Page 7: Historical Events In August - 29

1968  On this day in history victor Sutherland, dies at 79   

1970  Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed) on August - 29.   

1970  Mary Clare, dies at 76 on August - 29.   

1971  Hank Aaron becomes the first player in baseball's National League to drive in 100+ runs in 11 seasons on August - 29.   

1972  Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies on this day in history.   

1973  On August - 29 michael Dunn, short actor (Justine, Boom, Madigan), dies at 38   

1975  Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky on this day in history.   

1975  On August - 29 eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92   

1976  Anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18 on August - 29.   

1977  Lou Brock breaks Ty Cobb's record by stealing the 893rd base of his baseball career on August - 29.   

1977  Jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54 on this day in history.   

1979  On August - 29 mary Marquet, actress (Landru, Paris Canaille), dies at 84   

1981  Lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89 on this day in history.   

1982  Ingrid Bergman, actress (Anastasia, Gaslight), dies on 67th birthday on this day in history.   

1983  Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 on August - 29.   

1985  Atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission on August - 29.   

1985  Alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87 on August - 29.   

1986  On this day in history ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies   

1987  Academy Award-winner Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, AZ, at age 63 on August - 29.   

1987  Lee Marvin, actor (Cat Ballou, Gorky Park), dies in Tucson Ariz at 63 on this day in history.   

1988  USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir on August - 29.   

1989  Off the coast of Jalisco, Mexico a 6.7 quake was felt along the coast of Jalisco. Also felt at Guadalajara and in the southern part of the Mexico City area on this day in history.   

1990  C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13 on this day in history.   

1990  Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq on this day in history.   

1990  On this day in history sandy, dog in the play Annie, dies at 16   

1991  John F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case on August - 29.   

1991  On this day in history the Communist Party ends 75 years of power in the USSR.   

1991  The Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR on this day in history.   

1991  On this day in history dallas Adams, British painter/writer/actor (Terror from Within), dies   

1992  Mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88 on August - 29.   

1993  Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56 on this day in history.   

1994  The Windsor and Hantsport Railway commences operation in Nova Scotia on August - 29.   

1994  On this day in history arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90   

1995  Frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65 on August - 29.   

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

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

1628  John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701) was born on August - 29.   

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

0029  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

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  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.   

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

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on this day in history.   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.