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On July 30, 1965, American fascist and anti-Semite William Dudley Pelley died. A writer, novelist and screenwriter from Massachusetts, he turned to politics and religion after a near-death experience and the Great Depression.
On July 29, 1924, Burlington Mills, owned by entrepreneur J. Spencer Love, began operations.
On July 29, 1781, Phillip Alston and a small band of patriot militia were besieged at the Alston home by forces loyal to the king under the command of David Fanning.
Richard Joshua Reynolds built one of North Carolina's most prosperous tobacco factories and eventually revolutionized the industry, amassing great wealth.
On July 28, 1951, Capus Waynick of High Point was appointed United States ambassador to Colombia.
On July 26, 1864, Dr. Robert C. Anderson was born near Martinsville, Virginia.