Page 6: Historical Events In August - 29

1937  Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) on August - 29.   

1938  On August - 29 the birth of Elliot Gould, American actor   

1939  Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II on this day in history.   

1940  7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) on this day in history.   

1940  Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on this day in history.   

1941  German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children on August - 29.   

1941  On this day in history henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40   

1942  American Jewish conference meets in New York to discuss agenda of Jewish Unity (Rescue vs. Zionist program) on August - 29.   

1943  Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany on this day in history.   

1944  15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees on August - 29.   

1945  British liberate Hong Kong from Japan on this day in history.   

1946  On this day in history j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed   

1947  On this day in history constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier   

1949  On this day in history uSSR explodes its first atomic bomb   

1949  On August - 29 uSSR performs first nuclear test   

1950  On this day in history intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52   

1953  USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb on August - 29.   

1953  KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting on August - 29.   

1954  On this day in history sF International Airport (SFO) opens   

1956  French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on August - 29.   

1957  Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 on August - 29.   

1957  Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights on this day in history.   

1957  US Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill on August - 29.   

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens   

1958  Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo on this day in history.   

1960  Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack on August - 29.   

1960  On this day in history alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46   

1964  On this day in history uSS Boxer and two LSD's arrived off the coast of Hispaniola to give medical aid and helicopter evacuation services to people in areas of Haiti and the Dominican Republic badly damaged by Hurricane Cleo.   

1964  Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released on August - 29.   

1965  On August - 29 astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5   

1965  On August - 29 gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth.   

1966  Beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF) on August - 29.   

1966  On August - 29 the Beatles make what would utimately be their last live performance with a show at San Francisco's Candlestick Park.   

1967  Final TV episode of "The Fugitive" on August - 29.   

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

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

1609  On August - 29 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 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  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

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 this day in history.   

1395  On this day in history death of duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)   

1442  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on August - 29.   

1523  Ulrich von Hutten, German poet/humanist/patriot, dies at 35 on August - 29.   

1526  Louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20 on this day in history.