1829 – In the United States, William Austin Burt patented the Typographer, a precursor to the typewriter.
1840 – The Province of Canada was created by the Act of Union.
1892 – Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia was born.
1903 – The Ford Motor Company sold its first car.
1904 - The first ice cream cone was served.
1914 – Austria-Hungary issued an ultimatum to Serbia demanding Serbia allow the Austrians to determine who assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Serbia rejected those demands and Austria declared war on July 28.
1926 – Fox Film bought the patents of the Movietone sound system for recording sound onto film.
1929 – The Fascist government in Italy banned the use of foreign words.