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What happened on July 29 in history? This is the story Historai has told for this date. Listen, or read the transcript and sources.
July 29, 1900
The assassination of King Umberto I of Italy on July 29, 1900
A king who survived two earlier attempts finally met an assassin who had crossed an ocean to find him. And the night before he died, he shook hands with a man who was almost his mirror image.
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