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  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 August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

1943  Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany on this day in history.   

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

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

1946  J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed on this day in history.   

1947  Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier on August - 29.   

1949  USSR explodes its first atomic bomb on August - 29.   

1949  USSR performs first nuclear test on August - 29.   

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

1954  On August - 29 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  US Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill on August - 29.   

1958  On August - 29 air Force Academy opens   

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

1965  On this day in history astronauts Cooper & 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 on August - 29.   

1966  On August - 29 beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)   

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 August - 29.   

1434  On this day in history birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on August - 29.   

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

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

0886  On this day in history basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

1093  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.