Page 4: Historical Events In August - 29

1895  The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England on this day in history.   

1896  Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador on this day in history.   

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

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

1903  Ernst Kreuder, writer on August - 29.   

1904  3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis on August - 29.   

1904  Werner Forssman, German urologist (Nobel 1956) on August - 29.   

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

1905  On this day in history pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville   

1905  On this day in history lan Adomian, composer   

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

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

1907  The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers on August - 29.   

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

1908  On this day in history 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  On this day in history world's first air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins   

1909  On August - 29 francis Henry Smith, librarian   

1909  Emil C Hansen, Danish physiologist, dies on August - 29.   

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

1910  Robert Pineda-Duque, composer on August - 29.   

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

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

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

1913  On this day in history pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt   

1913  On August - 29 len Butterfield, cricketer (NZ all-rounder, Test)   

1914  On August - 29 arizonan is first vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal   

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 this day in history.   

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  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 this day in history.   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on this day in history.   

1619  Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron was born on this day in history.   

1628  On this day in history 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  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 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  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.