| Date | Weekday | Event |
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| July 29, 1824 | Thursday | Peruvian National Day |
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| July 29, 1835 | Wednesday | 1st sugar plantation in Hawaii begun. |
| July 29, 1858 | Thursday | 1st commercial treaty between US and Japan is signed. |
| July 29, 1899 | Saturday | 1st motorcycle race Manhattan Beach N.Y. |
| July 29, 1900 | Sunday | Italian king Umberto I assassinated. |
| July 29, 1914 | Wednesday | 1st transcontinental phone link made Between NYC & SF |
| July 29, 1915 | Thursday | US marines land in Haiti stay until 1924. |
| July 29, 1920 | Thursday | 1st transcontinental airmail flight from NY to SF |
| July 29, 1928 | Sunday | Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released |
| July 29, 1952 | Tuesday | 1st transpacific non-stop flight by jet |
| July 29, 1957 | Monday | International Atomic Energy Agency established by UN |
| July 29, 1957 | Monday | Jack Paar's Tonight show premiers |
| July 29, 1958 | Tuesday | Southern Pacific Bay Ferries stop running |
| July 29, 1958 | Tuesday | Pres Eisenhower signs into law NASA & Space Act of 1958. |
| July 29, 1965 | Thursday | Gemini 5 returned after 12 d/7 hr/11 min/53 sec. |
| July 29, 1978 | Saturday | Pioneer 11 transmitted images of Saturn & its rings. |
| July 29, 1981 | Wednesday | Prince Charles & Lady Diana wed |
| July 29, 1985 | Monday | 19th Space Shuttle Mission - Challenger 8 is launched |