Page 6: Historical Events In August - 29

1937  On this day in history phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)   

1938  On August - 29 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  Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

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

1941  On August - 29 henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40   

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

1943  Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany on this day in history.   

1944  On August - 29 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees   

1945  On August - 29 british liberate Hong Kong from Japan   

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

1947  On August - 29 constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier   

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

1949  On August - 29 uSSR performs first nuclear test   

1950  Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52 on this day in history.   

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

1953  On August - 29 kHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

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

1956  On August - 29 french govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis   

1957  Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 on this day in history.   

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

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

1958  On August - 29 air Force Academy opens   

1958  Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo on August - 29.   

1960  Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1964  On August - 29 walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released   

1965  On August - 29 astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5   

1965  Gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth on August - 29.   

1966  On this day in history beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)   

1966  The Beatles make what would utimately be their last live performance with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park on this day in history.   

1967  On August - 29 final TV episode of "The Fugitive"   

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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 August - 29.   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on August - 29.   

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

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.   

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

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

1632  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on August - 29.   

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.   

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 August - 29 death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.   

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