Important Events on July the 29th:
1824 - Peruvian National Day
1835 - 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begun.
1858 - 1st commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed.
1899 - 1st motorcycle race Manhattan Beach N.Y.
1900 - Italian king Umberto I assassinated.
1914 - 1st transcontinental phone link made Between NYC & SF
1915 - US marines land in Haiti stay until 1924.
1920 - 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF
1928 - Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released
1952 - 1st transpacific non-stop flight by jet
1957 - International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN
1957 - Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers
1958 - Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running
1958 - Pres Eisenhower signs into law NASA & Space Act of 1958.
1965 - Gemini 5 returned after 12 d/7 hr/11 min/53 sec.
1978 - Pioneer 11 transmitted images of Saturn & its rings.
1981 - Prince Charles & Lady Diana wed
1985 - 19th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 8 is launched