Page 7: Historical Events In August - 29

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

1970  On August - 29 black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)   

1970  Mary Clare, dies at 76 on August - 29.   

1971  Hank Aaron becomes the first player in baseball's National League to drive in 100+ runs in 11 seasons on this day in history.   

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 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.   

1977  Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1979  On August - 29 mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84   

1981  Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89 on this day in history.   

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  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  On this day in history 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 this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1989  On August - 29 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   

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 August - 29.   

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

1991  On this day in history john F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case   

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

1991  The Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR on this day in history.   

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 August - 29.   

1993  On August - 29 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  On August - 29 arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90   

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

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

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on August - 29.   

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on August - 29.   

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 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 this day in history.