July 29, 1981 (Wednesday)
- A worldwide television audience of over 700 million people watched the Wedding of Charles, Prince of Wales, and Lady Diana Spencer at St Paul's Cathedral in London.
- Abolhassan Banisadr and Massoud Rajavi escaped Iran to Evreux, near Paris
- Born: Fernando Alonso, Spanish race car driver, Formula One world champion in 2005 and 2006; in Oviedo
- Died: Robert Moses, 92, American urban planner who oversaw the growth of New York City and Long Island.
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“I thank heaven that the 4th. of July is over. It is always a day of great fatigue to me, and of some embarrassments from improper intrusions and some from unintended exclusions.”
—Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826)