Historical Events In August - 29

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

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 August - 29 the Goodyear tire company is founded.  

1898  On August - 29 preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels)  

1899  On August - 29 george Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)  

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

1903  On August - 29 ernst Kreuder, writer  

1904  On this day in history 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis  

1904  Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956) on August - 29.  

1904  Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies on this day in history.  

1905  Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville on this day in history.  

1905  On this day in history lan Adomian, composer  

1906  On August - 29 bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die  

1906  On this day in history lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)  

1907  On this day in history the Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.  

1907  On August - 29 joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird)  

1908  On August - 29 nY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London  

1909  On this day in history aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m  

1909  On this day in history world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins  

1909  Francis Henry Smith, librarian on this day in history.  

1909  Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on this day in history.  

1910  On August - 29 japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.  

1910  Robert Pineda-Duque, composer on this day in history.  

1910  Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies on August - 29.  

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

1912  On this day in history barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man)  

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

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

1914  On August - 29 arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal  

1914  4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught on August - 29.  

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

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

1915  On August - 29 denys Hay, historian  

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1387  On August - 29 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  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.  

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  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.  

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.  

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 August - 29.  

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 this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35  

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20