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jmetaB03c4bbd6c886d810293cce452a217218d18ea7a2048a45f72dc4835883b2cce5d3@f357ea269d4ffc0936f3fc4e0c6218ce1681bb288c44392f342666717496f18e atom.entrymetarss.netM*<entry> <id>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/onthisday/20240729000000/en</id> <title>On this day: July 29</title> <link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:FeedItem/onthisday/20240729000000/en"/> <updated>2024-07-29T00:00:00Z</updated> <summary type="html">&lt;div class=&quot;mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output&quot; lang=&quot;en&quot; dir=&quot;ltr&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;mw-parser-output&quot;&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/July_29&quot; title=&quot;July 29&quot;&gt;July 29&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;: &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Torch_Festival&quot; title=&quot;Torch Festival&quot;&gt;Torch Festival&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; in China (2024) &lt;/p&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;float:right;margin-left:0.5em;&quot; id=&quot;mp-otd-img&quot;&gt; &lt;div class=&quot;thumbinner mp-thumb&quot; style=&quot;background: transparent; color: inherit; border: none; padding: 0; max-width: 120px;&quot;&gt; &lt;span typeof=&quot;mw:File&quot;&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/File:CapeCodCanalEastEndAerial.jpg&quot; class=&quot;mw-file-description&quot; title=&quot;Cape Cod Canal&quot;&gt;&lt;img alt=&quot;Cape Cod Canal&quot; src=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/CapeCodCanalEastEndAerial.jpg/120px-CapeCodCanalEastEndAerial.jpg&quot; decoding=&quot;async&quot; width=&quot;120&quot; height=&quot;162&quot; class=&quot;mw-file-element&quot; srcset=&quot;//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/CapeCodCanalEastEndAerial.jpg/180px-CapeCodCanalEastEndAerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/CapeCodCanalEastEndAerial.jpg/240px-CapeCodCanalEastEndAerial.jpg 2x&quot; data-file-width=&quot;270&quot; data-file-height=&quot;365&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;thumbcaption&quot; style=&quot;padding: 0.25em 0; word-wrap: break-word;&quot;&gt;Cape Cod Canal&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;/div&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/1014&quot; title=&quot;1014&quot;&gt;1014&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Byzantine%E2%80%93Bulgarian_wars&quot; title=&quot;Byzantine–Bulgarian wars&quot;&gt;Byzantine–Bulgarian wars&lt;/a&gt;: &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Byzantine_Empire&quot; title=&quot;Byzantine Empire&quot;&gt;Byzantine&lt;/a&gt; forces defeated troops of the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/First_Bulgarian_Empire&quot; title=&quot;First Bulgarian Empire&quot;&gt;Bulgarian Empire&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Battle_of_Kleidion&quot; title=&quot;Battle of Kleidion&quot;&gt;Battle of Kleidion&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; in the mountains of &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Belasica&quot; title=&quot;Belasica&quot;&gt;Belasica&lt;/a&gt; near present-day &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Klyuch&quot; title=&quot;Klyuch&quot;&gt;Klyuch&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/1693&quot; title=&quot;1693&quot;&gt;1693&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Nine_Years%27_War&quot; title=&quot;Nine Years&amp;#39; War&quot;&gt;Nine Years' War&lt;/a&gt;: French troops defeated the forces of the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Grand_Alliance_(League_of_Augsburg)&quot; title=&quot;Grand Alliance (League of Augsburg)&quot;&gt;Grand Alliance&lt;/a&gt; led by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/William_III_of_England&quot; title=&quot;William III of England&quot;&gt;William&amp;#160;III of England&lt;/a&gt; at the &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Battle_of_Landen&quot; title=&quot;Battle of Landen&quot;&gt;Battle of Landen&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; in present-day &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Neerwinden&quot; title=&quot;Neerwinden&quot;&gt;Neerwinden&lt;/a&gt;, Belgium.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/1818&quot; title=&quot;1818&quot;&gt;1818&lt;/a&gt; – French physicist &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Augustin-Jean_Fresnel&quot; title=&quot;Augustin-Jean Fresnel&quot;&gt;Augustin-Jean Fresnel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; submitted a memoir on the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Diffraction&quot; title=&quot;Diffraction&quot;&gt;diffraction&lt;/a&gt; of light to the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/French_Academy_of_Sciences&quot; title=&quot;French Academy of Sciences&quot;&gt;Royal Academy of Sciences&lt;/a&gt;, providing strong support for the &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Light#Wave_theory&quot; title=&quot;Light&quot;&gt;wave theory of light&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/1914&quot; title=&quot;1914&quot;&gt;1914&lt;/a&gt; – The &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Cape_Cod_Canal&quot; title=&quot;Cape Cod Canal&quot;&gt;Cape Cod Canal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;i&gt;(pictured)&lt;/i&gt;, connecting &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Cape_Cod_Bay&quot; title=&quot;Cape Cod Bay&quot;&gt;Cape Cod Bay&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Buzzards_Bay&quot; title=&quot;Buzzards Bay&quot;&gt;Buzzards Bay&lt;/a&gt; in the U.S. state of &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Massachusetts&quot; title=&quot;Massachusetts&quot;&gt;Massachusetts&lt;/a&gt;, opened on a limited basis.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/1954&quot; title=&quot;1954&quot;&gt;1954&lt;/a&gt; – &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/The_Fellowship_of_the_Ring&quot; title=&quot;The Fellowship of the Ring&quot;&gt;The Fellowship of the Ring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, the first part of &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/J._R._R._Tolkien&quot; title=&quot;J. R. R. Tolkien&quot;&gt;J.&amp;#160;R.&amp;#160;R. Tolkien&lt;/a&gt;'s &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/High_fantasy&quot; title=&quot;High fantasy&quot;&gt;high-fantasy&lt;/a&gt; novel &lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/The_Lord_of_the_Rings&quot; title=&quot;The Lord of the Rings&quot;&gt;The Lord of the Rings&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;, was published by &lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Allen_%26_Unwin&quot; title=&quot;Allen &amp;amp; Unwin&quot;&gt;Allen &amp;amp; Unwin&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;style data-mw-deduplicate=&quot;TemplateStyles:r1129693374&quot;&gt;.mw-parser-output .hlist dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul{margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt,.mw-parser-output .hlist li{margin:0;display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist.inline ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist dl ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ol ul,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul dl,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ol,.mw-parser-output .hlist ul ul{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .hlist .mw-empty-li{display:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dt::after{content:&quot;: &quot;}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li::after{content:&quot; · &quot;;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li:last-child::after{content:none}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:first-child::before{content:&quot; (&quot;;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dd li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt li:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dd:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li dt:last-child::after,.mw-parser-output .hlist li li:last-child::after{content:&quot;)&quot;;font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol{counter-reset:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol&gt;li{counter-increment:listitem}.mw-parser-output .hlist ol&gt;li::before{content:&quot; &quot;counter(listitem)&quot;\a0 &quot;}.mw-parser-output .hlist dd ol&gt;li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist dt ol&gt;li:first-child::before,.mw-parser-output .hlist li ol&gt;li:first-child::before{content:&quot; (&quot;counter(listitem)&quot;\a0 &quot;}&lt;/style&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;hlist&quot; style=&quot;margin-top: 0.5em;&quot;&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Francisco_Rodrigues_da_Cruz&quot; title=&quot;Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz&quot;&gt;Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;abbr title=&quot;born&quot;&gt;b.&lt;/abbr&gt;&amp;#160;1859)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Isidor_Isaac_Rabi&quot; title=&quot;Isidor Isaac Rabi&quot;&gt;Isidor Isaac Rabi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;abbr title=&quot;born&quot;&gt;b.&lt;/abbr&gt;&amp;#160;1898)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Eus%C3%A8be_Jaojoby&quot; title=&quot;Eusèbe Jaojoby&quot;&gt;Jaojoby&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;abbr title=&quot;born&quot;&gt;b.&lt;/abbr&gt;&amp;#160;1955)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Virginia_S._Baker&quot; title=&quot;Virginia S. Baker&quot;&gt;Virginia S. Baker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt; (&lt;abbr title=&quot;died&quot;&gt;d.&lt;/abbr&gt;&amp;#160;1998)&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;div style=&quot;margin-top:0.5em;&quot;&gt; More anniversaries: &lt;link rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot; href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;hlist inline nowraplinks&quot;&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/July_28&quot; title=&quot;July 28&quot;&gt;July 28&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/July_29&quot; title=&quot;July 29&quot;&gt;July 29&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/July_30&quot; title=&quot;July 30&quot;&gt;July 30&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;link rel=&quot;mw-deduplicated-inline-style&quot; href=&quot;mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1129693374&quot;&gt;&lt;div class=&quot;hlist otd-footer noprint&quot; style=&quot;text-align:right;&quot;&gt; &lt;ul&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/Wikipedia:Selected_anniversaries/July&quot; title=&quot;Wikipedia:Selected anniversaries/July&quot;&gt;Archive&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/daily-article-l.lists.wikimedia.org/&quot; class=&quot;extiw&quot; title=&quot;mail:daily-article-l&quot;&gt;By email&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;/wiki/List_of_days_of_the_year&quot; title=&quot;List of days of the year&quot;&gt;List of days of the year&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</summary> <author><name/></author> </entry>