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  On this day in history 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.   

1898  The Goodyear tire company is founded on August - 29.   

1898  On this day in history preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels)   

1899  On August - 29 george Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)   

1900  Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou) on August - 29.   

1903  On August - 29 ernst Kreuder, writer   

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

1904  Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956) on this day in history.   

1904  Murad V, sultan of Turkey (1876), dies on August - 29.   

1905  On August - 29 pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville   

1905  On this day in history lan Adomian, composer   

1906  On August - 29 bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die   

1906  On this day in history lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia)   

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

1907  Joseph Wechsberg, Austria/US writer (Looking For a Bluebird) on this day in history.   

1908  NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London on August - 29.   

1909  On August - 29 aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m   

1909  On August - 29 world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins   

1909  Francis Henry Smith, librarian on August - 29.   

1909  Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on this day in history.   

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  Allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies on this day in history.   

1911  On August - 29 ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.   

1912  On August - 29 barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man)   

1913  Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt on this day in history.   

1913  On this day in history len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test)   

1914  Arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal on this day in history.   

1914  On August - 29 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos caught   

1914  On this day in history ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle   

1915  The birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress on August - 29.   

1915  On August - 29 denys Hay, historian   

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1387  Henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19) was born on August - 29.   

1434  On August - 29 birth of janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator   

1476  On this day in history birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

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

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 August - 29.   

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

0029  On August - 29 death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on this day in history.   

1093  On this day in history death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  On August - 29 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  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

1523  On August - 29 ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35   

1526  On this day in history louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20