Page 4: Historical Events In August - 29

1895  On this day in history the formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.   

1896  Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador on August - 29.   

1896  On August - 29 the Chinese-American dish Chop Suey is invented by the personal chef to China's US Ambassador, while on a trip to New York City.   

1898  The Goodyear tire company is founded on August - 29.   

1898  On this day in history preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels)   

1899  George Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place) on this day in history.   

1900  On this day in history oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)   

1903  On this day in history ernst Kreuder, writer   

1904  3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis on August - 29.   

1904  On this day in history werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)   

1904  Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies on August - 29.   

1905  Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville on August - 29.   

1905  On August - 29 lan Adomian, composer   

1906  On this day in history bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die   

1906  On this day in history lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)   

1907  On this day in history the Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.   

1907  Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird) on this day in history.   

1908  On this day in history nY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London   

1909  AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on August - 29.   

1909  World's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins on August - 29.   

1909  Francis Henry Smith, librarian on August - 29.   

1909  Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on August - 29.   

1910  On this day in history japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.   

1910  On this day in history robert Pineda-Duque, composer   

1910  On August - 29 allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies   

1911  On this day in history ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.   

1912  Barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man) on this day in history.   

1913  On August - 29 pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt   

1913  Len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test) on August - 29.   

1914  Arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal on August - 29.   

1914  4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught on August - 29.   

1914  On August - 29 ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle   

1915  On this day in history the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

1915  On August - 29 denys Hay, historian   

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

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 this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

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

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

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

1093  On this day in history death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

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

1395  On August - 29 death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

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 August - 29.