July 29 Birthday
July 29 gave us Stanley Kubrick, who directed only 13 feature films in 46 years but is routinely ranked among the greatest directors ever. He was a perfectionist who demanded dozens of takes. The shining light in the hedge maze scene required 30 takes. Shelley Duvall's exhaustion was not entirely acting. Also born this day: Benito Mussolini, who created modern fascism and was executed by partisans in 1945, his body hung upside down at a gas station in Milan. People born on July 29 fall under the zodiac sign of Leo. The birthstone is Ruby and the birth flower is Larkspur. Historical events on July 29 include 1958: NASA created, 1981: Prince Charles marries Diana, 1948: First Olympics broadcast. Famous people born on July 29 include Benito Mussolini (1883), Stanley Kubrick (1928), Ken Burns (1953).