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  On August - 29 the birth of Elliot Gould, American actor   

1939  Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II on August - 29.   

1940  On August - 29 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  German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1943  Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany on August - 29.   

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

1947  On this day in history constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier   

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

1949  On August - 29 uSSR performs first nuclear test   

1950  Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52 on this day in history.   

1953  On August - 29 uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb   

1953  On this day in history kHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  On this day in history sF International Airport (SFO) opens   

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

1957  Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 on August - 29.   

1957  On this day in history 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 on August - 29.   

1958  Air Force Academy opens on August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

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

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  On August - 29 walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released   

1965  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

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

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

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

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

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  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

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.