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 August - 29 chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador   

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 this day in history the Goodyear tire company is founded.   

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

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

1900  On this day in history oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)   

1903  Ernst Kreuder, writer on August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

1905  On August - 29 pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville   

1905  Lan Adomian, composer on this day in history.   

1906  Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die on this day in history.   

1906  On August - 29 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 this day in history 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  AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on August - 29.   

1909  On August - 29 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 August - 29.   

1910  On this day in history robert Pineda-Duque, composer   

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

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  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  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 this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

1915  The birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress on this day in history.   

1915  Denys Hay, historian on August - 29.   

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1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

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

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

1093  On this day in history death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  On this day in history 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 August - 29.