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Van Gogh commits suicide

July 29, 1890 — Vincent van Gogh, 37, died of an apparently self-inflicted gunshot would.

Camels carrying freight

July 29, 1865 — The Montana Post reported a train of camels being used to carry freight and supplies from San Francisco to remote mining areas drew “a large crowd of idlers and spectators attracted by the novel spectacle.”

Sources: Associated Press, Montana Historical Society