Title: August 29 Content: == Events == === Up to 1900 === *708 Copper coins are first minted in Japan. *1261 Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first. *1315 Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuoli, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered (meaning the opposing armies, combined, had more soldiers). *1350 Battle of Winchelsea: An English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. *1475 Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. *1484 Pope Innocent VIII, a staunch supporter of the Spanish Inquisition, is elected Pope. *1498 Vasco da Gama decides to leave Calicut, present-day Kerala, southern India, and return to Portugal. *1521 The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade. *1526 Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia. *1541 The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. *1728 Nuuk, Greenland, is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by Danish royal governor Claus Paarss. *1741 The volcanic eruption on Oshima-Oshima Island, Japan, causes tsunamis in the Sea of Japan, which kill around 1600 people. *1751 The world's biggest wine barrel is completed in the cellar of Heidelberg Castle, present-day Germany. It can carry 221,726 liters. *1756 Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War. *1782 The British ship HMS Royal George sinks while anchored in the Solent, south coast of England, killing between 800 and 950 people. *1786 Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. *1825 Portugal recognizes Brazil as independent. *1831 Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. *1833 The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of Slavery in its then-Empire. *1842 The Treaty of Nanking is signed, ending the First Opium War. *1861 American Civil War: A United States Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. *1862 Battle of Aspromonte - Italian royal forces defeat rebels. *1871 Emperor Meiji of Japan orders the establishment of prefectures as local centres of administration. *1885 Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle. *1893 Whitcomb Judson gets a US patent for the zipper. *1895 The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield. *1896 Chop suey is said to have been invented in New York City on this date. *1897 The first Zionist World Congress is held in Basel, Switzerland. *1898 Goodyear tire company is founded. === 1901 2000 === *1907 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. *1910 The Japan-Korea Treaty of 1910 becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule on the Korean peninsula. *1911 Ishi, considered the last Stone Age Native American, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. *1914 World War I: The then-German colony of Samoa is occupied by New Zealand troops. *1915 United States Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first US submarine sunk in an accident. *1916 The Mount Field and Freycinet National Parks are created in Tasmania. *1916 The US passes the Philippine Autonomy. *1922 The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City. *1930 The last 36 remaining inhabitants of the remote Scottish island of Saint Kilda, leave forever. *1941 World War II: Tallinn, Estonia, is occupied by Germany, following its occupation by the Soviet Union. *1943 World War II: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government *1944 Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazi rulers. *1949 The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. *1950 Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to support South Korea and the United States. *1952 Premiere of John Cage's 4'33" in Woodstock, New York *1958 United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. *1965 The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth. *1966 Last Beatles concert, in San Francisco *1966 Execution of Sayyid Qutb, an important theoretician of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood. *1968 The future King Harald V of Norway marries Sonja Haraldsen in Oslo. *1982 The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. *1991 Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. *1995 An assassination attempt is made on President of Georgia, Eduard Shevardnadze. *1996 A Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard. *1997 At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. *1997 Serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz bludgeons to death Christopher Maier of Lexington, Kentucky, the first of nine victims. *1999 East Timor votes for independence from Indonesia. === From 2001 === *2003 Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, was assassinated in a terrorist bombing that killed him along with nearly 100 worshippers as they were leaving a mosque in Najaf. *2004 End of the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. *2004 Michael Schumacher wins his 7th Formula One world title and his 5th in a row, breaking the record held by Juan Manuel Fangio. *2005 Hurricane Katrina reaches the US' Gulf coast with winds at a speed of 225 kph. The city of New Orleans is among the places that are severely flooded, as over 1,000 people are killed. *2008 US Republican Party Presidential candidate John McCain nominates Sarah Palin as his running mate. *2011 Hurricane Irene dissolves over Eastern Canada, having left a path of destruction over the Caribbean and eastern United States. *2012 The 2012 Summer Paralympics in London begin. *2013 The House of Commons of the United Kingdom votes, by a majority, against military action in Syria. *2015 Three Al-Jazeera journalists are sentenced to three years in prison in Egypt, accused of false reporting and sympathizing with the banned Muslim Brotherhood. *2015 Protests take place in Kuala Lumpur against Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak. *2017 North Korea fires a ballistic missile over the southern part of the Northern Japanese island of Hokkaido. == Births == === Up to 1900 === * 1434 Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop, poet and diplomat (d. 1472) * 1619 Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French statesman (d. 1683) * 1628 John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English statesman (d. 1701) * 1632 John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704) * 1664 Giuseppe Toretti, Italian sculptor (d. 1743) * 1724 Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and writer (d. 1803) * 1725 Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) * 1728 Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (d. 1797) * 1756 Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) * 1756 Jan Sniadecki, Polish mathematician, philosopher and astronomer (d. 1830) * 1769 Rose Philippine Duchesne, French nun and saint (d. 1852) * 1780 Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (d. 1867) * 1793 Josef Naus, Austrian officer and surveyor, first to climb the Zugspitze (d. 1871) * 1809 Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894) * 1810 Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine politician and writer (d. 1884) * 1842 Alfred Shaw, English cricketer, rugby player and umpire (d. 1907) * 1843 David B. Hill, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910) * 1844 Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) * 1862 Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) * 1862 Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer (d. 1949) * 1871 Albert Lebrun, President of France (d. 1950) * 1875 Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flautist and educator (d. 1962) * 1876 Charles Franklin Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958) * 1876 Kim Gu, Korean politician (d. 1949) * 1880 Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian supercentenarian (d. 1998) * 1881 Albert Henderson, Canadian footballer (d. 1947) * 1883 Muriel George, English singer and movie actress (d. 1965) * 1887 Jivraj Narayan Mehta, Indian politician, 1st Chief Minister of Gujarat (d. 1978) * 1888 Gunichi Mikawa, Japanese admiral (d. 1981) * 1898 Preston Sturges, American movie director, screenwriter and playwright (d. 1959) === 1901 1950 === * 1904 Werner Forssmann, German physician (d. 1979) * 1905 Al Taliaferro, American comic artist (d. 1969) * 1907 Takeo Wakabayashi, Japanese footballer (d. 1937) * 1910 Vivien Thomas, American surgical technician (d. 1985) * 1912 Sohn Kee-chung, South Korean runner (d. 2002) * 1912 Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) * 1912 Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer (d. 2016) * 1913 K. Jeyakody, Sri Lankan Tamil politician * 1913 Jan Ekier, Polish pianist and composer (d. 2014) * 1915 Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982) * 1916 Consuelo Velazquez, Mexican musician and composer (d. 2005) * 1916 George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000) * 1917 Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) * 1920 Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955) * 1921 Paddy Roy Bates, English founder of the Sealand micronation (d. 2012) * 1922 Arthur Anderson, American actor (d. 2016) * 1923 Richard Attenborough, English actor and movie director (d. 2014) * 1924 Maria Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress * 1924 Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963) * 1925 Demetrio B. Lakas, 35th President of Panama (d. 1999) * 1926 Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and academic * 1927 Jimmy C. Newman, American singer (d. 2014) * 1930 Atef Sedki, Egyptian politician (d. 2005) * 1931 Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001) * 1932 Shen Chun- shan, Taiwanese physicist and academic (d. 2018) * 1933 Sorel Etrog, Romanian- Canadian artist, writer and philosopher (d. 2014) * 1933 Arnold Koller, Swiss politician * 1934 Horst Szymaniak, German footballer (d. 2009) * 1935 William Friedkin, American movie director * 1935 Hugo Brandt Corstius, Dutch writer (d. 2014) * 1936 John McCain, American pilot and politician, 2008 Presidential candidate (d. 2018) * 1937 James Florio, former Governor of New Jersey * 1938 Elliott Gould, American actor * 1938 Robert Rubin, American politician, former United States Secretary of the Treasury * 1938 Carlos Moreno, Argentine actor (d. 2014) * 1939 Joel Schumacher, American director * 1940 James Brady, American activist and 15th White House Press Secretary (d. 2014) * 1940 Wim Ruska, Dutch judoka (d. 2015) * 1941 Robin Leach, English writer and television host (d. 2018) * 1942 Gottfried John, German actor (d. 2014) * 1943 Peter von Bagh, Finnish movie historian (d. 2014) * 1943 Arthur B. McDonald, Canadian astrophysicist * 1945 Wyonia Tyus, American athlete * 1946 Demetris Christofias, Cypriot politician, former President of Cyprus * 1946 Bob Beamon, American long jumper * 1946 Giorgio Orsoni, Italian lawyer and politician, 17th Mayor of Venice * 1947 Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert * 1947 James Hunt, English racing driver (d. 1993) === 1951 1975 === * 1952 Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress * 1952 Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist * 1955 Jacob Lew, American politician * 1956 GG Allin, American musician (d. 1993) * 1958 Michael Jackson, American singer and entertainer (d. 2009) * 1958 Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor and writer * 1959 Stephen Wolfram, English mathematician * 1959 Rebecca De Mornay, American actress * 1959 Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut * 1959 Eddi Reader, Scottish singer * 1959 Ramon Diaz, Argentine footballer * 1960 Tony McAlpine, American guitarist, composer and producer * 1961 Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player * 1962 Jutta Kleinschmidt, German rally driver * 1962 Simon Thurley, English architectural historian * 1963 Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer * 1963 Steve Clarke, Scottish footballer and football manager * 1964 Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer * 1965 Frances Ruffelle, English actress and singer * 1967 Neil Gorsuch, American judge, US Supreme Court Justice * 1969 Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player * 1969 Lucero, Mexican singer and actress * 1971 Carla Gugino, American actress * 1972 Kentaro Hayashi, Japanese footballer * 1972 Bae Yong-jeon, South Korean actor * 1973 Daniel Burman, Argentine movie director * 1974 Denis Caniza, Paraguayan footballer * 1974 Nicola Amoruso, Italian footballer * 1975 Kyle Cook, American singer- songwriter and guitarist === From 1976 === * 1976 Pablo Mastroeni, American footballer * 1976 Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer * 1976 Stephen Carr, Irish footballer * 1977 Jo Weil, German actor * 1977 Roy Oswalt, American baseball player * 1977 John Hensley, American actor * 1979 Justine Pasek, Panamanian model * 1980 David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) * 1980 David West, American basketball player * 1981 Emilie Duquenne, Belgian actress * 1982 Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer * 1982 A+, American rapper * 1982 Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player * 1985 Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player * 1986 Lauren Collins, Canadian actress * 1986 Lea Michele, American actress and singer * 1987 Tony Kane, Irish footballer * 1988 Harry Aikines-Aryeetey, British athlete * 1990 Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer * 1990 Nicole Anderson, American actress * 1990 Julia Vlassov, American figure skater * 1991 Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player * 1993 Liam Payne, English singer (One Direction) * 1993 Lucas Cruikshank, American actor * 1994 Courtney Stodden, American television personality == Deaths == === Up to 1900 === *886 Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 811) *1093 Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy *1123 Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088) *1315 Charles of Taranto (b. 1296) *1395 Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) *1435 Isabeau de Bavière, queen of Charles VI of France (b. 1371) *1442 John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) *1526 King Louis II of Hungary (b. 1506) *1533 Atahualpa, last Inca ruler of Peru (b. 1502) *1712 Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver and statistician (b. 1648) *1749 Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684) *1769 Edmund Hoyle, English writer and teacher (b. 1672) *1780 Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713) *1799 Pope Pius VI (b. 1717) *1816 Johann Hieronymus Schroeter, German jurist and astronomer (b. 1745) *1853 Charles James Napier, British general (b. 1782) *1856 Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author (b. 1778) *1866 Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese shogun (b. 1846) *1877 Brigham Young, Mormon leader (b. 1801) *1889 Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military officer (b. 1815) *1891 Pierre Lallement, French inventor (b. 1843) === 1901 2000 === *1904 Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840) *1918 Max Dauthendey, German writer (b. 1867) *1930 William Archibald Spooner, writer (b. 1844) *1931 David T. Abercrombie, a founder of American clothing retailer Abercrombie and Fitch (b. 1867) *1935 Queen Astrid of Belgium, mother of King Albert II of Belgium (b. 1905) *1946 Grigory Semyonov, Russian general (b. 1890) *1947 Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) *1966 Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906). *1972 Lale Andersen, German singer (b. 1905) *1973 Stringer Davis, English actor (b. 1899) *1975 Éamon de Valera, Irish statesman and President of Ireland (b. 1882) *1976 Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician and philosopher (b. 1899) *1981 Lowell Thomas, travel writer (b. 1892) *1982 Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915) *1982 Nahum Goldmann, founder of the Jewish World Congress (b. 1895) *1984 Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian politician and President of Egypt (b. 1901) *1984 Pierre Gemayel, Lebanese politician (b. 1905) *1987 Archie Campbell, American comedian, writer and actor (b. 1914) *1987 Lee Marvin, actor (b. 1924) *1989 Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist and painter (b. 1909) *1992 Teddy Turner, English actor (b. 1917) *1995 Frank Perry, American director (b. 1930) === From 2001 === *2001 Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor, director and screenwriter (b. 1926) *2003 Michel Constantin, French actor (b. 1924) *2003 Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b.1939) *2004 Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942) *2007 Pierre Messmer, Prime Minister of France (b. 1916) *2011 David Honeyboy Edwards, American blues musician (b. 1915) *2013 Cliff Morgan, Welsh rugby player (b. 1930) *2013 Bruce C. Murray, American scientist (b. 1931) *2014 Bjorn Waldegard, Swedish rally driver (b. 1943) *2014 David Bala, Singaporean comedian and actor (b. 1947) *2015 Kyle Jean-Baptiste, American actor (b. 1993) *2015 Wayne Dyer, American self-help author and motivational speaker (b. 1940) *2016 Gene Wilder, American actor (b. 1933) *2017 Janine Charrat, French ballet dancer and choreographer (b. 1924) *2017 Dmitri Kogan, Russian violinist (b. 1978) *2017 David Tang, Hong Kong businessman (b. 1954) *2018 Stan Brock, English philanthropist (b. 1936) *2018 James Mirrlees, Scottish economist (b. 1936) *2018 Carilda Oliver Labra, Cuban poet (b. 1922) *2018 Marie Severin, American comic book artist (b. 1929) *2018 Paul Taylor, American choreographer (b. 1930) == Observances == * Anniversary of the Slovak National Uprising * Telugu language Day (India) Category:Days of the year