Historical Events In August - 29

1937  Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st) on this day in history.   

1938  On this day in history the birth of Elliot Gould, American actor   

1939  On August - 29 chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II   

1940  7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567) on August - 29.   

1940  Arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77 on August - 29.   

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

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 this day in history.   

1945  On this day in history british liberate Hong Kong from Japan   

1946  On August - 29 j E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed   

1947  Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier on this day in history.   

1949  USSR explodes its first atomic bomb on this day in history.   

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  On August - 29 uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb   

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

1954  On August - 29 sF International Airport (SFO) opens   

1956  On this day in history french govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis   

1957  On August - 29 congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957   

1957  On this day in history strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights   

1957  US Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill on this day in history.   

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens   

1958  Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo on August - 29.   

1960  On this day in history jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack   

1960  Alexander Gauge, actor (Adv of Robin Hood), dies at 46 on this day in history.   

1964  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 on August - 29.   

1964  Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released on this day in history.   

1965  Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5 on this day in history.   

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

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  On this day in history final TV episode of "The Fugitive"   

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

1619  On August - 29 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 August - 29.   

0029  On this day in history death of john the Baptist, beheaded   

0886  On this day in history 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  Death of Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349) on this day in history.   

1442  On this day in history death of john VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)   

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.