This day in military history

On this day (29 July) in British military history, in 1588, the English fleet under the command of Lord Charles Howard and Sir Francis Drake defeated the Spanish Armada off the coast of Gravelines, France.

On this day (29 July) in US military history, in 1945, a Japanese submarine sunk the crusier USS Indianapolis after it had delivered the atom bomb to the island of Tinian.  Of the 1,196 crewmen abord the Indianapolis, 883 seamen died.  Some 350 crewmen were killed in the initial attack and the rest died from wounds, exposure or sharks.