Page 7: Historical Events In August - 29

1968  On August - 29 victor Sutherland, dies at 79   

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

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  On this day in history lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies   

1973  Michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38 on August - 29.   

1975  On August - 29 star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky   

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

1976  Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18 on August - 29.   

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

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

1982  On this day in history 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  Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.   

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

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

1987  On August - 29 lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63   

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  On this day in history c-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13   

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

1990  Sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16 on August - 29.   

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

1991  On this day in history the Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR.   

1991  The Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR on August - 29.   

1991  On August - 29 dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies   

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

1993  On this day in history dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56   

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  Frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65 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 August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

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

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

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

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

1395  On this day in history 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 August - 29.   

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20