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Today in History
Today is Thursday, July 29, the 210th day of 2021. There are 155 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On July 29, 1958, President Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, creating NASA.
On this date:
In 1856, German composer Robert Schumann died in Endenich at age 46.
In 1890, artist Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound in Auvers-sur-Oise, France.
In 1914, transcontinental telephone service in the U.S. became operational with the first test conversation between New York and San Francisco. Massachusetts’ Cape Cod Canal, offering a shortcut across the base of the peninsula, was officially opened to shipping traffic.
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