Page 6: Historical Events In August - 29

1937  On this day in history phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)   

1938  The birth of Elliot Gould, American actor on this day in history.   

1939  On August - 29 chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II   

1940  7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) on this day in history.   

1940  Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on August - 29.   

1941  German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children on this day in history.   

1941  On August - 29 henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40   

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

1943  On this day in history denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany   

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

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  On this day in history constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier   

1949  On this day in history 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  USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb on this day in history.   

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

1954  On this day in history sF International Airport (SFO) opens   

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

1957  On August - 29 congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957   

1957  Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights on August - 29.   

1957  On this day in history uS Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill.   

1958  Air Force Academy opens on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo   

1960  Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack on this day in history.   

1960  Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46 on August - 29.   

1964  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 on August - 29.   

1964  Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released on this day in history.   

1965  On August - 29 astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5   

1965  On August - 29 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 August - 29.   

1966  The Beatles make what would utimately be their last live performance with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August - 29.   

1967  On August - 29 final TV episode of "The Fugitive"   

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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  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

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 August - 29.   

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

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

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 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