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  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 this day in history the Goodyear tire company is founded.   

1898  On August - 29 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  On this day in history werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)   

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

1905  Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville on August - 29.   

1905  On August - 29 lan Adomian, composer   

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

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 this day in history.   

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  AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies   

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

1910  On this day in history 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 August - 29 barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man)   

1913  Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt on this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

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

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

1915  On August - 29 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 August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

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  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

0886  On this day in history 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  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  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.