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

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

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  On this day in history henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40  

1942  On this day in history 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 on this day in history.  

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

1949  On August - 29 uSSR explodes its first atomic bomb  

1949  USSR performs first nuclear test on August - 29.  

1950  On August - 29 intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52  

1953  USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb on August - 29.  

1953  KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on August - 29.  

1954  SF International Airport (SFO) opens on this day in history.  

1956  French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on this day in history.  

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

1957  Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights on this day in history.  

1957  On this day in history 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  On this day in history air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo  

1960  On August - 29 jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack  

1960  Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46 on this day in history.  

1964  On this day in history 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  Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 on this day in history.  

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

1966  On this day in history 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 on August - 29.  

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

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1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)  

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on this day in history.  

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

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on this day in history.  

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)  

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron  

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

1632  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance  

0029  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded  

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

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)  

1123  On this day in history death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)  

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)  

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  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.