Page 4: Historical Events In August - 29

1895  On this day in history 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  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 August - 29.   

1899  On August - 29 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  3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis on this day in history.   

1904  Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956) on August - 29.   

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

1905  Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville on this day in history.   

1905  On this day in history lan Adomian, composer   

1906  On this day in history 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  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 August - 29.   

1909  On this day in history aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m   

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

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 August - 29.   

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

1910  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 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  ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle on this day in history.   

1915  On this day in history the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

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

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

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