Page 6: Historical Events In August - 29

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

1938  Elliot Gould, American actor is born   

1939  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 (84567)   

1940  Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77.   

1941  German Einsatzkommando in Russia results in the deaths of 1469 Jewish children.   

1941  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).   

1943  Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany.   

1944  15000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees.   

1945  British liberate Hong Kong from Japan   

1946  J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed.   

1947  Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier   

1949  USSR explodes its inaugural atomic bomb   

1949  USSR performs inaugural nuclear test   

1950  Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany and Japan in '52.   

1953  USSR explodes its inaugural hydrogen bomb   

1953  KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  SF International Airport (SFO) opens.   

1956  French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis.   

1957  Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957   

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

1957  US Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill.   

1958  Air Force Academy opens   

1958  Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo.   

1960  Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack   

1960  Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46   

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.   

1964  Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released.   

1965  Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5.   

1965  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)   

1966  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"   

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1387  Henry v: King of england (1413-22)/france (1416-19)   

1434  Janus pannonius: Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  Kano motonobu: Kyoto japan, co-founder (kano school of painting)   

1561  Bartholomeus pitiscus: German mathematician (trigonometry)   

1609  Sassoferrato: [giovanni b salvi], italian painter (madonna)   

1619  Jean-baptiste colbert: French minister of naval/baron   

1628  John granville: 1st earl of bath, english royalist statesman   

1632  John locke: England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  John the baptist: Beheaded   

0886  Basilius i: The macedonier, byzantine emperor (867-886),   

1093  Death of Hugh i: Duke of burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  King eystein i of norway: King eystein i of norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  Death of Duke albert iii of austria: Duke albert iii of austria (b. 1349)   

1442  Death of John vi: Duke of brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  Ulrich von hutten: German poet/humanist/patriot,   

1526  Death of Louis ii: King of hungary/bohemia,