| General Information for July 29th 2016 |
| There are 1 public holidays today. |
| Day 211 of 2016 |
| 155 days left in 2016 |
| Week 30 of the year |
| On this Day in History |
| 1851 - Annibale de Gasparis discovers asteroid 15 Eunomia. |
| 1833 - William Wilberforce, a leader of the movement to abolish the slave trade, dies (b. 1759). |
| 1565 - The widowed Mary, Queen of Scots, marries Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley, Duke of Albany, at Holyrood Palace in Edinburgh, Scotland. |
| 238 - The Praetorian Guard storm the palace and capture Pupienus and Balbinus. They are dragged through the streets of Rome and executed. On the same day, Gordian III, age 13, is proclaimed emperor. |