Historical Events In August - 29

1937  Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) on this day in history.   

1938  On August - 29 the birth of Elliot Gould, American actor   

1939  Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II on August - 29.   

1940  On this day in history 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)   

1940  On August - 29 arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77   

1941  German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children on August - 29.   

1941  Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 on this day in history.   

1942  American Jewish conference meets in New York to discuss agenda of Jewish Unity (Rescue vs. Zionist program) on this day in history.   

1943  On this day in history denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany   

1944  15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees on August - 29.   

1945  On this day in history british liberate Hong Kong from Japan   

1946  J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed on this day in history.   

1947  On August - 29 constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier   

1949  On this day in history uSSR explodes its first atomic bomb   

1949  On this day in history uSSR performs first nuclear test   

1950  Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52 on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb   

1953  On this day in history kHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  SF International Airport (SFO) opens on August - 29.   

1956  French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on this day in history.   

1957  Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 on this day in history.   

1957  Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights on this day in history.   

1957  On August - 29 uS Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill.   

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens   

1958  On August - 29 air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo   

1960  On August - 29 jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack   

1960  Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46 on August - 29.   

1964  On this day in history uSS Boxer and two LSD's arrived off the coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid and helicopter evacuation services to people in areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo.   

1964  Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released on August - 29.   

1965  Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth.   

1966  Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF) on this day in history.   

1966  The Beatles make what would utimately be their last live performance with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August - 29.   

1967  Final TV episode of "The Fugitive" on this day in history.   

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1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on August - 29.   

1476  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On August - 29 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.   

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.