Today is Friday, July 29, the 210th day of 2011. There are 155 days left in the year.
1588 ― Attacking Spanish Armada defeated and scattered by English defenders
1751 ― First international world title prize fight-Jack Stack of England, beats challenger M. Petit of France in 29 minutes in England
1858 ― First commercial treaty between U.S. and Japan signed
1948 ― King George VI opens 14th modern Olympic Games in London
1952 ― First nonstop transpacific flight by a jet
1957 ― International Atomic Energy Agency established by U.N.
1973 ― Greek plebiscite chooses republic over monarchy
1974 ― Second impeachment vote against Nixon by the House Judiciary Committee
1988 ― FDIC bails out first Republic Bank, Dallas, with $4 billion
1988 ― Gorbachev pushes plan electing president and parliament in March, 1989