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Birthday August 29, 1632 John Locke, British empiricist philosopher |
Birthday August 29, 1780 Jean Ingres, French painter |
Birthday August 29, 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, American physician, author Cambridge, Mass |
Birthday August 29, 1815 Anna Ella Carroll, American writer |
Birthday August 29, 1862 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian Symbolist poet (Nobel 1911) |
Birthday August 29, 1876 Charles F. Kettering, inventor of electric self-starter, is born |
Birthday August 29, 1881 Valery Nicolas Larbaud, French novelist, essayist, translator |
Birthday August 29, 1899 Lyman L. Lemnitzer, Marine Corps general |
Birthday August 29, 1912 Barry Sullivan, American Actor |
Birthday August 29, 1915 Ingrid Bergman, Actress (Casablanca) in Sweden |
Birthday August 29, 1916 George Montgomery, Actor |
Birthday August 29, 1917 Isabel Sanford, Actress |
Birthday August 29, 1923 Richard Attenborough, Actor, director (Gandhi, Young Winston) |
Birthday August 29, 1934 David Pryor, (Sen-D-Ark) |
Birthday August 29, 1938 Peter Jennings, ABC anchor |
Birthday August 29, 1938 Elliot Gould, Actor (M*A*S*H) |
Birthday August 29, 1939 William Friedkin, director (Exorcist) |
Birthday August 29, 1940 Wilhelm Ruska, Neth, world judo champion |
Birthday August 29, 1941 Robin Leach, (Life Styles of Rich & Famous) |
Birthday August 29, 1945 Wyomia Tyus, (Olympic Runner) |
Birthday August 29, 1958 Michael Jackson, singer (Thriller) |
Birthday August 29, 1958 Michael Jackson is born |
Birthday August 29, 1960 Hurricane Donna is born |
History August 29, 1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs |
History August 29, 1533 Last Incan King of Peru Atahualpa murdered by Spanish conquerors |
History August 29, 1533 Pizarro Executes Last Inca Emperor |
History August 29, 1708 Haverhill Mass. destroyed by French & Indians |
History August 29, 1769 Edmond Hoyle games expert dies (birth date unknown) |
History August 29, 1779 Battle of Chemung or Newtown, New York |
History August 29, 1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield Mass |
History August 29, 1862 North and South clash at the Second Battle of Bull Run |
History August 29, 1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae |
History August 29, 1877 2nd president of the Mormon Church Brigham Young died. |
History August 29, 1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador |
History August 29, 1911 Ishi discovered in California |
History August 29, 1914 Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in S.F. via the Panama Canal |
History August 29, 1914 Women join British war effort |
History August 29, 1942 Red Cross announces Japan refuses passage of supplies for U.S. POWs |
History August 29, 1945 Truman orders Navy to seize control of petroleum refineries |
History August 29, 1949 Soviets explode atomic bomb |
History August 29, 1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb |
History August 29, 1950 State Department official discusses captive populations |
History August 29, 1954 SF Intl Airport (SFO) opens |
History August 29, 1957 Strom Thurmond D-SC ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights |
History August 29, 1962 Robert Frost leaves for a goodwill tour of U.S.S.R. |
History August 29, 1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" is released |
History August 29, 1964 Khanh steps down |
History August 29, 1965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 |
History August 29, 1966 Beatles public concert at Candlestick Park in SF. |
History August 29, 1967 Yankees longest day The Red Sox take the 1st game 2-1 in 9 the Yanks win second game in 20 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes |
History August 29, 1967 Final television episode of The Fugitive |
History August 29, 1968 Humphrey nominated in Chicago |
History August 29, 1971 President Nguyen Van Thieu retains control of National Assembly |
History August 29, 1972 Nixon announces another troop reduction |
History August 29, 1975 Eamon de Valera dies |
History August 29, 1977 Lou Brock - Cardinals - eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year old career stolen bases record to a total to 893. The Padres won game 4-3. |
History August 29, 1981 Broadcaster Lowell Thomas died in Pawling N.Y. at age 89 |
History August 29, 1982 Actress Ingrid Bergman dies on her birthday |
History August 29, 1987 La Bamba is a #1 hit for Los Lobos and, posthumously, Ritchie Valens |
History August 29, 2004 Marathoner assaulted at Olympics |
History August 29, 2005 Hurricane Katrina wreaks havoc on Gulf Coast |
History August 29, 2007 Hero security guard wrongly accused as bombing suspect dies |