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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history george Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)   

1900  Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou) on this day in history.   

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 August - 29 murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies   

1905  On this day in history pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville   

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  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 August - 29.   

1909  AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on August - 29.   

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

1909  On this day in history francis Henry Smith, librarian   

1909  Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on August - 29.   

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

1910  On August - 29 robert Pineda-Duque, composer   

1910  On this day in history 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  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  Arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal on August - 29.   

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

1914  ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1915  The birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress on August - 29.   

1915  On this day in history 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  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

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 this day in history.   

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

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.