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August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years ) in the Gregorian calendar . There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date : August 10 , 708 ).1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer ): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.1475 - The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England .1498 - Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal .1521 - The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár , now known as Belgrade .1526 - Battle of Mohács : The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia .1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda , the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom .1655 - Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge .1756 - Frederick the Great attacks Saxony , beginning the Seven Years' War .1786 - Shays' Rebellion , an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.1825 - Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil .1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction .1833 - The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.1842 - Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War .1861 - American Civil War : US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina .1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run 1869 - The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway .1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date : July 14 , 1871 ).1882 - The date attributed to the death of English Cricket and the origin of the legend of The Ashes . This is the date according to the mock obituary in The Sporting Times 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle .1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel , Huddersfield , England .1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded.1907 - The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony .1911 - Ishi , considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans , emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California .1915 - US Navy salvage divers raise F-4 , the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.1918 - Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive 1922 - Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna in Asia Minor .1930 - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland .1943 - German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy ;Germany dissolves the Danish government.1944 - Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis .1949 - Soviet atomic bomb project : The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb , known as First Lightning Joe 1 , at Semipalatinsk , Kazakhstan .1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado .1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco .1970 - Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War , East Los Angeles, California . Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar .1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium , atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt , Germany .1991 - Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party .1995 - NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.1996 - Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 , a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 , crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen , killing all 141 aboard.1997 - At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre , Algeria .2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim , the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq , is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf .2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle , killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage.2007 - A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base .
Births
1619 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert , French minister of finance (d. 1683 )1628 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath , English royalist statesman (d. 1701 )1632 - John Locke , English philosopher (d. 1704 )1694 - Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715 )1725 - Charles Townshend , English politician (d. 1767 )1728 - Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony , Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797 )1756 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde , Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845 )1756 - Jan Śniadecki , Polish mathematician (d. 1830 )
1777 - Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin , founder of Sinology (d. 1853 )1780 - Jean Ingres , French painter (d. 1867 )1805 - Frederick Maurice , English theologian (d. 1872 )1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , American physician (d. 1894 )1810 - Juan Bautista Alberdi , founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884 )1811 - Henry Bergh , founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888 )1842 - Alfred Shaw , English cricketer (d. 1907 )1843 - David B. Hill , Governor of New York (d. 1910 )1844 - Edward Carpenter , English poet (d. 1929 )1857 - Sandford Schultz , English cricketer (d. 1937 )1862 - Andrew Fisher , 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928 )1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck , Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949 )
1871 - Albert Lebrun , French politician (d. 1950 )1876 - Charles F. Kettering , American inventor (d. 1958 )1876 - Kim Gu , President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949 )
1898 - Preston Sturges , American filmmaker (d. 1959 )1901 - Aurel Joliat , Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986 )1904 - Werner Forssmann , German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979 )1905 - Dhyan Chand , Indian hockey player (d. 1979 )1912 - Wolfgang Suschitzky , Austrian/Polish cinematographer1912 - Barry Sullivan , American actor (d. 1994 )
1912 - Sohn Kee-chung , Korean runner (d. 2002 )
1913 - Len Butterfield , New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999 )1915 - Ingrid Bergman , Swedish actress (d. 1982 )1915 - Nathan Pritikin , American nutritionist (d. 1985 )
1916 - Luther Davis , American playwright (d. 2008 )1916 - George Montgomery , American actor (d. 2000 )
1917 - Isabel Sanford , American actress (d. 2004 )1920 - Charlie Parker , American musician (d. 1955 )1922 - Mr. Blackwell , American fashion critic1923 - Richard Attenborough , English film director1923 - Marmaduke Hussey , BBC Chairman (d. 2006 )
1923 - Hiralal Gaekwad , Indian cricketer
1924 - Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican songwriter (d. 2005 )1924 - Dinah Washington , American singer (d. 1963 )
1926 - Betty Lynn , American actress1926 - María Dolores Pradera , Spanish melodic singer
1928 - Charles Gray , English actor (d. 2000 )1929 - Thom Gunn , British poet (d. 2004 )1930 - Jacques Bouchard , Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006 )1931 - Stelios Kazantzidis , Greek singer (d. 2001 )1931 - Lise Payette , Quebec politician, writer and columnist
1933 - Arnold Koller , Swiss Federal Councilor1934 - John Guy , New Zealand cricketer1935 - William Friedkin , American film director1936 - John McCain , American politician1937 - James Florio , American politician1938 - Elliott Gould , American actor1938 - Robert Rubin , United States Secretary of the Treasury
1939 - Joel Schumacher , American film director
1940 - James Brady , American White House Press Secretary and gun control activist1940 - Gary Gabelich , American race car driver (d. 1984 )
1941 - Robin Leach , English television host1942 - James Glennon , American cinematographer (d. 2006 )1942 - John Heuser , Electron microscopist
1943 - Mohamed Amin , Kenyan photojournalist (d. 1996 )1945 - Wyomia Tyus , American athlete1946 - Bob Beamon , American long jumper1947 - Temple Grandin , American animal welfare and autism expert1947 - James Hunt , English race car driver (d. 1993 )
1950 - Doug DeCinces , American baseball player1950 - Dave Reichert , American politician and sheriff
1952 - Karen Hesse , American children's writer1952 - Dave Malone , American rock guitarist
1952 - Deborah Van Valkenburgh , American actress
1953 - James Quesada , Nicaraguan/American anthropologist1954 - Michael P. Kube-McDowell , American science fiction novelist1955 - Frank Hoste , Belgian cyclist1956 - GG Allin , American rock singer (d. 1993 )1957 - Jerry D. Bailey , American racing jockey1958 - Lenny Henry , British writer, comedian and actor1958 - Michael Jackson , American singer, dancer and composer
1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues , Portuguese composer1959 - Akkineni Nagarjuna , Indian Telugu actor
1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver , member of the Kennedy Family
1959 - Chris Hadfield , Canadian astronaut
1959 - Rebecca De Mornay , American actress
1960 - Tony MacAlpine , American guitarist1961 - Rodney McCray , American basketball player1961 - Carsten Fischer , German field-hockey player
1962 - Hiroki Kikuta , Japanese composer1962 - Carl Banks , American football player
1963 - Elizabeth Fraser , Scottish singer1965 - Dina Spybey , American actress1965 - Will Perdue , American basketball player
1967 - Anton Newcombe , American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre )1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello , American singer1969 - Joe Swail , Northern Irish snooker player
1971 - Henry Blanco , Venezuelan baseball player1971 - Carla Gugino , American actress1972 - Bae Yong Joon , South Korean actor1973 - Adam Sessler , American TV show host1973 - Olivier Jacque , motorcyclist
1974 - Kumi Tanioka , Japanese composer1975 - Dante Basco , Filipino/American actor1976 - Stephen Carr , Irish footballer1976 - Kevin Kaesviharn , American football player
1976 - Pablo Mastroeni , American soccer player
1976 - Jon Dahl Tomasson , Danish footballer
1977 - John Patrick O'Brien , American footballer1977 - Aaron Rowand , American baseball player
1977 - Devean George , American basketball player
1977 - Roy Oswalt , American baseball player
1977 - Charlie Pickering , Australian comedian
1977 - Jo Weil , German actor
1978 - Celestine Babayaro , Nigerian footballer1979 - Chieu Luu , Canadian journalist1979 - Ryan Shealy , American baseball player
1980 - David Desrosiers , Canadian musician(Simple Plan )1980 - Chris Simms , American football player
1980 - David West , American basketball player
1980 - Nicholas Tse , Hong Kong singer and actor
1980 - Tom Allason , UK based entrepreneur
1980 - Mohammad Sheikh , Kenyan cricketer
1981 - Lanny Barbie , Canadian pornographic actress1981 - Geneviève Jeanson , French Canadian cyclist
1981 - Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan) , Australian actor
1982 - A+ , American rapper1982 - Carlos Delfino , Argentine basketball player
1982 - Leon Washington , American football player
1985 - Jeffrey Licon , American actor1986 - Lauren Collins , Canadian actress1987 - Tony Kane , Irish footballer1990 - Sam Stern , British chef and author1992 - Mallu Magalhães , Brazilian singer-songwriter
Deaths
886 - Basil I , Byzantine Emperor (b. 811 )1093 - Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057 )1123 - King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088 )1395 - Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349 )1442 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389 )1526 - King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in battle) (b. 1506 )1542 - Cristovão da Gama , Portuguese soldier (born c. 1516 )1657 - John Lilburne , English dissenter1712 - Gregory King , English statistician (b. 1648 )1769 - Edmund Hoyle , English author and teacher (b. 1672 )1780 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot , French architect (b. 1713 )1799 - Pope Pius VI (b. 1717 )1844 - Edmund Ignatius Rice , Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762 )1856 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck , British Christian writer (b. 1778 )1877 - Brigham Young , American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801 )1889 - Stefan Dunjov , Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815 )1891 - Pierre Lallement , inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843 or 1844 )1904 - Murad V , Ottoman Sultan (b. 1840 )1930 - William Archibald Spooner , English writer (b. 1844 )1931 - David Abercrombie , Abercrombie & Fitch founder1935 - Queen Astrid of Belgium (b. 1905 )1966 - Sayyid Qutb , Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906 )1968 - Ulysses S. Grant III , American soldier and planner (b. 1881 )1971 - Nathan Leopold , American convicted murderer (Leopold and Loeb ) (b. 1904 )1972 - Lale Andersen , German singer (b. 1905 )1975 - Eamon de Valera , first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (b. 1882 )1976 - Jimmy Reed , American blues singer (b. 1925 )1976 - Kazi Nazrul Islam , Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. 1899 )
1977 - Jean Hagen , American actress (b. 1923 )1977 - Brian McGuire , Australian racing driver (b. 1945 )
1981 - Lowell Thomas , American writer and broadcaster (b. 1892 )1982 - Ingrid Bergman , Swedish actress (b. 1915 )1983 - Simon Oakland , American actor (b. 1915 )1984 - Muhammad Naguib , Egyptian statesman (b. 1901 )1985 - Evelyn Ankers , English actress (b. 1918)1987 - Archie Campbell , American country music comedian (b. 1914 )1987 - Lee Marvin , American actor (b. 1924 )
1989 - Peter Scott , English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909 )1992 - Teddy Turner , comedian (b. 1917 )1995 - Frank Perry , American film director (b. 1930 )2000 - Willie Maddren , English footballer (b. 1951 )2001 - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan , Australian singer (Skyhooks ), TV and radio star (b. 1952 )2001 - Francisco Rabal , Spanish actor (b. 1926 )
2002 - Alan MacNaughtan , Scottish actor (b. 1920 )2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim , Iraqi political leader (b.1939 )2003 - Patrick Procktor , English artist (b. 1936 )
2003 - Michel Constantin , French film actor (b. 1924 )
2004 - Hans Vonk , Dutch conductor (b. 1942 )2007 - Richard Jewell , central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962 )2007 - Pierre Messmer , French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916 )
2007 - Alfred Peet , Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920 )
2007 - James Muir Cameron Fletcher , New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914 )
2008 - Geoffrey Perkins , British comedy producer (b. 1953 )
Holidays and observances
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