August, 29th in History

[Spiritus Temporis]

Events

Monday 29, 2005:
Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing thousands and costing over 100 billion dollars in damage.

Friday 29, 2003:
Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

Friday 29, 1997:
Serial killer Ángel Maturino Reséndiz bludgeons to death Christopher Maier of Lexington, Kentucky, USA, the first of nine victims.

Thursday 29, 1996:
A Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

Tuesday 29, 1995:
NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.

Thursday 29, 1991:
Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

Sunday 29, 1982:
The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

Monday 29, 1966:
Execution of Sayyid Qutb, a leading theoretician of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood.

Friday 29, 1958:
United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Friday 29, 1952:
Premiere of John Cage's 4'33" in Woodstock, New York.

Monday 29, 1949:
Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

Tuesday 29, 1944:
Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazi rulers.

Sunday 29, 1943:
German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government.

Friday 29, 1930:
The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to Scotland.

Tuesday 29, 1922:
Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna, in Asia Minor.

Tuesday 29, 1911:
Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with whites, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

Monday 29, 1910:
Japan changes Korea's name to Ch?sen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.

Thursday 29, 1907:
The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

Monday 29, 1898:
The Goodyear tire company is founded.

Saturday 29, 1896:
Chop suey is invented in New York City.

Thursday 29, 1895:
The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.

Saturday 29, 1885:
Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle.

Tuesday 29, 1871:
Emperor Meiji orders the abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).

Friday 29, 1862:
Battle of Aspromonte: Italian royal forces defeat rebels.

Monday 29, 1842:
The Tokugawa shogunate orders the local daimy? to begin providing foreign ships with fresh water and supplies when requested. (Traditional Japanese date: July 24, 1842).

Tuesday 29, 1786:
Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.

Sunday 29, 1756:
Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.

Friday 29, 1541:
The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.

Sunday 29, 1526:
Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

Monday 29, 1521:
The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.

Friday 29, 1484:
Pope Innocent VIII, a staunch supporter of the Spanish Inquisition, is elected Pope.

Sunday 29, 1475:
The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.

Monday 29, 1261:
Urban IV becomes Pope, the last man to do so without being a Cardinal first.

Saturday 29, 708:
Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-august/on-this-day.html


People born on August 29

1980:
David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan) (b: August 29, 1980) (Biography of David Desrosiers)

1970:
Jacco Eltingh, Dutch tennis player (b: August 29, 1970) (Biography of Jacco Eltingh)

1969:
Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer (b: August 29, 1969) (Biography of Me'Shell NdegéOcello)
Joe Swail, Irish snooker player (b: August 29, 1969) (Biography of Joe Swail)

1963:
Elizabeth Fraser, English singer (Cocteau Twins) (b: August 29, 1963) (Biography of Elizabeth Fraser)

1962:
Rebecca De Mornay, American actress (b: August 29, 1962) (Biography of Rebecca De Mornay)

1959:
Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer (b: August 29, 1959) (Biography of Ernesto Rodrigues)
Timothy Perry Shriver, American chairman of the Special Olympics (b: August 29, 1959) (Biography of Timothy Perry Shriver)

1958:
Michael Jackson, American singer and songwriter (b: August 29, 1958) (Biography of Michael Jackson)

1946:
Bob Beamon, American jumper (b: August 29, 1946) (Biography of Bob Beamon)

1941:
Robin Leach, English television host (b: August 29, 1941) (Biography of Robin Leach)

1940:
Gary Gabelich, race car driver and land world speed record holder (b: August 29, 1940) (Biography of Gary Gabelich)

1939:
William Friedkin, American film director (b: August 29, 1939) (Biography of William Friedkin)
Joel Schumacher, American film director (b: August 29, 1939) (Biography of Joel Schumacher)

1938:
Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury (b: August 29, 1938) (Biography of Robert Rubin)
Elliott Gould, American actor (b: August 29, 1938) (Biography of Elliott Gould)

1937:
James Florio, Governor of New Jersey (b: August 29, 1937) (Biography of James Florio)

1936:
John McCain, American politician (b: August 29, 1936) (Biography of John McCain)

1933:
Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor (b: August 29, 1933) (Biography of Arnold Koller)

1924:
Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (b: August 29, 1924 ; d: January 22, 2005) (Biography of Consuelo Velázquez)
Dinah Washington, American singer (b: August 29, 1924 ; d: December 14, 1963) (Biography of Dinah Washington)

1923:
The Lord Attenborough, English film director (b: August 29, 1923) (Biography of Richard Attenborough)

1920:
Charlie Parker, American jazz saxophonist and composer (b: August 29, 1920 ; d: March 12, 1955) (Biography of Charlie Parker)

1917:
Isabel Sanford, American actress (b: August 29, 1917 ; d: July 9, 2004) (Biography of Isabel Sanford)

1916:
George Montgomery, American actor (b: August 29, 1916) (Biography of George Montgomery)

1915:
Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b: August 29, 1915 ; d: August 29, 1982) (Biography of Ingrid Bergman)

1905:
Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey meadallist.(d. 1979) (b: August 29, 1905 ; d: December 3, 1979) (Biography of Dhyan Chand)

1898:
Preston Sturges, American screenwriter (b: August 29, 1898 ; d: August 6, 1959) (Biography of Preston Sturges)

1876:
Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (b: August 29, 1876) (Biography of Charles F. Kettering)

1862:
Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian writer, Nobel Prize laureate (b: August 29, 1862 ; d: May 6, 1949) (Biography of Maurice Maeterlinck)
Andrew Fisher, fifth Prime Minister of Australia (b: August 29, 1862 ; d: October 22, 1928) (Biography of Andrew Fisher)

1844:
Edward Carpenter, English Socialist poet (b: August 29, 1844 ; d: June 28, 1929) (Biography of Edward Carpenter)

1843:
David B. Hill, Governor of New York (b: August 29, 1843 ; d: October 20, 1910) (Biography of David B. Hill)

1810:
Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentine political theorist and diplomat, father of Argentine Constitution, Founding Father of Argentine Republic (b: August 29, 1810) (Biography of Juan Bautista Alberdi)

1809:
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (b: August 29, 1809 ; d: October 8, 1894) (Biography of Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.)

1805:
Frederick Maurice, English theologian (b: August 29, 1805 ; d: April 1, 1872) (Biography of Frederick Maurice)

1780:
Jean Ingres, French painter (b: August 29, 1780 ; d: January 14, 1876) (Biography of Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres)

1756:
Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (b: August 29, 1756) (Biography of Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde)

1632:
John Locke, English philosopher (b: August 29, 1632 ; d: October 28, 1704) (Biography of John Locke)

1628:
John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (b: August 29, 1628 ; d: August 22, 1701) (Biography of John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath)

1619:
Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (b: August 29, 1619 ; d: September 6, 1683) (Biography of Jean-Baptiste Colbert)

Source: http://www.spiritus-temporis.com/29-august/births.html