marvin Zindler, American television reporter (b. 1921)
2007: Michel Serrault, French actor (b. 1928)
2007: Mike Reid, English comedian and actor (b. 1940)
2007: Tom Snyder, American television personality (b. 1936)

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