August 29

Learn the most interesting events and historical facts that happened throughout history on August 29. From 1900 until now. August 29 is under the sign of Virgo. Famous birthdays on this day include Michael Jackson (1958), Liam Payne (1993) and Ingrid Bergman (1915). Several movies were released around August 29 over the years, such as The Perks of Being a Wallflower in 2012 directed by Stephen Chbosky and Boogie Nights in 1997 directed by Paul Thomas Anderson.
But much more happened on August 29 over the years: find out below

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Holidays

The first day of Thoth - which is the first day of the Egyptian calendar. Thoth is the Ibis-headed god of knowledge.
Slovakia - Slovak National Uprising Day (1944, against the Nazis)
Eastern Orthodox Christianity and Roman Catholic Church commemorate the beheading of John the Baptist with a feast day
1997 - Judgment Day, from the movie Terminator 2: Judgment Day
Official Yakiniku Day in Japan as proclaimed by the All Japan Yakiniku Association.
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Events

2018 A 7.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Loyalty Islands, New Caledonia. (Stuff)
2017 War in Afghanistan (2001–present): A suicide bomber kills five people at the entrance of a Kabul Bank subsidiary near the Embassy of the United States in Kabul. The Taliban claims their attack targeted soldiers and police withdrawing their salaries. (Reuters)
2016 Moro conflict: At least 12 Philippine Army soldiers die in clashes with the Abu Sayyaf. (BBC)
2015 South Sudanese Civil War: A ceasefire starts between the forces of President Salva Kiir and rebel forces with claims of breaches already being made. (AFP via The Times Live), (AFP via The Daily Star)
2014 Syrian Civil War:: The United Nations estimates that three million Syrians live as refugees overseas while another 6.5 million are displaced within Syria. (Reuters)Syrian rebels attack the United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights and capture 42 Fijian peacekeepers while surrounding a base manned by 75 Filipino soldiers. (The Guardian)
2013 The French frigate Chevalier Paul leaves the port city of Toulon, though the shipping authorities declined to confirm a media report that it was headed to Syria. (Reuters) (Voice of Russia)
2012 Syrian civil war:
2011 2011 Libyan civil war:
2010 Eighty thousand people rally in Hong Kong after last week's fatal tourist coach hijacking hostage crisis in the Philippines. (Aljazeera) (BBC) (Bangkok Post) (The Independent)
2009 Chandrayaan-1 loses contact with ground control. (Indian Express)
2008 The US Mint officially launches the 2008 Alaska State quarter dollar coin at the Alaska State Fair.
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.
2006 Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad challenges George W. Bush to a live television debate. U.S. government officials decline and criticize the suggestion. (Al Jazeera)
2005 At least 1,836 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes coastal areas from Louisiana to Alabama, and travels up the entire state of Mississippi (flooding coast 31 feet/10 m), affecting most of eastern North America.
2004 Around 200,000 protesters demonstrate in New York City against U.S. President George W. Bush and his government, ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention.
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.
2002 A 78-foot long Japanese midget submarine is found in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, believed to have been sunk by the US Navy two hours before the Japanese attack in 1941.
1997 At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.
1996 U.S. President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore are re-nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
1995 Eduard Shevardnadze, the Georgian head of state, survives an assassination attempt in Tbilisi.
1993 21st du Maurier Golf Classic: Brandie Burton
1992 Largest wrestling crowd out side of US (75,000) at Wembley Stadium
1991 JFK Jr wins his 1st battle as an attorney
1990 Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq.
1988 USSR launches 3 Cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to station Mir
1987 Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th time
1986 Morocco King Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya
1985 Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission
1982 George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
1981 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
1979 Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network
1978 USTA National Tennis Center opens in Flushing, New York
1976 Sandra Palmer wins LPGA National Jewish Hospital Golf Open
1975 Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming fourth brightest in sky.
1974 USSR performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1970 Black Panthers confront police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (one policeman killed).
1969 Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving the bench
1968 1st US Open tennis match (Billie Jean King beats Dr Vija Vuskains)
1967 Final TV episode of Fugitive
1966 Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, San Francisco)
1965 Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5.
1964 Funny Thing Happened closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 performances
1963 Harmon Killebrew (Twins) HRs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in DH
1962 Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
1960 Jordan Premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack
1958 George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutcliffe)
1957 US Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957.
1956 French government routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
1954 San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
1953 KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1949 USSR explodes its first atomic bomb.
1947 Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece Premier
1945 British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
1944 Anti German rebellion in Slovakia
1943 Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germany
1941 German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
1940 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,567)
1939 Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight in war.
1937 Philadelphia Athletics' Bob Johnson is second to get six RBIs in an inning (first).
1935 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,450)
1932 International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam
1930 The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.
1929 German airship Graf Zeppelin arrives back at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, completing a round-the-world flight.
1928 The Club Deportivo Motagua of Honduras is founded.
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
1924 German Republic day accepts Dawes plan
1918 Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive
1917 WWI: The Military Service Act is passed in the Canadian House of Commons, giving the Government of Canada the right to conscript men into the army.
1916 Transportship Hsin-Yu and cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die
1915 US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.
1914 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, General Martos caught
1913 Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch government
1911 Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.
1910 Japan changes Korea's name to Chosen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.
1909 AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155 m.
1908 New York gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London.
1907 The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.
1906 Bridge in St. Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die
1905 Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville
1903 The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.
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