births
July 29, 1797
Daniel Drew, American businessman and financier (died 1879)
Daniel Drew
Daniel Drew was an American businessman, steamship and railroad developer, and financier, one of the "robber barons" of the Gilded Age. Summarizing his life, Henry Clews wrote: "Of all the great operators of Wall Street ... Daniel Drew furnishes the most remarkable instance of immense and long-continued success, followed by utter failure and hopeless bankruptcy".
July 29
July 29 is the 210th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar; 155 days remain until the end of the year.