Historical Events In August - 29

1968  On this day in history victor Sutherland, dies at 79  

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

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

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

1972  On August - 29 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  Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky on this day in history.  

1975  Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92 on August - 29.  

1976  Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18 on this day in history.  

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

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1977  Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54 on August - 29.  

1979  Mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84 on August - 29.  

1981  On this day in history 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  On this day in history simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61  

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

1985  Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87 on this day in history.  

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  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 August - 29.  

1990  On August - 29 c-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13  

1990  On August - 29 saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq  

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

1993  On August - 29 dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56  

1994  On this day in history the Windsor and Hantsport Railway commences operation in Nova Scotia.  

1994  Arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90 on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.  

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 August - 29.  

1609  On August - 29 birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)  

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  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.  

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.  

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  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.  

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 this day in history.