Historical Events In August - 29

1895  The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England on August - 29.   

1896  Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador on this day in history.   

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  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 August - 29 oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)   

1903  On August - 29 ernst Kreuder, writer   

1904  3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis on this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

1907  On this day in history the Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.   

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

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  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  On this day in history robert Pineda-Duque, composer   

1910  On August - 29 allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies   

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

1913  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

1914  On August - 29 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 August - 29.   

1915  Denys Hay, historian on August - 29.   

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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 this day in history.   

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 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 August - 29.   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.   

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 August - 29 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.