Today In History

Sat., July 29, 2000

In 1588: The English soundly defeated the Spanish Armada in the Battle of Gravelines.

In 1900: Italian King Humbert I was assassinated by an anarchist; he was succeeded by his son, Victor Emmanuel III.

In 1957: The International Atomic Energy Agency was established.

In 1958: President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which created NASA.

In 1967: Fire swept the USS Forrestal in the Gulf of Tonkin, killing 134 servicemen.

In 1975: President Ford became the first U.S. president to visit the site of the Nazi concentration camp Auschwitz in Poland as he paid tribute to the victims.

In 1981: Britain’s Prince Charles married Lady Diana Spencer at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.

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