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July 29

3 sourced moments from July 29 in history: King Umberto I was shot dead at Monza on 29 July 1900; NASA was created on July 29, 1958, in response to Sputnik; and Charles and Diana married at St Paul's Cathedral (1981).

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3 things happened on July 29

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1981 Culture & Arts · Performing Arts

Charles and Diana married at St Paul's Cathedral

A choirboy's cathedral, a 25-foot train and a billion-strong audience turned one July morning into the world's most-watched wedding.

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1958 Space · Space Exploration

NASA was created on July 29, 1958, in response to Sputnik

Eisenhower signed the Space Act on July 29, 1958, and NASA opened that October; it was very nearly called an 'agency'.

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1900 History · Modern

King Umberto I was shot dead at Monza on 29 July 1900

An anarchist weaver back from New Jersey killed Italy's king in revenge for Milan's 1898 massacre — after two earlier attempts on his life had failed.

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