Historical Events In August - 29

1937  Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) on August - 29.  

1938  On this day in history the birth of Elliot Gould, American actor  

1939  Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II on this day in history.  

1940  7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) on August - 29.  

1940  Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.  

1941  On August - 29 german Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children  

1941  Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 on this day in history.  

1942  American Jewish conference meets in New York to discuss agenda of Jewish Unity (Rescue vs. Zionist program) on this day in history.  

1943  Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany on August - 29.  

1944  On August - 29 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees  

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1945  British liberate Hong Kong from Japan on this day in history.  

1946  On August - 29 j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed  

1947  Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier on this day in history.  

1949  On August - 29 uSSR explodes its first atomic bomb  

1949  USSR performs first nuclear test on this day in history.  

1950  Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52 on August - 29.  

1953  On this day in history uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb  

1953  On August - 29 kHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting  

1954  SF International Airport (SFO) opens on August - 29.  

1956  On August - 29 french govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis  

1957  Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 on this day in history.  

1957  On August - 29 strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights  

1957  On August - 29 uS Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill.  

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens  

1958  Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo on this day in history.  

1960  On this day in history jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack  

1960  On August - 29 alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46  

1964  On August - 29 uSS Boxer and two LSD's arrived off the coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid and helicopter evacuation services to people in areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo.  

1964  On August - 29 walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released  

1965  On this day in history astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5  

1965  On this day in history gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth.  

1966  Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF) on this day in history.  

1966  On this day in history the Beatles make what would utimately be their last live performance with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.  

1967  Final TV episode of "The Fugitive" on August - 29.  

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.  

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  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)  

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.  

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  On August - 29 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 August - 29.  

1123  On August - 29 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 this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)  

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

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20