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<p><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_29" title="July 29">July 29</a></b>: <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torch_Festival" title="Torch Festival">Torch Festival</a></b> in China (2024)
</p><ul><li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1014" title="1014">1014</a> – <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Bulgarian_wars" title="Byzantine–Bulgarian wars">Byzantine–Bulgarian wars</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine_Empire" title="Byzantine Empire">Byzantine</a> forces defeated troops of the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire" title="First Bulgarian Empire">Bulgarian Empire</a> at the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Kleidion" title="Battle of Kleidion">Battle of Kleidion</a></b> in the mountains of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belasica" title="Belasica">Belasica</a> near present-day <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klyuch" title="Klyuch">Klyuch</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1900" title="1900">1900</a> – Italian-American anarchist <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaetano_Bresci" title="Gaetano Bresci">Gaetano Bresci</a></b> assassinated King <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Umberto_I_of_Italy" title="Umberto I of Italy">Umberto I of Italy</a> in <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monza" title="Monza">Monza</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1914" title="1914">1914</a> – The <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Canal" title="Cape Cod Canal">Cape Cod Canal</a></b>, connecting <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cape_Cod_Bay" title="Cape Cod Bay">Cape Cod Bay</a> and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buzzards_Bay" title="Buzzards Bay">Buzzards Bay</a> in the U.S. state of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Massachusetts" title="Massachusetts">Massachusetts</a>, opened on a limited basis.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1954" title="1954">1954</a> – <i><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring" title="The Fellowship of the Ring">The Fellowship of the Ring</a></i>, the first part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien" title="J. R. R. Tolkien">J. R. R. Tolkien</a>'s <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High_fantasy" title="High fantasy">high-fantasy</a> novel <i><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings" title="The Lord of the Rings">The Lord of the Rings</a></b></i>, was published by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allen_%26_Unwin" title="Allen &amp; Unwin">Allen &amp; Unwin</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1981" title="1981">1981</a> – An estimated worldwide television audience of 750 million watched the <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wedding_of_Prince_Charles_and_Lady_Diana_Spencer" title="Wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer">wedding of Prince Charles and Lady Diana Spencer</a></b> at <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Paul%27s_Cathedral" title="St Paul's Cathedral">St Paul's Cathedral</a> in London.</li></ul>
<p><b>Births and Deaths: </b><b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Offa_of_Mercia" title="Offa of Mercia">Offa of Mercia</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 796); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francisco_Rodrigues_da_Cruz" title="Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz">Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1859); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nancy_Kassebaum" title="Nancy Kassebaum">Nancy Kassebaum</a></b>  (<abbr title="born">b.</abbr> 1932); <b><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oliver_Dragojevi%C4%87" title="Oliver Dragojević">Oliver Dragojević</a></b>  (<abbr title="died">d.</abbr> 2018)</p>