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 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  On August - 29 arthur De Greef, composer, dies at 77   

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

1941  On August - 29 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  On this day in history denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany   

1944  15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees on this day in history.   

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

1946  J E Feenstra, Nazi military police commandant, executed on this day in history.   

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

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

1949  USSR performs first nuclear test on August - 29.   

1950  Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52 on August - 29.   

1953  On this day in history uSSR explodes its first hydrogen bomb   

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

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

1956  On August - 29 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  On August - 29 uS Senator Strom Thurmond talks nonstop for 24 hours, 18 minutes to filibuster a civil rights bill.   

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens   

1958  On this day in history air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo   

1960  Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack on this day in history.   

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

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  On August - 29 walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released   

1965  On this day in history 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  On this day in history beatles last public concert, (Candlestick Park, SF)   

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 August - 29 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  Janus Pannonius, Hungarian poet/translator was born on this day in history.   

1476  On this day in history 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 this day in history.   

1619  On this day in history 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  On August - 29 birth of john Locke, England, empiricist philosopher; disproved substance   

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

0886  Basilius I, the Macedonier, Byzantine emperor (867-886), dies on August - 29.   

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  Death of John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) on this day in history.   

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

1526  On August - 29 louis II, King of Hungary/Bohemia, dies in accident at 20