WHAT HAPPENED ON 29. JULY
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The Norwegian football club Vålerenga Fotball was founded. (29. July 1913)

Construction of the Link River Dam begins as part of the Klamath Reclamation Project. (29. July 1920)

Adolf Hitler becomes leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party. (29. July 1921)

Great Depression: in Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "Bonus Army" of World War I veterans. (29. July 1932)

Tōngzhōu Incident: in Tōngzhōu, China, the East Hopei Army attacks Japanese troops and civilians. (29. July 1937)

The BBC Light Programme radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music. (29. July 1945)

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, Germany, open in London, England, United Kingdom. (29. July 1948)

Korean War: After four days, the No Gun Ri Massacre ends when the US Army 7th Cavalry Regiment is withdrawn. (29. July 1950)

The International Atomic Energy Agency is established. (29. July 1957)

U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower signs into law the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which creates the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). (29. July 1958)

First United States Congress elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union. (29. July 1959)

Vietnam War: the first 4,000 101st Airborne Division paratroopers arrive in Vietnam, landing at Cam Ranh Bay. (29. July 1965)

Vietnam War: off the coast of North Vietnam the USS Forrestal catches on fire in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134. (29. July 1967)

During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of Caracas, Venezuela is shaken by an earthquake, leaving approximately 500 dead. (29. July 1967)

Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy, beginning the first period of the Metapolitefsi. (29. July 1973)

During the Dutch Grand Prix driver Roger Williamson was killed in the race, after a suspected tyre failure caused the car to pitch into the barriers at high speed. (29. July 1973)

In New York, New York, David Berkowitz (aka the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks. (29. July 1976)

Iran adopts a new "holy" flag after the Islamic Revolution. (29. July 1980)

A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watch the wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London. (29. July 1981)

British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and President of France François Mitterrand sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the English Channel (Eurotunnel). (29. July 1987)

   
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