Historical Events In August - 29

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

1970  On this day in history black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)  

1970  Mary Clare, dies at 76 on this day in history.  

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 August - 29 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 August - 29 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 August - 29.  

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

1979  On this day in history mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84  

1981  On August - 29 lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89  

1982  Ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday on this day in history.  

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

1985  On August - 29 atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission  

1985  On this day in history alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87  

1986  On August - 29 ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 29.  

1990  C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 on August - 29.  

1990  Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq on August - 29.  

1990  Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16 on this day in history.  

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

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

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 August - 29.  

1992  Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

1994  On August - 29 arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90  

1995  On this day in history 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 this day in history.  

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  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on this day in history.  

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.  

1395  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)  

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)  

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.  

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.