Historical Events In August - 29

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

1896  On August - 29 chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador   

1896  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 on this day in history.   

1898  The Goodyear tire company is founded on this day in history.   

1898  On August - 29 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  On this day in history 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis   

1904  On August - 29 werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)   

1904  Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies on this day in history.   

1905  Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville on August - 29.   

1905  On this day in history lan Adomian, composer   

1906  Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die on August - 29.   

1906  Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia) on August - 29.   

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

1907  On this day in history joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird)   

1908  NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London on this day in history.   

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

1909  On this day in history world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins   

1909  Francis Henry Smith, librarian on August - 29.   

1909  On August - 29 emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies   

1910  Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony on August - 29.   

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

1910  Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1911  On August - 29 ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.   

1912  On August - 29 barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man)   

1913  Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt on this day in history.   

1913  On August - 29 len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test)   

1914  On August - 29 arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal   

1914  4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught on this day in history.   

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

1915  On August - 29 the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

1915  On this day in history denys Hay, historian   

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1387  On this day in history 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  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

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 August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

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

1123  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

1523  On this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

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