Facts about July29th July

1148 – The Siege of Damascus ended in a decisive crusader defeat, leading to the disintegration of the Second Crusade.

1836 – The Arc de Triomphe (pictured) in Paris, commemorating those who fought and died for France in the French Revolutionary and the Napoleonic Wars, was formally inaugurated.

1914 – Connecting Cape Cod Bay and Buzzards Bay in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, the Cape Cod Canal opened on a limited basis.

1987 – Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Sri Lankan President J. R. Jayewardene signed the Indo-Sri Lanka Accord in an ultimately unsuccessful attempt to resolve the ongoing Sri Lankan Civil War.

2010 – An overloaded passenger ferry capsized on the Kasai River in Bandundu Province of the Democratic Republic of Congo, resulting in at least 80 deaths.

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