Historical Events In August - 29

1937  On August - 29 phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)   

1938  On this day in history the birth of Elliot Gould, American actor   

1939  Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II on this day in history.   

1940  7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) on this day in history.   

1940  On August - 29 arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77   

1941  On August - 29 german Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children   

1941  Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 on this day in history.   

1942  American Jewish conference meets in New York to discuss agenda of Jewish Unity (Rescue vs. Zionist program) on August - 29.   

1943  On August - 29 denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany   

1944  15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees on this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history british liberate Hong Kong from Japan   

1946  J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed on this day in history.   

1947  Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier on this day in history.   

1949  USSR explodes its first atomic bomb on this day in history.   

1949  USSR performs first nuclear test on August - 29.   

1950  On August - 29 intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52   

1953  On this day in history uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb   

1953  KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1954  On August - 29 sF International Airport (SFO) opens   

1956  French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on this day in history.   

1957  On August - 29 congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957   

1957  On this day in history strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights   

1957  US Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill on this day in history.   

1958  On August - 29 air Force Academy opens   

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo   

1960  On this day in history jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack   

1960  On August - 29 alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46   

1964  USS Boxer and two LSD's arrived off the coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid and helicopter evacuation services to people in areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo on August - 29.   

1964  On this day in history walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released   

1965  Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth.   

1966  Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF) on this day in history.   

1966  The Beatles make what would utimately be their last live performance with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on August - 29.   

1967  Final TV episode of "The Fugitive" on August - 29.   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On August - 29 birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

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

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on this day in history.   

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.   

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

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

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

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

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

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