Historical Events In August - 29

1996  On this day in history a Russian plane carrying coal miners to work at a remote arctic island smashes into a mountain top, killing all 41 people aboard in the worst air disaster on Norwegian soil  

1997  DVD's outsell Laserdiscs in the U.S on August - 29.  

1997  The Japanese Supreme Court rules the government acted illegally when it deleted from a history textbook references to Japan's deadly experiments on Chinese during World War II on August - 29.  

1998  A Cuban airplane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff from Quito, Ecuador, killing 79 people on August - 29.  

2005  At least 1,604 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas on this day in history.  

2012  On this day in history georgian hostage crisis results in 3 police officers and 10 militants being killed  

2013  41 people are killed and 33 are injured in a bus accident in Kenya on August - 29.  

2014  On this day in history senegal is 5th country hit by Ebola  

2017  On August - 29 hurricane Harvey sets rainfall record (51.88 inches in Cedar Bayou) from a tropical cyclone in continental US, according to US National Weather Service  

2017  On August - 29 uS President Donald Trump visits flood affected Texas  

2017  Monsoon rains in Mumbai cause chaos closing schools and airports on August - 29.  

2018  On this day in history star quarterback Aaron Rodgers signs NFL record contract extension with the Green Bay Packers; 4 years worth $134m rising to a possible $180m with a record $103m in guarantees  

2018  John McCain is only the third person to lie in state at the Arizona state capital rotunda in Phoenix on August - 29.  

2018  On this day in history germany hands back human remains of Namibian Herero and Nama people murdered during 1904-08 genocide at church service in Berlin  

2018  On this day in history russian President Vladimir Putin announces new retirement ages, 60 for women, 65 for men in TV address, amid protests  

2018  Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond resigns from the Scottish National Party amid sexual abuse allegatuons on August - 29.  

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

1434  On this day in history birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator  

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.  

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 August - 29.  

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on this day in history.  

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  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  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  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.