JULY 29: EVENTS: • 1858 – United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty. • 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. • 1958 – U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). • 1959 – First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. • 1965 – Vietnam War: The first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. • 1980 – Iran adopts a new holy flag after the Islamic Revolution. • 1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues. • 2005 – Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet Eris. BIRTHDAYS: • 1883 – Benito Mussolini, Italian journalist and politician, 27th Prime Minister of Italy • 1888 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope • 1904 – J. R. D. Tata, French-Indian pilot and businessman, founded Tata Motors and Tata Global Beverages • 1905 – Dag Hammarskjöld, Swedish economist and diplomat, 2nd Secretary-General of the United Nations, Nobel Prize Laureate • 1925 – Shivram Dattatreya Phadnis, Indian illustrator • 1937 – Daniel McFadden, American economist, Nobel Prize Laureate • 1959 – Sanjay Dutt, Indian actor, singer, and producer DEATH ANNIVERSARIES: • 1895 – Floriano Peixoto, Brazilian general and politician, 2nd President of Brazil • 1982 – Vladimir K. Zworykin, Russian-American engineer, invented the Iconoscope • 1987 – Bibhutibhushan Mukhopadhyay, Indian author • 2012 – Vempati Chinna Satyam, Indian dancer and guru • 2013 – Munir Hussain, Indian cricketer and sportscaster IMPORTANT DAYS: • International Tiger Day • National Anthem Day (Romania) • National Thai Language Day (Thailand)
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