Today in History - History - July 29th

1567James VI is crowned King of Scots at Stirling.

1696Louis XIV. King of France, & Victor Amadeus II, Duke of Savoy, sign Peace of Turin, a turning point in the War of the League of Augsburg

1928Walt Disney's "Steamboat Willie" is released

1915Pirate Honus Wagner at 41, hits a grand slam HR

1923Albert Einstein speaks on pacifism in Berlin

199036th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Beth Daniel

1921Cleveland's 125th anniversary celebration: Cy Young, 54, pitches 2 inn

1966Bob Dylan hurt in motorcycle accident near Woodstock NY

1957Floyd Patterson TKOs Tommy Jackson in 10 for heavyweight boxing title

1995Monica Seles beats Martina Naratilova in her return to tennis

1938Peter Jennings, Toronto Canada, news anchor (ABC Evening News)

1953Geddy Lee, Toronto Canada, lead vocalist/bassist (Rush-Tom Sawyer)

1883Benito Mussolini, [Il Duce], Forli Kingdom of Italy, Fascist Italian dictator (1922-43), (d. 1945)

1905Clara Bow, Brooklyn New York, silent screen actress (It, Saturday Night Kid), (d. 1965)

1925Ted Lindsay, Renfrew Ontario, Canadian hockey player

1924Elizabeth Short, victim in the Black Dahlia case (d. 1947)

2000American actress Jennifer Aniston (31) weds actor and film producer Brad Pitt (36) in a private ceremony at Malibu, California

1934"Titanic" actress Gloria Stuart (24) weds screenwriter Arthur Sheekman (33)

1981Charles, Prince of Wales weds Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral, London

1914Mountain climber George Mallory (28) weds Ruth Mallory

1108King Philip I, King of the Franks 1059, 1060-1108), dies at 56

1890Vincent van Gogh, painter, dies in Auvers, France