July 29

This day in history:

• 1858 – United States and Japan sign the Harris Treaty.
• 1899 – The First Hague Convention is signed.
• 1987 – Prime Minister of India Rajiv Gandhi and President of Sri Lanka J. R. Jayewardene sign the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord on ethnic issues.
• 1996 – The child protection portion of the Communications Decency Act is struck down by a U.S. federal court as too broad.

Births:

• 1946 – Diane Keen, English actress
• 1943 – David Taylor, English snooker player and sportscaster
• 1972 – Anssi Kela, Finnish singer and songwriter

Deaths:

• 1962 – Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian-American flute player and educator (born 1875)
• 451 – Tuoba Huang, prince of Northern Wei (born 428)
• 1966 – Adekunle Fajuyi, Nigerian colonel (born 1926)

Holidays:

• Earliest day on which Somer's Day can fall, while August 4 is the latest; celebrated on Friday before the first Monday in August. (Bermuda)
• National Anthem Day (Romania)
• National Thai Language Day (Thailand)

Random Article of the day:

Austin Davis (politician)

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