Page 5: Historical Events In August - 29

1916  Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown on August - 29.   

1916  On August - 29 congress creates US Naval reserve   

1916  On August - 29 george Montgomery, Brady Mont, actor (Battle of Bulge, Hallucination)   

1917  Isabel Sanford, NYC, actress (Louise-Jeffersons/All in the Family) on this day in history.   

1918  On August - 29 bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive   

1918  On this day in history jelle Zijlstra, economist/minister/pres Netherlands Bank   

1918  On August - 29 max Dauthendey, writer, dies at 51   

1919  On August - 29 prince Edward Island removes ban on automobiles after several years of no cars.   

1920  On this day in history the birth of Charlie Parker, Legendary American Jazz musician   

1920  On this day in history charles White, Perth Amboy NJ, actor (Airpot 95, Serpico)   

1921  Joel Asaph Allen, US zoologist (rule of Allen), dies at 83 on this day in history.   

1922  Emile Habibi, writer on this day in history.   

1923  On August - 29 the birth of Lord Richard Attenborough, British actor and Director   

1923  Hirulal Gaekwad, cricket all-rounder (Test for India 1952-53) on this day in history.   

1924  On this day in history german Republic day accepts Dawes plan   

1924  Dinah Washington, Chicago, singer (What a Difference a Day Makes) on this day in history.   

1925  On this day in history after a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on him   

1925  Donald O'Connor, Chicago Ill, dancer/actor (Singing in the Rain) on this day in history.   

1926  Betty Lynn, American actress on this day in history.   

1927  Marion Williams, US gospel singers (Stars of Faith) on August - 29.   

1928  On August - 29 charles Gray, Bournemouth England, actor (Clay-Rawhide)   

1928  Richard B Haldane, British viscount/lord-chancellor, dies at 72 on this day in history.   

1929  German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight on this day in history.   

1929  On this day in history thom Gunn, Kent England, poet (The Wound)   

1930  On this day in history the last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.   

1930  Marius J J van Amelsvoort, Dutch undersecretary (CDA) on August - 29.   

1931  On this day in history david Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder   

1932  International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam on August - 29.   

1933  On this day in history jehan Sadat, 1st lady of Egypt   

1933  Georgy Eduardovich Konyus, composer, dies at 70 on August - 29.   

1934  On this day in history david H Pryor, (Sen-D Arkansas, 1979- )   

1935  Queen Astrid of Belgium is killed in car accident in Switzerland on August - 29.   

1935  2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450) on August - 29.   

1935  On this day in history astrid S L T Bernadotte, Queen of Belgium/Princess of Sweden, dies   

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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  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.   

1619  On this day in history birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20