Historical Events In August - 29

1937  Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) on August - 29.   

1938  On this day in history the birth of Elliot Gould, American actor   

1939  Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II on August - 29.   

1940  7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) on August - 29.   

1940  Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on August - 29.   

1941  German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children on August - 29.   

1941  On this day in history 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  On this day in history denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany   

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

1945  British liberate Hong Kong from Japan on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed   

1947  Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier on August - 29.   

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  USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb on this day in history.   

1953  KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on this day in history.   

1954  SF International Airport (SFO) opens on August - 29.   

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

1957  On this day in history congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957   

1957  Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights on this day in history.   

1957  On August - 29 uS Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill.   

1958  Air Force Academy opens on this day in history.   

1958  On August - 29 air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo   

1960  On this day in history jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack   

1960  On August - 29 alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46   

1964  On this day in history 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.   

1964  On this day in history walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released   

1965  Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 on this day in history.   

1965  On this day in history gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth.   

1966  Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF) on August - 29.   

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

1967  Final TV episode of "The Fugitive" on this day in history.   

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1387  On this day in history birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

1434  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history.   

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 this day in history 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 August - 29.   

1395  On August - 29 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  On this day in history ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

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