{"id":27842,"date":"2016-07-29T08:19:38","date_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:19:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27842"},"modified":"2016-07-29T08:20:08","modified_gmt":"2016-07-29T13:20:08","slug":"today-in-history-229","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tigermedianet.com\/?p=27842","title":{"rendered":"Today In History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n
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Today in History: Friday, July\u00a0 29, 2016<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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AP Highlight in History:<\/span>
\nOn July 29, 1588, the English soundly defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines.
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1890<\/td>\nArtist Vincent van Gogh died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France, at age 37.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1914<\/td>\nTranscontinental telephone service began with the first phone conversation between New York and San Francisco.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1948<\/td>\nBritain’s King George VI opened the Olympic Games in London.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1957<\/td>\nJack Paar debuted as host of NBC’s “Tonight” show.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1958<\/td>\nPresident Dwight D. Eisenhower signed a bill creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1967<\/td>\nFire swept the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing 134 servicemen.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1981<\/td>\nBritain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n
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1993<\/td>\nThe Israeli Supreme Court acquitted retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk of being Nazi death camp guard “Ivan the Terrible” and threw out his death sentence.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
1999<\/td>\nA day trader opened fire in two Atlanta brokerage offices, killing nine people and wounding 13 before shooting himself to death; he had earlier killed his wife and two children.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nSen. Ted Stevens, R-Alaska, was indicted on seven felony counts of concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in house renovations and gifts he had received from a powerful oil contractor. (A judge later dismissed the case, saying prosecutors had withheld evidence.)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
2008<\/td>\nArmy scientist Bruce Ivins committed suicide as prosecutors prepared to indict him in the 2001 anthrax attacks.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/td>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Today’s Birthdays:<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns turns 63 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Nancy Kassebaum Baker<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, R-Kansas<\/td>\n84<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Elizabeth Dole<\/td>\nFormer U.S. senator, R-N.C.<\/td>\n80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Marilyn Quayle<\/td>\nWife of former Vice President Dan Quayle<\/td>\n67<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Tim Gunn<\/td>\nTV personality (“Project Runway”)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Geddy Lee<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (Rush)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Patti Scialfa<\/td>\nRock singer, musician (The E Street Band)<\/td>\n63<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Martina McBride<\/td>\nCountry singer<\/td>\n50<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Wil Wheaton<\/td>\nActor<\/td>\n44<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Danger Mouse<\/td>\nDJ (Gnarls Barkley)<\/td>\n39<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rachel Miner<\/td>\nActress<\/td>\n36<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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Actor Stephen Dorff turns 43 years old today.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
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