Historical Events In August - 29

1895  On August - 29 the formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.   

1896  On August - 29 chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador   

1896  The Chinese-American dish Chop Suey is invented by the personal chef to China's US Ambassador, while on a trip to New York City on August - 29.   

1898  On this day in history the Goodyear tire company is founded.   

1898  Preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels) on August - 29.   

1899  George Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place) on August - 29.   

1900  On this day in history oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)   

1903  Ernst Kreuder, writer on this day in history.   

1904  On this day in history 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis   

1904  On this day in history werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956)   

1904  On this day in history murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies   

1905  Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville on this day in history.   

1905  Lan Adomian, composer on August - 29.   

1906  Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die on August - 29.   

1906  On August - 29 lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)   

1907  On August - 29 the Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.   

1907  On this day in history joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird)   

1908  NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London on this day in history.   

1909  AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on August - 29.   

1909  On this day in history world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins   

1909  On this day in history francis Henry Smith, librarian   

1909  On August - 29 emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies   

1910  Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony on August - 29.   

1910  On this day in history robert Pineda-Duque, composer   

1910  On this day in history allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies   

1911  Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California on this day in history.   

1912  Barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man) on this day in history.   

1913  On August - 29 pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt   

1913  Len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test) on August - 29.   

1914  On this day in history arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal   

1914  On this day in history 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught   

1914  ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle on August - 29.   

1915  On August - 29 the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

1915  On this day in history denys Hay, historian   

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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 August - 29.   

1476  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  Bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry) was born on August - 29.   

1609  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

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