Page 6: Historical Events In August - 29

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

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

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

1941  On this day in history german Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children   

1941  Henri Louis, French officer/resistance fighter, executed at 40 on this day in history.   

1942  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees   

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

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

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

1949  On August - 29 uSSR explodes its first atomic bomb   

1949  On this day in history uSSR performs first nuclear test   

1950  On August - 29 intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52   

1953  USSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb on this day in history.   

1953  On this day in history kHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting   

1954  SF International Airport (SFO) opens on this day in history.   

1956  French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis on this day in history.   

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

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

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

1958  Air Force Academy opens on August - 29.   

1958  On August - 29 air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo   

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 August - 29.   

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 August - 29.   

1965  On this day in history astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5   

1965  On this day in history gemini V, with astronauts Charles ("Pete") Conrad and Gordon Cooper aboard, splashes down after eight days of orbiting the Earth.   

1966  On this day in history beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)   

1966  On this day in history 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  On this day in history 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  On this day in history birth of bartholomeus Pitiscus, German mathematician (Trigonometry)   

1609  Sassoferrato, [Giovanni B Salvi], Italian painter (Madonna) was born on August - 29.   

1619  On August - 29 birth of jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of Naval/baron   

1628  On this day in history birth of john Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)   

1632  John Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance was born on this day in history.   

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

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

1093  Death of Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) on August - 29.   

1123  Death of King Eystein I of Norway (b. ca. 1088) on this day in history.   

1395  On August - 29 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.