What happened on 29 july

There have been many significant events that occurred on July 29th throughout history. Here are a few:

  1. 1864 - The first naval battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Mobile Bay, takes place. The Union Navy, led by Admiral David Farragut, defeats the Confederate Navy, allowing the Union to capture the city of Mobile, Alabama.
  2. 1914 - The first electric traffic light is installed in Cleveland, Ohio, USA.
  3. 1940 - The Battle of Britain begins, as the German air force (Luftwaffe) launches a massive air campaign against the United Kingdom.
  4. 1948 - The United States, Great Britain, and France sign the Treaty of London, recognizing the independence of Israel.
  5. 1967 - The first Boeing 737 commercial airliner takes its maiden flight.
  6. 1975 - The United States and North Vietnam sign the Paris Peace Accords, officially ending the Vietnam War.
  7. 1981 - The first mobile phone call is made, by Martin Cooper, an engineer at Motorola.
  8. 1991 - The United States and the Soviet Union sign the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START), reducing the number of nuclear weapons held by each country.
  9. 2005 - The London bombings occur, as a series of coordinated terrorist attacks kill 52 people and injure over 700.
  10. 2015 - NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flies by Pluto, providing the first close-up images of the dwarf planet.

These are just a few of the many events that have occurred on July 29th throughout history.