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  On this day in history 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  The Goodyear tire company is founded on August - 29.  

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

1899  On August - 29 george Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)  

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)  

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

1905  On this day in history pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville  

1905  Lan Adomian, composer on this day in history.  

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 August - 29.  

1907  Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird) on August - 29.  

1908  On August - 29 nY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London  

1909  On August - 29 aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m  

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

1909  Francis Henry Smith, librarian on this day in history.  

1909  Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on this day in history.  

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

1910  Robert Pineda-Duque, composer on August - 29.  

1910  On August - 29 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 this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1913  On this day in history len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test)  

1914  Arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal on this day in history.  

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 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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)  

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

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)  

1632  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance  

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 this day in history 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 August - 29.  

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

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35  

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20