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Events on the 29th of August in history

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29 Aug 0284 Gen Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes Emperor of Rome
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29 Aug 0284 Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
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29 Aug 0708 Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).
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29 Aug 1178 Anti-Pope Callistus III gives Pope title to Alexander III
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29 Aug 1261 Pope Urban IV succeeds Pope Alexander IV as the 182nd pope.
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29 Aug 1315 Battle of Montecatini: The army of the Republic of Pisa, commanded by Uguccione della Faggiuola, wins a decisive victory against the joint forces of the Kingdom of Naples and the Republic of Florence despite being outnumbered.
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29 Aug 1350 Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
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29 Aug 1475 Treaty of Picquigny: King Louis XI buys English contacts
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29 Aug 1475 The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between the kingdoms of France and England.
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29 Aug 1484 Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII
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29 Aug 1484 Pope Innocent VIII succeeds Pope Sixtus IV.
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29 Aug 1498 Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Kingdom of Portugal.
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29 Aug 1521 The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár (Belgrade).
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29 Aug 1526 Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.
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29 Aug 1526 Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh
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29 Aug 1533 Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Atahualpa
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29 Aug 1533 Spaniard Francisco Pizarro executes Atahualpa, the last Sapa Inca (sovereign emperor) of the Inca Empire.
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29 Aug 1540 Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights / privileges
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29 Aug 1541 The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.
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29 Aug 1612 Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
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29 Aug 1640 English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
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29 Aug 1664 Adriaen Pieck / Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amsterdam
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29 Aug 1708 English troops occupy Menorca and Sardinia
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29 Aug 1708 Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
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29 Aug 1728 The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.
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29 Aug 1742 Edmond Hoyle published his "Short Treatise" on the card game whist
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29 Aug 1756 England and France meet in war
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29 Aug 1756 Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War
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29 Aug 1756 Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.
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29 Aug 1758 New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation
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29 Aug 1758 The first American Indian reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.
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29 Aug 1758 1st indian reservation established
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29 Aug 1776 Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester
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29 Aug 1778 American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island.
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29 Aug 1786 Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.
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29 Aug 1786 Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
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29 Aug 1792 English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900
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29 Aug 1793 Slaves in French colony of St. Domingue (Haiti) freed
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29 Aug 1807 British troops under Sir Arthur Wellesly defeat a Danish militia outside Copenhagen in the Battle of Køge.
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29 Aug 1825 Kingdom of Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.
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29 Aug 1831 Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer
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29 Aug 1831 Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.
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29 Aug 1842 Gr Britain and China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
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29 Aug 1842 Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.
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29 Aug 1844 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win
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29 Aug 1854 Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
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29 Aug 1861 American Civil War: United States Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.
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29 Aug 1862 Battle of Bull Run, VA (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station)
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29 Aug 1862 US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
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29 Aug 1862 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
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29 Aug 1862 Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
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29 Aug 1864 William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
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29 Aug 1869 The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first mountain-climbing rack railway.
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29 Aug 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).
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29 Aug 1882 Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match vs. England (7-46 & 7-44)
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29 Aug 1883 Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption create a rise in the English Channel 32 hrs after the explosion
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29 Aug 1885 Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen.
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29 Aug 1885 Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle
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29 Aug 1885 Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0
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29 Aug 1885 Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minute rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey
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29 Aug 1889 1st American International pro lawn tennis contest (Newport RI)
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29 Aug 1896 Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador
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29 Aug 1898 The Goodyear tire company is founded.
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29 Aug 1903 The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
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29 Aug 1904 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis
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29 Aug 1905 Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville
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29 Aug 1906 Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die
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29 Aug 1906 William J Clothier wins the US Tennis Open
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29 Aug 1907 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
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29 Aug 1908 New York gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London
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29 Aug 1909 AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m
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29 Aug 1909 World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtis (USA) wins
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29 Aug 1910 The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
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29 Aug 1911 Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
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29 Aug 1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government
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29 Aug 1914 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, General Martos caught
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29 Aug 1914 Battle at St. Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanrezac
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29 Aug 1914 Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.
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29 Aug 1914 Arizonan is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
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29 Aug 1915 US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in an accident.
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29 Aug 1916 Congress creates US Naval reserve
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29 Aug 1916 Gen Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff
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29 Aug 1916 Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die
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29 Aug 1916 US Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence
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29 Aug 1916 Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German Chief of Staff
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29 Aug 1916 The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.
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29 Aug 1916 Steamer 'Hsin Iu' sinks off China coast, 1,000 drown
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29 Aug 1918 Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
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29 Aug 1922 The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City.
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29 Aug 1924 German Republic day accepts Dawes plan
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29 Aug 1925 After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth and slaps a $5,000 fine on him
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29 Aug 1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
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29 Aug 1930 The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
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29 Aug 1932 International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam
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29 Aug 1932 United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops
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29 Aug 1935 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450)
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29 Aug 1937 Philadelphia Athletics Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
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29 Aug 1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in WW II
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29 Aug 1940 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)
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29 Aug 1941 German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
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29 Aug 1941 Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union.
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29 Aug 1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
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29 Aug 1943 German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.
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29 Aug 1944 Anti German rebellion in Slovakia
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29 Aug 1944 Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
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29 Aug 1944 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees
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29 Aug 1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
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29 Aug 1945 Gen MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japan
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29 Aug 1946 USS Nevada is decommissioned.
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29 Aug 1947 Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece Premier
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29 Aug 1949 Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.
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29 Aug 1949 USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
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29 Aug 1950 Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there.
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29 Aug 1950 Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan in '52
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29 Aug 1953 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
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29 Aug 1953 USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
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29 Aug 1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens
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29 Aug 1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
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29 Aug 1957 Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
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29 Aug 1957 Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil rights
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29 Aug 1958 George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)
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29 Aug 1958 United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
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29 Aug 1958 Air Force Academy opens
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29 Aug 1960 Jordan Premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack
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29 Aug 1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
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29 Aug 1962 US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
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29 Aug 1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) HRs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
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29 Aug 1964 "Funny Thing Happened" closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 performances
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29 Aug 1964 Walt Disney's "Mary Poppins" released
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29 Aug 1965 Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of August
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29 Aug 1965 The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic ocean.
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29 Aug 1965 Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5
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29 Aug 1966 Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, San Francisco)
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29 Aug 1966 Dutch Internal Minister Smallenbroek resigns after driving drunk
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29 Aug 1966 The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.
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29 Aug 1967 Final TV episode of "Fugitive"
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29 Aug 1967 Final TV episode of "The Fugitive"
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29 Aug 1967 Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2nd game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes
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29 Aug 1968 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)
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29 Aug 1968 Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for President (Chicago)
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29 Aug 1968 Norwegian King Harald V marries Sonja
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29 Aug 1969 Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench
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29 Aug 1969 KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC / NBC) begins broadcasting
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29 Aug 1970 Black Panthers confront cops in Philadelphia (1 cop killed)
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29 Aug 1970 Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Rubén Salazar.
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29 Aug 1974 USSR performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
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29 Aug 1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky
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29 Aug 1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
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29 Aug 1977 St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3
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29 Aug 1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York
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29 Aug 1979 Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network
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29 Aug 1981 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
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29 Aug 1981 Phillies minor leaguer Jeff Stone steals pro baseball record 121st base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
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29 Aug 1982 George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
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29 Aug 1982 Joanne Carner wins LPGA Henredon Golf Classic
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29 Aug 1982 The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.
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29 Aug 1985 Emmy News and Documentaries Award presentation
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29 Aug 1985 New York Yank Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time
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29 Aug 1985 Atlantis moves to launch pad for the 51-J mission
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29 Aug 1986 Morocco King Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya
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29 Aug 1986 Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21.71s)
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29 Aug 1987 Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
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29 Aug 1987 Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17)
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29 Aug 1988 Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record
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29 Aug 1988 USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir
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29 Aug 1990 C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing 13
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29 Aug 1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
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29 Aug 1990 Seattle Mariners become 1st team to have father-son teammates, signing Ken Griffey to play with son Ken Griffey Jr
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29 Aug 1991 JFK Jr wins his 1st battle as an attorney
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29 Aug 1991 USSR suspends Communist Party activities
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29 Aug 1991 Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
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29 Aug 1991 Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.
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29 Aug 1991 John F Kennedy Jr wins his 1st law case
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29 Aug 1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of US (75,000) at Wembley Stadium
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29 Aug 1993 21st du Maurier Golf Classic: Brandie Burton
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29 Aug 1993 93rd US Golf Amateur Championship won by John Harris
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29 Aug 1993 Actress Elke Sommer (52) weds Wolf Walther (46)
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29 Aug 1993 Actress Marlee Matlin (28) weds Kevin Grandalski (28)
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29 Aug 1996 Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.
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29 Aug 1997 At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
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29 Aug 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.
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29 Aug 2004 Michael Schumacher wins his 5th consecutive Formula One Drivers' championship (and 7th overall) at the 2004 Belgian Grand Prix to beat the 47 year old record held by Juan Manuel Fangio.
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29 Aug 2005 Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing an estimated 1,836 people and causing over $108 billion in damage.
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29 Aug 2007 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: Six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.
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29 Aug 2012 At least 26 miners are killed and 21 missing after a blast in the Xiaojiawan coal mine, located at Panzhihua in Sichuan Province, China.
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29 Aug 5502 -BC- Origin of Alexandrian Era
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