Editing July 29 (section)

===1901–present===
*[[1901]] &ndash; Land lottery begins in [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite book |first=Jacques |last=Legrand |title=Chronicle of the 20th Century |publisher=Ecam Publication |year=1987 |page=29 |isbn=0-942191-01-3}}</ref>
*[[1907]] &ndash; Sir [[Robert Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell|Robert Baden-Powell]] sets up the [[Brownsea Island Scout camp]] in [[Poole Harbour]] on the south coast of England. The camp runs from August 1 to August 9 and is regarded as the foundation of the [[Scouting]] movement.
*[[1910]] &ndash; The two-day [[Slocum massacre]] commences in Texas, a race riot in which more than 100 African Americans are murdered.<ref>{{cite news |last=Davies |first=David |author-link=David Martin Davies |date=16 January 2015 |title=Should Texas Remember Or Forget The Slocum Massacre? |url=https://www.tpr.org/show/texas-matters/2015-01-16/should-texas-remember-or-forget-the-slocum-massacre |access-date=17 November 2021 |work=[[Texas Public Radio]] |location=Texas |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |title=Cavalry to Quell Outbreak in Texas |date=1910-08-01 |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1910/08/01/104945131.pdf |work=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=2011-03-02}}</ref>
*[[1914]] &ndash; The [[Cape Cod Canal]] opened.
*[[1920]] &ndash; Construction of the [[Link River Dam]] begins as part of the [[Klamath Project|Klamath Reclamation Project]].
*[[1921]] &ndash; [[Adolf Hitler]] becomes leader of the [[Nazi Party|National Socialist German Workers' Party]].
*[[1932]] &ndash; [[Great Depression]]: In Washington, D.C., troops disperse the last of the "[[Bonus Army]]" of World War I veterans using arson, [[bayonet]]s, [[saber]]s, tanks, [[tear gas]], and [[adamsite|vomit gas]].<ref>{{cite book |last=Tuccille |first=Jerome |title=The War Against the Vets: The World War I Bonus Army During the Great Depression |location=Lincoln, Neb. |publisher=Potomac Books |date=2018 |isbn=9781612349336 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=golQDwAAQBAJ |pages=121–123 |postscript=none}}; {{cite news |title=Anacostia Camp No More |work=The New York Times |date=July 29, 1932 |pages=1,3}}</ref>
*[[1937]] &ndash; [[Tongzhou mutiny]]: In [[Tongzhou District, Beijing|Tongzhou, China]], the [[East Hebei Army]] attacks Japanese troops and civilians.
*[[1945]] &ndash; The [[BBC Light Programme]] radio station is launched for mainstream light entertainment and music.
*[[1948]] &ndash; [[Olympic Games]]: [[1948 Summer Olympics|The Games of the XIV Olympiad]]: After a hiatus of 12 years caused by World War II, the first [[Summer Olympic Games|Summer Olympics]] to be held since the [[1936 Summer Olympics]] in Berlin, open in London.
*[[1950]] &ndash; [[Korean War]]: After four days, the [[No Gun Ri massacre|No Gun Ri Massacre]] ends when the US Army [[7th Cavalry Regiment]] is withdrawn.
*[[1957]] &ndash; The [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] is established.
*  1957   &ndash; [[Tonight Starring Jack Paar]] premieres on NBC with [[Jack Paar]] beginning the modern day talk show.
*[[1958]] &ndash; U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]] signs into law the [[National Aeronautics and Space Act]], which creates the [[NASA|National Aeronautics and Space Administration]] (NASA).
*[[1959]] &ndash; First [[United States Congress]] elections in Hawaii as a state of the Union.
*[[1965]] &ndash; [[Vietnam War]]: The first 4,000 [[101st Airborne Division]] paratroopers arrive in [[Vietnam]], landing at [[Cam Ranh Bay]].
*[[1967]] &ndash; Vietnam War: Off the coast of [[North Vietnam]] the {{USS|Forrestal|CV-59|6}} catches on [[1967 USS Forrestal fire|fire]] in the worst U.S. naval disaster since World War II, killing 134.
*  1967   &ndash; During the fourth day of celebrating its 400th anniversary, the city of [[Caracas|Caracas, Venezuela]] is shaken by [[1967 Caracas earthquake|an earthquake]], leaving approximately 500 dead.
*[[1973]] &ndash; [[1973 Greek republic referendum|Greeks vote to abolish the monarchy]], beginning the first period of the [[Metapolitefsi]].
*  1973   &ndash; Driver [[Roger Williamson]] is killed during the [[1973 Dutch Grand Prix|Dutch Grand Prix]], after a suspected tire failure causes his car to pitch into the barriers at high speed.
*[[1976]] &ndash; In New York City, [[David Berkowitz]] (a.k.a. the "Son of Sam") kills one person and seriously wounds another in the first of a series of attacks.
*[[1980]] &ndash; Iran adopts a new [[Flag of Iran|"holy" flag]] after the [[Iranian Revolution|Islamic Revolution]].
*[[1981]] &ndash; A worldwide television audience of around 750&nbsp;million people watch the [[Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer|wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer]] at [[St Paul's Cathedral]] in [[London]].<ref>{{cite web |title=The Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer |url=https://www.bbc.com/historyofthebbc/anniversaries/july/wedding-of-prince-charles-and-lady-diana-spencer |website=bbc.com |access-date=8 October 2022 |language=en}}</ref>
*  1981   &ndash; After impeachment on June 21, [[Abolhassan Banisadr]] flees with [[Massoud Rajavi]] to [[Paris]], in an [[Islamic Republic of Iran Air Force|Iranian Air Force]] [[Boeing 707]], piloted by Colonel Behzad Moezzi, to form the [[National Council of Resistance of Iran]].<ref>[https://www.upi.com/Archives/1981/07/29/Bani-Sadr-escapes-to-Paris/4784365227200/ Bani-Sadr escapes to Paris][https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1981/09/17/rebel-chief-plots-quick-return-to-tehran/97356427-96ef-40b8-a530-5724ba70d2be/?noredirect=on]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-10-09 |title=Banisadr: Iran's post-revolution president who fled to exile |url=https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20211009-banisadr-iran-s-post-revolution-president-who-fled-to-exile |access-date=2024-09-11 |website=France 24 |language=en}}</ref>
*[[1987]] &ndash; British Prime Minister [[Margaret Thatcher]] and President of France [[François Mitterrand]] sign the agreement to build a tunnel under the [[English Channel]] ([[Channel Tunnel]]).
*  1987   &ndash; Prime Minister of India [[Rajiv Gandhi]] and President of Sri Lanka [[J. R. Jayewardene]] sign the [[Indo-Sri Lanka Accord]] on ethnic issues.
*[[1993]] &ndash; The [[Supreme Court of Israel]] acquits alleged [[Nazism|Nazi]] death camp guard [[John Demjanjuk]] of all charges and he is set free.
*[[1996]] &ndash; The child protection portion of the [[Communications Decency Act]] is struck down by a [[United States federal courts|U.S. federal court]] as too broad.
*[[2005]] &ndash; Astronomers announce their discovery of the dwarf planet [[Eris (dwarf planet)|Eris]].
*[[2010]] &ndash; An overloaded passenger ferry [[2010 Kasai River ferry capsizing|capsizes]] on the [[Kasai River]] in [[Bandundu Province]], [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]], resulting in at least 80 deaths.
*[[2013]] &ndash; Two passenger trains [[Granges-près-Marnand train crash|collide]] in the Swiss municipality of [[Granges-près-Marnand]] near [[Lausanne]] injuring 25 people.
*[[2015]] &ndash; The first piece of suspected debris from [[Malaysia Airlines Flight 370]] [[Search for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370#Debris discovered (July 2015 – July 2016)|is discovered]] on [[Réunion|Réunion Island]].<ref name="BBC: Réunion debris 30-07-2015">{{cite news |date=30 July 2015 |title=MH370 search: Réunion debris to be tested in France |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-33714780 |access-date=30 July 2015}}</ref>
*[[2019]] &ndash; The [[2019 Altamira prison riot]] between rival Brazilian drug gangs leaves 62 dead.<ref>{{cite news |author=Jonathan Watts |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/29/gang-violence-leaves-more-than-50-dead-in-brazil-prison-riot |title=Gang violence leaves more than 50 dead in Brazil prison riot |website=The Guardian |date=2019-07-29 |access-date=2019-07-30}}</ref>
*[[2021]] &ndash; The [[International Space Station]] temporarily spins out of control, moving the ISS 45 degrees out of attitude, following an engine malfunction of Russian module [[Nauka (ISS module)|Nauka]].<ref>{{Cite web |last1=Matsnev |first1=Oleg |last2=Chang |first2=Kenneth |date=2021-07-29 |title=Russia's New 23-Ton Module Docked, Then Sent the Space Station Spinning |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/science/russia-module-space-station.html |access-date=2021-08-01 |website=The New York Times |language=en-US}}</ref>
*[[2024]] &ndash; 3 children are [[2024 Southport stabbings|stabbed to death]] and 10 other people injured at a dance studio in [[Southport, England]].<ref>{{Cite news |last1=Murray |first1=Jessica |last2=Al-Othman |first2=Hannah |last3=Halliday |first3=Josh |date=2024-07-30 |title=Southport attack: third child dies and five in critical condition |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/article/2024/jul/30/people-in-critical-condition-southport-attack-stabbings |access-date=2024-08-05 |website=The Guardian}}</ref> This incident, coupled with widespread online misinformation, leads to various [[2024 United Kingdom riots|racially-motivated riots]] across the [[United Kingdom|UK]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Landler |first=Mark |date=2024-08-01 |title=A Stabbing Attack, Viral Falsehoods and Fears of a Summer of Unrest in the U.K. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/01/world/europe/southport-stabbings-suspect-axel-rudakubana.html |access-date=2024-08-05 |work=The New York Times |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>