Page 6: Historical Events In August - 29

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

1938  The birth of Elliot Gould, American actor on August - 29.   

1939  On this day in history chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II   

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 August - 29.   

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

1941  On this day in history henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40   

1942  On August - 29 american Jewish conference meets in New York to discuss agenda of Jewish Unity (Rescue vs. Zionist program).   

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 this day in history 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  On this day in history uSSR performs first nuclear test   

1950  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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

1956  French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on August - 29.   

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 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  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 this day in history 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 on this day in history.   

1964  Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1966  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on this day in history.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on August - 29.   

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

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  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

0886  On this day in history 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  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  On August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  On August - 29 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.