Page 7: Historical Events In August - 29

1968  Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 on August - 29.   

1970  Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed) on this day in history.   

1970  On this day in history mary Clare, dies at 76   

1971  On August - 29 hank Aaron becomes the first player in baseball's National League to drive in 100+ runs in 11 seasons.   

1972  Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies on this day in history.   

1973  On this day in history michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38   

1975  Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky on this day in history.   

1975  On this day in history eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92   

1976  On this day in history anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18   

1977  Lou Brock breaks Ty Cobb's record by stealing the 893rd base of his baseball career on this day in history.   

1977  On this day in history jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54   

1979  Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84 on this day in history.   

1981  Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89 on August - 29.   

1982  On August - 29 ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday   

1983  Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 on August - 29.   

1985  Atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission on August - 29.   

1985  On August - 29 alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87   

1986  Ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies on this day in history.   

1987  Academy Award-winner Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, AZ, at age 63 on this day in history.   

1987  Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63 on August - 29.   

1988  USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir on August - 29.   

1989  Off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico a 6.7 quake was felt along the coast of Jalisco. Also felt at Guadalajara and in the southern part of the Mexico City area on this day in history.   

1990  C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 on this day in history.   

1990  Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq on this day in history.   

1990  On August - 29 sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16   

1991  John F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case on August - 29.   

1991  On August - 29 the Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR.   

1991  On this day in history the Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR   

1991  Dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies on this day in history.   

1992  On this day in history mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88   

1993  Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56 on August - 29.   

1994  The Windsor and Hantsport Railway commences operation in Nova Scotia on August - 29.   

1994  Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90 on August - 29.   

1995  On August - 29 frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

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

1476  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

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  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.   

1123  On August - 29 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  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

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 August - 29.