Page 5: Historical Events In August - 29

1916  On August - 29 steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown   

1916  On this day in history congress creates US Naval reserve   

1916  On this day in history george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)   

1917  Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) on August - 29.   

1918  On August - 29 bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive   

1918  On this day in history jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank   

1918  Max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51 on August - 29.   

1919  On this day in history prince Edward Island removes ban on automobiles after several years of no cars.   

1920  The birth of Charlie Parker, Legendary American Jazz musician on August - 29.   

1920  On August - 29 charles White, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Airpot 95, Serpico)   

1921  On this day in history joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83   

1922  On August - 29 emile Habibi, writer   

1923  On August - 29 the birth of Lord Richard Attenborough, British actor and Director   

1923  On this day in history hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder (Test for India 1952-53)   

1924  German Republic day accepts Dawes plan on August - 29.   

1924  On this day in history dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes)   

1925  On this day in history after a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him   

1925  On August - 29 donald O'Connor, Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain)   

1926  On August - 29 betty Lynn, American actress   

1927  Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith) on August - 29.   

1928  On this day in history charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide)   

1928  On August - 29 richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, dies at 72   

1929  German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight on this day in history.   

1929  Thom Gunn, Kent England, poet (The Wound) on this day in history.   

1930  On this day in history the last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.   

1930  On August - 29 marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary (CDA)   

1931  On August - 29 david Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder   

1932  On August - 29 international Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam   

1933  Jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt on August - 29.   

1933  Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer, dies at 70 on August - 29.   

1934  David H Pryor, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- ) on this day in history.   

1935  Queen Astrid of Belgium is killed in car accident in Switzerland on this day in history.   

1935  On this day in history 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450)   

1935  Astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies 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  On August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

1561  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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

1523  On this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.