Page 4: Historical Events In August - 29

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

1896  Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1898  The Goodyear tire company is founded on this day in history.   

1898  On August - 29 preston Sturges, [Edmund P Biden], Chic, director (Sullivan's Travels)   

1899  George Macready, Providence RI, actor (Martin Peyton-Peyton Place) on this day in history.   

1900  Oscar Nitzchke, German architect (Alcoa building/Centre Pompidou) on this day in history.   

1903  On this day in history ernst Kreuder, writer   

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

1904  On August - 29 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 this day in history.   

1905  Lan Adomian, composer on this day in history.   

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

1906  Lurene Tuttle, Pleasant Lake Ind, actress (Father of Bride, Julia) on this day in history.   

1907  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 nY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London   

1909  On this day in history aH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m   

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

1909  Francis Henry Smith, librarian on this day in history.   

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 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 August - 29 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  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  On this day in history ... Machagovsky, Russian general (Tannenberg), dies in battle   

1915  On this day in history the birth of Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress   

1915  On August - 29 denys Hay, historian   

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1387  On August - 29 birth of henry V, king of England (1413-22)/France (1416-19)   

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

1476  On August - 29 birth of kano Motonobu, Kyoto Japan, co-founder (Kano school of painting)   

1561  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  On this day in history birth of sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna)   

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

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

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on August - 29.   

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

0886  On August - 29 basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies   

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  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

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  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on August - 29.