Spanish Armada: was defeated by the English, led by Sir Francis Drake (1588) (source: Answers)
Spanish Armada: was defeated by the English, led by Sir Francis Drake (1588) (source: Answers) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
NASA: President Eisenhower signed a bill creating the space agency (1958) (source: Answers)
NASA: President Eisenhower signed a bill creating the space agency (1958) (source: Answers) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
switch hitter: Red Sox batter Bill Mueller became the first Major League Baseball player to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in a single game (2003) (source: Answers)
switch hitter: Red Sox batter Bill Mueller became the first Major League Baseball player to hit grand slams from both sides of the plate in a single game (2003) (source: Answers) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
The Young Irelander Rebellion (1848) (source: Thefreedictionary)
In the 1840s, a group of young Irish idealists began to promote Irish cultural nationalism. Known as Young Irelanders, they eventually sought revolution and, in 1848, organized a disastrous rebellion in Tipperary led by William Smith O'Brien and Thomas Mea... (source: Thefreedictionary) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
US Bomber Crashes into New York's Empire State Building (1945) (source: Thefreedictionary)
On a foggy Saturday morning in July 1945, a B-25 Mitchell bomber accidentally crashed into the north side of the Empire State Building between the 79th and 80th floors. One of the plane's engines shot through the building and out the other side, and the ot... (source: Thefreedictionary) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
The Battle of Killiecrankie (1689) (source: Thefreedictionary)
Fought between Scottish highland clans supporting James II and VII and the government troops of William of Orange, the Battle of Killiecrankie occurred in Scotland during the first Jacobite uprising in 1689. Outnumbered, barefoot, and armed mostly with cla... (source: Thefreedictionary) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
Jul 29, 1958: President Eisenhower signed the congressional act that created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was authorized by Congress. (source: Infoplease)
Fought between Scottish highland clans supporting James II and VII and the government troops of William of Orange, the Battle of Killiecrankie occurred in Scotland during the first Jacobite uprising in 1689. Outnumbered, barefoot, and armed mostly with cla... (source: Infoplease) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS and RSS Feed on Feedzilla.com
Jul 29, 1968: In Humanae Vitae (of Human Life), Pope Paul VI reaffirmed the Catholic Church's prohibition on artificial methods of birth control. (source: Infoplease)
Fought between Scottish highland clans supporting James II and VII and the government troops of William of Orange, the Battle of Killiecrankie occurred in Scotland during the first Jacobite uprising in 1689. Outnumbered, barefoot, and armed mostly with cla... (source: Infoplease) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
Jul 29, 1981: Prince Charles, heir to the British throne, married Lady Diana Spencer. (source: Infoplease)
Fought between Scottish highland clans supporting James II and VII and the government troops of William of Orange, the Battle of Killiecrankie occurred in Scotland during the first Jacobite uprising in 1689. Outnumbered, barefoot, and armed mostly with cla... (source: Infoplease) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com
More events from This Day in History: Jul 29 (source: Infoplease)
Fought between Scottish highland clans supporting James II and VII and the government troops of William of Orange, the Battle of Killiecrankie occurred in Scotland during the first Jacobite uprising in 1689. Outnumbered, barefoot, and armed mostly with cla... (source: Infoplease) - Share on Twitter - Share on Facebook - RSS feeds and Widgets on Feedzilla.com