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  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  Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) on this day in history.  

1899  On this day in history george Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)  

1900  On August - 29 oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)  

1903  Ernst Kreuder, writer on this day in history.  

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

1904  On August - 29 werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)  

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

1905  On this day in history pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville  

1905  On this day in history lan Adomian, composer  

1906  Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die on this day in history.  

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 this day in history 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 August - 29 world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins  

1909  On August - 29 francis Henry Smith, librarian  

1909  On this day in history 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  Robert Pineda-Duque, composer on August - 29.  

1910  Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies on August - 29.  

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

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  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 August - 29.  

1914  On this day in history 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught  

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

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

1915  On August - 29 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  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.  

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.  

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 this day in history.  

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.  

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies  

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on this day in history.  

1123  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)  

1395  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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