August 29 is the 241st day of the year (242nd in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of the year.
Events
- 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
- 1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
- 1475 - The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
- 1498 - Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.
- 1521 - The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.
- 1526 - Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
- 1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
- 1655 - Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
- 1756 - Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.
- 1786 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
- 1825 - Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
- 1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
- 1833 - The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.
- 1842 - Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
- 1861 - American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
- 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run
- 1869 - The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway.
- 1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).
- 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle.
- 1895 - The formation of the Northern Rugby Union at the George Hotel, Huddersfield, England.
- 1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded.
- 1907 - The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
- 1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Chōsen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
- 1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
- 1915 - US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.
- 1918 - Bapaume taken by Australian Corps and Canadian Corps in the Hundred Days Offensive
- 1922 - Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna in Asia Minor.
- 1930 - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
- 1943 - German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy;Germany dissolves the Danish government.
- 1944 - Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
- 1949 - Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
- 1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
- 1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
- 1970 - Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar.
- 1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
- 1991 - Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
- 1995 - NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
- 1996 - Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
- 1997 - At least 98 villagers are killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
- 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.
- 2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage.
- 2007 - A United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident takes place at Minot Air Force Base and Barksdale Air Force Base.
Births
- 1619 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)
- 1628 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)
- 1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)
- 1694 - Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)
- 1725 - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)
- 1728 - Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)
- 1756 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)
- 1756 - Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)
- 1777 - Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)
- 1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)
- 1805 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)
- 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894)
- 1810 - Juan Bautista Alberdi, founding father of the Argentine Republic (d. 1884)
- 1811 - Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)
- 1842 - Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907)
- 1843 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)
- 1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)
- 1857 - Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)
- 1862 - Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)
- 1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)
- 1871 - Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)
- 1876 - Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)
- 1876 - Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)
- 1898 - Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959)
- 1901 - Aurel Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)
- 1904 - Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)
- 1905 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)
- 1912 - Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian/Polish cinematographer
- 1912 - Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)
- 1912 - Sohn Kee-chung, Korean runner (d. 2002)
- 1913 - Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)
- 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)
- 1915 - Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985)
- 1916 - Luther Davis, American playwright (d. 2008)
- 1916 - George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)
- 1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)
- 1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)
- 1922 - Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (d. 2008)
- 1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director
- 1923 - Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)
- 1923 - Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer
- 1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)
- 1924 - Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)
- 1926 - Betty Lynn, American actress
- 1926 - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer
- 1928 - Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)
- 1929 - Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004)
- 1930 - Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006)
- 1931 - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)
- 1931 - Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist
- 1933 - Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor
- 1934 - John Guy, New Zealand cricketer
- 1935 - William Friedkin, American film director
- 1936 - John McCain, American politician
- 1937 - James Florio, American politician
- 1938 - Elliott Gould, American actor
- 1938 - Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1939 - Joel Schumacher, American film director
- 1940 - James Brady, American White House Press Secretary and gun control activist
- 1940 - Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)
- 1941 - Robin Leach, English television host
- 1942 - James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
- 1942 - John Heuser, Electron microscopist
- 1943 - Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (d. 1996)
- 1945 - Wyomia Tyus, American athlete
- 1946 - Bob Beamon, American long jumper
- 1947 - Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert
- 1947 - James Hunt, English race car driver (d. 1993)
- 1950 - Doug DeCinces, American baseball player
- 1950 - Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff
- 1952 - Karen Hesse, American children's writer
- 1952 - Dave Malone, American rock guitarist
- 1952 - Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress
- 1953 - James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist
- 1954 - Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist
- 1955 - Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist
- 1956 - GG Allin, American rock singer (d. 1993)
- 1957 - Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey
- 1958 - Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor
- 1958 - Michael Jackson, American singer, dancer and composer
- 1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer
- 1959 - Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor
- 1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver, member of the Kennedy Family
- 1959 - Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut
- 1959 - Rebecca De Mornay, American actress
- 1960 - Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist
- 1961 - Rodney McCray, American basketball player
- 1961 - Carsten Fischer, German field-hockey player
- 1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer
- 1962 - Carl Banks, American football player
- 1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer
- 1965 - Dina Spybey, American actress
- 1965 - Will Perdue, American basketball player
- 1967 - Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)
- 1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer
- 1969 - Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player
- 1971 - Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player
- 1971 - Carla Gugino, American actress
- 1972 - Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor
- 1973 - Adam Sessler, American TV show host
- 1973 - Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist
- 1974 - Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer
- 1975 - Dante Basco, Filipino/American actor
- 1976 - Stephen Carr, Irish footballer
- 1976 - Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player
- 1976 - Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player
- 1976 - Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer
- 1977 - John Patrick O'Brien, American footballer
- 1977 - Aaron Rowand, American baseball player
- 1977 - Devean George, American basketball player
- 1977 - Roy Oswalt, American baseball player
- 1977 - Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian
- 1977 - Jo Weil, German actor
- 1978 - Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer
- 1979 - Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist
- 1979 - Ryan Shealy, American baseball player
- 1980 - David Desrosiers, Canadian musician(Simple Plan)
- 1980 - Chris Simms, American football player
- 1980 - David West, American basketball player
- 1980 - Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor
- 1980 - Tom Allason, UK based entrepreneur
- 1980 - Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer
- 1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian pornographic actress
- 1981 - Geneviève Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist
- 1981 - Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor
- 1982 - A+, American rapper
- 1982 - Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player
- 1982 - Leon Washington, American football player
- 1985 - Jeffrey Licon, American actor
- 1986 - Lauren Collins, Canadian actress
- 1987 - Tony Kane, Irish footballer
- 1990 - Sam Stern, British chef and author
- 1992 - Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter
Deaths
- 886 - Basil I, Byzantine Emperor (b. 811)
- 1093 - Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057)
- 1123 - King Eystein I of Norway (b. c. 1088)
- 1395 - Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)
- 1442 - John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389)
- 1526 - King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in battle) (b. 1506)
- 1542 - Cristovão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (b. c. 1516)
- 1657 - John Lilburne, English dissenter
- 1712 - Gregory King, English statistician (b. 1648)
- 1769 - Edmund Hoyle, English author and teacher (b. 1672)
- 1780 - Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect (b. 1713)
- 1799 - Pope Pius VI (b. 1717)
- 1844 - Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762)
- 1856 - Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, British Christian writer (b. 1778)
- 1877 - Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801)
- 1889 - Stefan Dunjov, Banat Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815)
- 1891 - Pierre Lallement, inventor of the bicycle
- 1904 - Murad V, Ottoman Sultan (b. 1840)
- 1930 - William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)
- 1931 - David Abercrombie, Abercrombie & Fitch founder
- 1935 - Queen Astrid of Belgium (b. 1905)
- 1966 - Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906)
- 1968 - Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier and planner (b. 1881)
- 1971 - Nathan Leopold, American convicted murderer (Leopold and Loeb) (b. 1904)
- 1972 - Lale Andersen, German singer (b. 1905)
- 1975 - Eamon de Valera, first Taoiseach and third President of Ireland (b. 1882)
- 1976 - Jimmy Reed, American blues singer (b. 1925)
- 1976 - Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, revolutionary and philosopher (b. 1899)
- 1977 - Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923)
- 1977 - Brian McGuire, Australian racing driver (b. 1945)
- 1981 - Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster (b. 1892)
- 1982 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915)
- 1983 - Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915)
- 1984 - Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian statesman (b. 1901)
- 1985 - Evelyn Ankers, English actress (b. 1918)
- 1987 - Archie Campbell, American country music comedian (b. 1914)
- 1987 - Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924)
- 1989 - Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)
- 1992 - Teddy Turner, comedian (b. 1917)
- 1995 - Frank Perry, American film director (b. 1930)
- 2000 - Willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951)
- 2001 - Graeme "Shirley" Strachan, Australian singer (Skyhooks), TV and radio star (b. 1952)
- 2001 - Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926)
- 2002 - Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920)
- 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b. 1939)
- 2003 - Patrick Procktor, English artist (b. 1936)
- 2003 - Michel Constantin, French film actor (b. 1924)
- 2004 - Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)
- 2007 - Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962)
- 2007 - Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916)
- 2007 - Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)
- 2007 - James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914)
- 2008 - Geoffrey Perkins, British comedy producer (b. 1953)
Holidays and observances
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