{"id":208116,"date":"2020-01-01T13:25:10","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T13:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/july-29\/"},"modified":"2024-01-14T00:33:22","modified_gmt":"2024-01-14T00:33:22","slug":"july-29","status":"publish","type":"otd_day","link":"https:\/\/www.factstoryhub.com\/day\/july-29\/","title":{"rendered":"July 29: Facts & Historical Events On This Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

July 29th is known as International Tiger Day as well as Rain Day.

We’ve made it to the 210th day of the year! There are days remaining in 2025.

Today we are going to cover all the top births and deaths of the day along with some other amazing historical events from July 29th.

Did you know that on this day in 1954, J. R. R. Tolkien published his novel “Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring”? This was the much-requested sequel to “The Hobbit”.

Keep reading for more fun & interesting facts about July 29th in history!\r\n\r\n

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What memorable events happened on July 29 in history? Keep reading to find out!\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

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The first Monkeypox deaths outside of Africa were recorded in Brazil and Spain.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n

Berkowitz walked up to two young women in the Bronx, New York, at 1am and shot at them without provocation. Donna Lauria died instantly, while her friend Jody Valenti was wounded and lived to tell the tale.\r\n\r\n

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1968\r\n\r\n

Pope Paul VI declared the prohibition of birth control.\r\n\r\n
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On this day, the pope issued the encyclical called Humanae vitae meaning “Of Human Life.”\r\n\r\n

This act was signed to provide for research into flight problems within and outside the Earth’s atmosphere. NASA began work on October 1, 1958.\r\n\r\n

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1954\r\n\r\n

J. R. R. Tolkien published the original “The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring” novel.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n
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