Page 4: Historical Events In August - 29

1895  On August - 29 the formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.   

1896  On this day in history chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador   

1896  On August - 29 the Chinese-American dish Chop Suey is invented by the personal chef to China's US Ambassador, while on a trip to New York City.   

1898  On this day in history the Goodyear tire company is founded.   

1898  Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) on this day in history.   

1899  George Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place) on this day in history.   

1900  On August - 29 oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)   

1903  Ernst Kreuder, writer on this day in history.   

1904  On August - 29 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis   

1904  On August - 29 werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)   

1904  Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies on August - 29.   

1905  Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville on August - 29.   

1905  Lan Adomian, composer on August - 29.   

1906  Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die on August - 29.   

1906  On August - 29 lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)   

1907  The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers on August - 29.   

1907  On this day in history joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird)   

1908  NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London on August - 29.   

1909  On August - 29 aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m   

1909  On August - 29 world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins   

1909  On this day in history francis Henry Smith, librarian   

1909  On this day in history emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies   

1910  Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony on this day in history.   

1910  Robert Pineda-Duque, composer on August - 29.   

1910  Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1911  On this day in history ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.   

1912  Barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man) on August - 29.   

1913  On August - 29 pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt   

1913  On August - 29 len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test)   

1914  Arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal on August - 29.   

1914  4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 29 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle   

1915  On August - 29 the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

1915  On August - 29 denys Hay, historian   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

1434  On this day in history birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

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  On this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on August - 29.   

1628  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

0886  On this day in history basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

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

1123  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

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