Today is Wednesday, July 29, the 210th day of 2009. There are 155 days left in the year.
1588 _ Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders
1858 _ First commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan signed
1952 _ First nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
1957 _ International Atomic Energy Agency established by U.N.
1958 _ President Eisenhower signs NASA & Space Act of 1958
1968 _ Pope Paul VI reaffirms stand against artificial birth control
1973 _ Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy
1974 _ Second impeachment vote against Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee
1975 _ Ford became first U.S. pres to visit Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz
1981 _ Prince Charles of England weds Lady Diana Spencer