Page 4: Historical Events In August - 29

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

1896  On this day in history chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador   

1896  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

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

1899  On this day in history george Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place)   

1900  On August - 29 oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou)   

1903  Ernst Kreuder, writer on August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

1905  On August - 29 lan Adomian, composer   

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

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  On August - 29 nY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London   

1909  AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m on this day in history.   

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

1909  On August - 29 francis Henry Smith, librarian   

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

1910  On this day in history japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.   

1910  On August - 29 robert Pineda-Duque, composer   

1910  On August - 29 allen Hill, cricket bowler (England, 2 Tests), dies   

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

1912  On this day in history barry Sullivan, NYC, actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man)   

1913  Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt on August - 29.   

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

1914  Arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal on August - 29.   

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

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

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 this day in history.   

1434  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on August - 29.   

1476  Kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting) was born on this day in history.   

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  On this day in history birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

0029  Death of John the Baptist, beheaded on this day in history.   

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

1093  On August - 29 death of hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)   

1123  On this day in history death of king Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088)   

1395  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on August - 29.   

1442  On August - 29 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