Historical Events In August - 29

1968  Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 on August - 29.   

1970  Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed) on August - 29.   

1970  On August - 29 mary Clare, dies at 76   

1971  On August - 29 hank Aaron becomes the first player in baseball's National League to drive in 100+ runs in 11 seasons.   

1972  On this day in history lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies   

1973  On this day in history michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38   

1975  Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky on this day in history.   

1975  On August - 29 eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92   

1976  Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18 on August - 29.   

1977  On August - 29 lou Brock breaks Ty Cobb's record by stealing the 893rd base of his baseball career.   

1977  On this day in history jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54   

1979  Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84 on August - 29.   

1981  On this day in history lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89   

1982  Ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday on August - 29.   

1983  Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission   

1985  On August - 29 alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87   

1986  Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies on August - 29.   

1987  On August - 29 academy Award-winner Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, AZ, at age 63.   

1987  On this day in history lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63   

1988  USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir on August - 29.   

1989  On August - 29 off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico a 6.7 quake was felt along the coast of Jalisco. Also felt at Guadalajara and in the southern part of the Mexico City area   

1990  On this day in history c-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13   

1990  On this day in history saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq   

1990  On this day in history sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16   

1991  On this day in history john F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case   

1991  The Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR on August - 29.   

1991  On this day in history the Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR   

1991  On August - 29 dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies   

1992  Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88 on this day in history.   

1993  On this day in history dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56   

1994  On August - 29 the Windsor and Hantsport Railway commences operation in Nova Scotia.   

1994  On August - 29 arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90   

1995  Frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.   

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

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on this day in history.   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.   

0029  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

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

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on this day in history.   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on August - 29.   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

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

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20