This day in history for July 29th;
1715 -- 10 Spanish treasure galleons sunk off Florida coast by hurricane
1773 -- 1st schoolhouse west of Allegheny Mtns completed, Schoenbrunn, OH
1786 -- 1st newspaper published west of Alleghenies, Pitts Gazette
1835 -- 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begins
1874 -- Major Walter Copton Wingfield patents a portable tennis court.
1890 -- Artist Vincent van Gogh died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers, France.
1899 -- 1st motorcycle race, Manhattan Beach, NY.
1914 -- 1st transcontinental phone link made between NYC & SF
1920 -- 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF
1928 -- Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released
1947 -- Gas leak explodes in a beauty parlor, 10 women die in Harrisonburg Va
1956 -- Jacques Cousteau's Calypso anchors in 7,500 m of water (record)
1957 -- Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers
1958 -- The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by the U.S. Congress
1967 -- Explosion & Fire aboard carrier USS Forrestal in Gulf of Tonkin kills 134, $100 million in damage.
1968 -- Mount Arenal, Costa Rica kills 80 in Pelee-type eruption
1975 -- Ford became 1st US pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
1978 -- Penny Dean swims English Channel in record 7h40m
1981 -- Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer.
1987 -- Ben & Jerry's & Jerry Garcia agree on a new flavor Cherry Garcia
1988 -- FDIC bails out 1st Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion
1988 -- Last US Playboy Club (Lansing Mich) closes
1991 -- Donald Trump gives Marla Maples a 7+ carat engagement ring
1993 -- The Israeli Supreme Court acquitted retired Ohio autoworker John Demjanjuk of being Nazi death camp guard "Ivan the Terrible." His death sentence was thrown out and he was set free.
1999 -- Mark O. Barton killed nine people and wounded 13 others in a shooting rampage in Atlanta, GA. His wife and two children had been found bludgeoned to death earlier in the day.
Me hope everyone enjoys this day in history!!
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