Page 6: Historical Events In August - 29

1937  On August - 29 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  On this day in history 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)   

1940  On this day in history arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77   

1941  On August - 29 german Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children   

1941  On August - 29 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  On August - 29 denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany   

1944  15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history british liberate Hong Kong from Japan   

1946  On this day in history j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed   

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

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

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  On August - 29 uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb   

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

1958  Air Force Academy opens on this day in history.   

1958  On August - 29 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  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 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 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 this day in history.   

1967  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

1609  On this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

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 August - 29.   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

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.