Historical Events In August - 29

1895  On this day in history 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 August - 29.  

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

1903  Ernst Kreuder, writer on August - 29.  

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

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

1904  On August - 29 murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies  

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 August - 29.  

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

1907  On August - 29 the Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.  

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

1908  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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

1909  On August - 29 francis Henry Smith, librarian  

1909  On August - 29 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 this day in history.  

1910  On this day in history allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies  

1911  Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California on August - 29.  

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

1913  Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt on August - 29.  

1913  Len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test) on this day in history.  

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

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

1915  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 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 August - 29.  

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

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.  

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.  

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)  

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