Page 4: Historical Events In August - 29

1895  The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England on this day in history.   

1896  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

1898  The Goodyear tire company is founded on August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 ernst Kreuder, writer   

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

1904  Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956) on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies   

1905  On this day in history pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville   

1905  On August - 29 lan Adomian, composer   

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

1906  On this day in history lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)   

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 August - 29.   

1909  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1909  On this day in history francis Henry Smith, librarian   

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 this day in history.   

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

1910  On August - 29 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  On this day in history pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt   

1913  Len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test) on August - 29.   

1914  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

1915  Denys Hay, historian on this day in history.   

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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 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 August - 29.   

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

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.   

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  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.   

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20