Page 8: Historical Events In August - 29

1996  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 on August - 29.   

1997  DVD's outsell Laserdiscs in the U.S on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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

2005  On this day in history 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.   

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 this day in history.   

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

2017  Hurricane Harvey sets rainfall record (51.88 inches in Cedar Bayou) from a tropical cyclone in continental US, according to US National Weather Service on this day in history.   

2017  US President Donald Trump visits flood affected Texas on August - 29.   

2017  Monsoon rains in Mumbai cause chaos closing schools and airports on this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 john McCain is only the third person to lie in state at the Arizona state capital rotunda in Phoenix   

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  On August - 29 former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond resigns from the Scottish National Party amid sexual abuse allegatuons   

2021  On August - 29 hurricane Ida strikes New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.   

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1387  On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

1434  On August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

1561  On this day in history 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 August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

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

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