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  Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador on August - 29.   

1896  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 on this day in history.   

1898  The Goodyear tire company is founded on August - 29.   

1898  Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) on August - 29.   

1899  George Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place) on August - 29.   

1900  Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou) on August - 29.   

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  On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies   

1905  On August - 29 pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville   

1905  On August - 29 lan Adomian, composer   

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

1906  Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia) on this day in history.   

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

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

1908  NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London on this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

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

1910  On August - 29 robert Pineda-Duque, composer   

1910  On August - 29 allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies   

1911  On August - 29 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  Len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test) on this day in history.   

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  ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

1915  Denys Hay, historian on August - 29.   

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

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

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

1561  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 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 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