Historical Events In August - 29

1996  On this day in history a Russian plane carrying coal miners to work at a remote arctic island smashes into a mountain top, killing all 41 people aboard in the worst air disaster on Norwegian soil   

1997  DVD's outsell Laserdiscs in the U.S on August - 29.   

1997  The Japanese Supreme Court rules the government acted illegally when it deleted from a history textbook references to Japan's deadly experiments on Chinese during World War II on this day in history.   

1998  A Cuban airplane bursts into flames and crashes during takeoff from Quito, Ecuador, killing 79 people on August - 29.   

2005  On August - 29 at least 1,604 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes the Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama coastal areas.   

2012  Georgian hostage crisis results in 3 police officers and 10 militants being killed on August - 29.   

2013  On this day in history 41 people are killed and 33 are injured in a bus accident in Kenya   

2014  On August - 29 senegal is 5th country hit by Ebola   

2017  On August - 29 hurricane Harvey sets rainfall record (51.88 inches in Cedar Bayou) from a tropical cyclone in continental US, according to US National Weather Service   

2017  On August - 29 uS President Donald Trump visits flood affected Texas   

2017  Monsoon rains in Mumbai cause chaos closing schools and airports on this day in history.   

2018  Star quarterback Aaron Rodgers signs NFL record contract extension with the Green Bay Packers; 4 years worth $134m rising to a possible $180m with a record $103m in guarantees on this day in history.   

2018  On August - 29 john McCain is only the third person to lie in state at the Arizona state capital rotunda in Phoenix   

2018  Germany hands back human remains of Namibian Herero and Nama people murdered during 1904-08 genocide at church service in Berlin on August - 29.   

2018  Russian President Vladimir Putin announces new retirement ages, 60 for women, 65 for men in TV address, amid protests on August - 29.   

2018  Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond resigns from the Scottish National Party amid sexual abuse allegatuons on this day in history.   

2021  Hurricane Ida strikes New Orleans, Louisiana, USA 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 this day in history birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

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 this day in history.   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on August - 29.   

1628  On August - 29 birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

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  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.   

1123  On August - 29 death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  On this day in history 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  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.