Historical Events for 29th July 2026

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238 - The Roman Senate and Praetorian Guard proclaim 13-year-old Gordian III as Emperor - the youngest-ever emperor of a united Rome
1566 - Great Britain executes Agnes Waterhouse, the first British woman convicted of witchcraft in Chelmsford, England
1773 - First schoolhouse west of the Allegheny Mountains is completed in Schoenbrunn, Ohio
1924 - Paul Runyan wins PGA the golf championship
1942 - Transport #12 departs Drancy, France, with 1001 French Jews sent to Auschwitz concentration camp; five survive until the war's end
1996 - MLB Los Angeles Dodgers manager Tommy Lasorda retires, with a record of 1599-1439, four National League Pennants, and two World Series championships.
2015 - "Sweat" by Lynn Nottage premieres at the Oregon Shakespeare Festival (Pulitzer Prize for Drama 2017)
2019 - Prison riot kills 58, with 16 decapitated in a battle between rival factions at Altamira prison, Pará state, Brazil

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