Historical Events In August - 29

1968  Victor Sutherland, dies at 79 on August - 29.   

1970  Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed) on this day in history.   

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

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

1972  Lale [Liselotte H] Anderson, Ger night club performer/singer, dies on August - 29.   

1973  On this day in history 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  Eamon de Valera, Irish president (1937..59), dies at 92 on August - 29.   

1976  On August - 29 anissa Jones, actress (Buffy-Family Affair), ODs at 18   

1977  Lou Brock breaks Ty Cobb's record by stealing the 893rd base of his baseball career on this day in history.   

1977  On August - 29 jean Hagen, actress (Dead Ringer, Shaggy Dog, Arena), dies at 54   

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

1981  On August - 29 lowell Thomas, newscaster (High Adventure), dies in Pawling NY at 89   

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

1983  Simon Oakland, actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep), dies at 61 on this day in history.   

1985  On this day in history atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission   

1985  On August - 29 alexander Abramsky, composer, dies at 87   

1986  On August - 29 ellis Achong, cricketer (West Indies 1933-35, "chinaman"), dies   

1987  On this day in history academy Award-winner Lee Marvin dies in Tucson, AZ, at age 63.   

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

1988  On August - 29 uSSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir   

1989  On this day in history 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   

1990  On this day in history c-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13   

1990  Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq on August - 29.   

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

1991  On this day in history john F Kennedy Jr wins his first law case   

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

1991  On this day in history the Soviet Communist Party was formally suspended as leader of USSR   

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

1992  On August - 29 mary Norton, children book author (Borrowers), dies at 88   

1993  Dorian Corey, actor (Paris is Burning), dies of AIDs at 56 on August - 29.   

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

1994  On August - 29 arthur Ernest Mourant, haematologist, dies at 90   

1995  Frank Perry, US dir (Diary of Mad Housewife, David & Lisa), dies at 65 on this day in history.   

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1387  On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

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

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  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  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 this day in history 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  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

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.