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Today, Sunday, July 29, the 210th day of 2018. There are 155 days left in the year.
The culmination of today in history:
On July 29, 1921, Adolf Hitler became the leader ("fuehrer") of the German National Socialist Workers Party.
On this date:
In 1030, the patron saint of Norway, King Olaf II, was killed in action.
In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
In 1914, the transcontinental telephone service in the United States became operational with the first test call between New York and San Francisco. Mbadachusetts' Cape Cod Cbad, which offers a shortcut across the peninsula's base, has been officially opened to maritime traffic.
In 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the national law on aeronautics and space, creating NASA.
In 1967, an accidental rocket launched on the deck of the USS Forrestal supercarrier in the Gulf of Tonkin caused a fire and explosions that left 134 people dead. (Among the survivors was the future Arizona senator John McCain, a lieutenant-commander of the US Navy who narrowly escaped his life.)
In 1974, singer Cbad Elliot dies in a room from hotel to London. Gerald R. Ford became the first US president to visit the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland.
In 1980, state funerals were held in Cairo, Egypt, for the fallen Shah of Iran, who died two days earlier at the age of 60.
In 1981, Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul's Cathedral in London. (The couple divorced in 1996.)
In 1994, abortion opponent Paul Hill killed and killed Dr. John Bayard's bodyguard Britton and Britton, James H. Barrett, in front of the Ladies Center Clinic in Pensacola, Florida. (Hill was executed in September 2003).
In 2004, Senator John Kerry accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party convention in Boston with a military salute and statement: "I am John Kerry and I am posting for duty. "
In 2006, the US command announced that it was sending 3,700 troops to Baghdad to try to stem the sectarian violence that swept the Iraqi capital.
Ten years ago: the senator from Alaska, Ted Stevens, has been indicted on seven counts for concealing more than a quarter of a million dollars in renovations and gifts from a powerful petroleum supplier (A jury later found the long-time Republican legislator guilty of lying on the financial disclosure forms, but a judge later dismissed the case, saying the prosecutors had withheld the evidence.) Tim Donaghy, a Former NBA official a federal judge sentenced him to 15 months in jail for gambling scandal. Army scientist Bruce E. Ivins, aged 62, was designated as the only police officer. one of the leading suspects of anthrax mail attacks in 2001. He died
Five years ago: The United States launched a new attempt to engage Israel and the Palestinians in substantive negotiations with a dinner hosted in Washington by Secretary of State John Kerry. The FBI said the authorities had rescued 105 young people and arrested 150 alleged pimps and others in a three-day sweep in 76 cities.
A year ago: US and South Korean forces conducted live fire exercises in response to North Korea's second launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile; Experts said the North Korean launch showed that a large part of the United States was now within range of North Korea's arsenal.
Thought for today: "Charity looks at the need and not at the cause." – German proverb.
Birthdays of Celebrities:
Former Senator Nancy Kbadebaum-Baker is 86 years old. The actor Robert Fuller is 85 years old. Former Senator Elizabeth H. Dole is 82 years old. Actor David Warner is 77 years old. The actress Roz Kelly is 76 years old. Doughty (REO Speedwagon) is 72 years old. Marilyn Tucker Quayle, wife of former Vice President Dan Quayle, is 69 years old. The actor Mike Starr is 68 years old. Documentary filmmaker Ken Burns is 65 years old. Guru Tim Gunn is 65 years old. Rush) is 65 years old. Rock singer Patti Scialfa (Bruce Springsteen and E Street Band) is 65 years old. Olympic gymnast Nellie Kim is 61 years old. Actress Kevin Chapman is 56 years old. The actress Alexandra Paul is 55 years old. Actor Dean Haglund is 53 years old Country singer Martina McBride is 52 years old. Rock musician Chris Gorman is 51 years old. Actor Rodney Allen Rippy is 50 years old. The actor Tim Omundson is 49 years old. The actor Ato Essandoh is 46 years old. II Men) is 45 years old. Country singer-songwriter James Otto is 45 years old. Actor Stephen Dorff is 45 years old. The actor Josh Radnor is 44 years old. ip-hop DJ /? music producer Danger Mouse is 41 years old. The actress Rachel Miner is 38 years old. The actress Allison Mack is 36 years old. The actress Kaitlyn Black is 35 years old. The actor Matt Prokop is 28 years old. The actress Cait Fairbanks is 25 years old.
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