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What happend on 29. August in History
In our data base we found 308 events happened on 29. August:
• 708: Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708). [category: Events]
• 886: Basil I, Byzantine emperor (b. 811) [category: Deaths]
• 979: Abu Taghlib, Emir of Mosul [category: Deaths]
• 1093: Hugh I, Duke of Burgundy (b. 1057) [category: Deaths]
• 1123: Eystein I of Norway (b. 1088) [category: Deaths]
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• 1350: Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships. [category: Events]
• 1395: Albert III, Duke of Austria (b. 1349) [category: Deaths]
• 1434: Janus Pannonius, Hungarian bishop, poet, and diplomat (d. 1472) [category: Births]
• 1442: John VI, Duke of Brittany (b. 1389) [category: Deaths]
• 1475: The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England. [category: Events]
• 1498: Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal. [category: Events]
• 1521: The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade. [category: Events]
• 1526: Louis II of Hungary (b. 1506) [category: Deaths]
• 1526: Pál Tomori Hungarian archbishop and soldier (b. 1475) [category: Deaths]
• 1526: Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia. [category: Events]
• 1533: Atahualpa, sovereign emperor (b. 1497) [category: Deaths]
• 1541: The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom. [category: Events]
• 1542: Cristóvão da Gama, Portuguese soldier (b. 1516) [category: Deaths]
• 1543: Maria of Jülich-Berg, German mother of Anne of Cleves (b. 1491) [category: Deaths]
• 1619: Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French politician (d. 1683) [category: Births]
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• 1628: John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English statesman (d. 1701) [category: Births]
• 1632: John Locke, English philosopher and physician (d. 1704) [category: Births]
• 1657: John Lilburne, English activist (b. 1614) [category: Deaths]
• 1694: Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715) [category: Births]
• 1712: Gregory King, English genealogist, engraver, and statistician (b. 1648) [category: Deaths]
• 1724: Giovanni Battista Casti, Italian poet and author (d. 1803) [category: Births]
• 1725: Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767) [category: Births]
• 1728: Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony (d. 1797) [category: Births]
• 1749: Matthias Bel, Hungarian pastor and polymath (b. 1684) [category: Deaths]
• 1756: Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845) [category: Births]
• 1756: Jan Śniadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830) [category: Births]
• 1756: Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War. [category: Events]
• 1758: The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey. [category: Events]
• 1769: Edmund Hoyle, English author and teacher (b. 1672) [category: Deaths]
• 1777: Hyacinth, Chuvash founder of Sinology (d. 1853) [category: Births]
• 1778: American Revolutionary War: British and American forces battle indecisively at the Battle of Rhode Island. [category: Events]
• 1780: Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres, French painter (d. 1867) [category: Births]
• 1780: Jacques-Germain Soufflot, French architect, co-designed The Panthéon (b. 1713) [category: Deaths]
• 1786: Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens. [category: Events]
• 1799: Pope Pius VI (b. 1717) [category: Deaths]
• 1805: Frederick Denison Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872) [category: Births]
• 1809: Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894) [category: Births]
• 1810: Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian theorist and diplomat (d. 1884) [category: Births]
• 1811: Henry Bergh, American activist and writer, founder of ASPCA (d. 1888) [category: Births]
• 1825: Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil. [category: Events]
• 1831: Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction. [category: Events]
• 1833: The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire. [category: Events]
• 1842: Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907) [category: Births]
• 1842: Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War. [category: Events]
• 1843: David B. Hill, American politician, 29th Governor of New York (d. 1910) [category: Births]
• 1844: Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929) [category: Births]
• 1844: Edmund Ignatius Rice, Irish missionary and educator, founder of the Christian Brothers and Presentation Brothers (b. 1762) [category: Deaths]
• 1856: Mary Anne Schimmelpenninck, English author (b. 1778) [category: Deaths]
• 1857: Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937) [category: Births]
• 1861: American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina. [category: Events]
• 1862: Andrew Fisher, Australian politician, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928) [category: Births]
• 1862: Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1866: Tokugawa Iemochi, Japanese 14th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate (b. 1846) [category: Deaths]
• 1869: The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway. [category: Events]
• 1871: Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950) [category: Births]
• 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). [category: Events]
• 1875: Leonardo De Lorenzo, Italian flautist and educator (d. 1962) [category: Births]
• 1876: Charles F. Kettering, American engineer and businessman, founded Delco Electronics (d. 1958) [category: Births]
• 1876: Kim Gu, Korean politician, 6th President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949) [category: Births]
• 1877: Brigham Young, American religious leader, 2nd President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (b. 1801) [category: Deaths]
• 1880: Marie-Louise Meilleur, Canadian super-centenarian (d. 1998) [category: Births]
• 1881: Albert Henderson, Canadian footballer (d. 1947) [category: Births]
• 1885: Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first internal combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen [category: Events]
• 1889: Stefan Dunjov, Bulgarian military figure (b. 1815) [category: Deaths]
• 1891: Pierre Lallement, French inventor of the bicycle (b. 1843) [category: Deaths]
• 1892: William Forbes Skene, Scottish historian (b. 1809) [category: Deaths]
• 1898: Preston Sturges, American director and producer (d. 1959) [category: Births]
• 1898: The Goodyear tire company is founded. [category: Events]
• 1901: Aurèle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986) [category: Births]
• 1903: The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched. [category: Events]
• 1904: Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel Prize laureate (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1904: Murad V, Ottoman sultan (b. 1840) [category: Deaths]
• 1905: Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish activist (d. 1941) [category: Births]
• 1905: Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979) [category: Births]
• 1907: The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers. [category: Events]
• 1910: Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1911: Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California. [category: Events]
• 1912: Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994) [category: Births]
• 1912: Sohn Kee-chung, Korean runner (d. 2002) [category: Births]
• 1912: Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian-Polish cinematographer [category: Births]
• 1913: Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999) [category: Births]
• 1915: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982) [category: Births]
• 1915: Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985) [category: Births]
• 1915: US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident. [category: Events]
• 1916: George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1916: Luther Davis, American playwright (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1916: The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act. [category: Events]
• 1917: Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1917: George Huntington Hartford, American businessman (b. 1833) [category: Deaths]
• 1918: Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive. [category: Events]
• 1920: Charlie Parker, American saxophonist and composer (d. 1955) [category: Births]
• 1922: Richard Blackwell, American actor, journalist, fashion designer, and critic (d. 2008) [category: Births]
• 1922: The first radio advertisement is broadcast on WEAF-AM in New York City. [category: Events]
• 1923: Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer (d. 2003) [category: Births]
• 1923: Marmaduke Hussey, Baron Hussey of North Bradley, English broadcasting executive (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1923: Richard Attenborough, English director [category: Births]
• 1924: Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican pianist and songwriter (d. 2005) [category: Births]
• 1924: Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963) [category: Births]
• 1924: María Dolores Pradera, Spanish singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1926: Betty Lynn, American actress [category: Births]
• 1926: Helene Ahrweiler, Greek historian and educator [category: Births]
• 1928: Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000) [category: Births]
• 1928: Herbert Meier, Swiss writer and translator [category: Births]
• 1929: Thom Gunn, English-American poet (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1930: Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006) [category: Births]
• 1930: William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844) [category: Deaths]
• 1930: The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland. [category: Events]
• 1931: Lise Payette, Canadian politician, writer, and columnist [category: Births]
• 1931: Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001) [category: Births]
• 1931: David T. Abercrombie, American businessman, co-founder of Abercrombie & Fitch (b. 1867) [category: Deaths]
• 1932: Lakis Petropoulos, Greek footballer (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1933: Arnold Koller, Swiss politician [category: Births]
• 1934: Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004) [category: Births]
• 1934: John Guy, New Zealand cricketer [category: Births]
• 1935: László Garai, Hungarian scientist and psychologist [category: Births]
• 1935: William Friedkin, American director [category: Births]
• 1935: Astrid of Sweden (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1936: John McCain, American politician [category: Births]
• 1937: James Florio, American politician [category: Births]
• 1938: Christian Müller, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1938: Elliott Gould, American actor [category: Births]
• 1938: Robert Rubin, American politician, 70th United States Secretary of the Treasury [category: Births]
• 1939: Joel Schumacher, American director [category: Births]
• 1939: Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian discus thrower [category: Births]
• 1940: Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984) [category: Births]
• 1940: James Brady, American activist, 15th White House Press Secretary [category: Births]
• 1941: Robin Leach, English television host [category: Births]
• 1941: Tallinn, the Capital of Estonia is occupied by Nazi Germany following an occupation by the Soviet Union. [category: Events]
• 1942: James Glennon, American scientist [category: Births]
• 1943: Dick Halligan, American musician and composer (Blood, Sweat & Tears) [category: Births]
• 1943: Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photographer and journalist (d. 1996) [category: Births]
• 1943: German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government. [category: Events]
• 1944: Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis. [category: Events]
• 1945: Chris Copping, English singer-songwriter, musician, and composer [category: Births]
• 1945: Wyomia Tyus, American runner [category: Births]
• 1946: Bob Beamon, American long jumper [category: Births]
• 1946: Demetris Christofias, Greek-Cypriot politician, and 6th President of Cyprus [category: Births]
• 1946: Adolphus Busch III, American businessman (b. 1891) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: Grigory Semyonov, Russian general (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1946: USS Nevada (BB-36) is decommissioned. [category: Events]
• 1947: James Hunt, English Grand Prix driver and 1976 World Drivers' Champion (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1947: Temple Grandin, American doctor and activist [category: Births]
• 1947: Manolete, Spanish bullfighter (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1949: Werner Kaiser, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1949: Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan. [category: Events]
• 1950: Dave Reichert, American politician [category: Births]
• 1950: Doug DeCinces, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1950: Frank Henenlotter, American director [category: Births]
• 1950: Michael (Dahulich), American bishop [category: Births]
• 1950: Korean War: British troops arrive in Korea to bolster the US presence there. [category: Events]
• 1951: Sydney Chapman, English economist and civil servant (b. 1871) [category: Deaths]
• 1952: Dave Malone, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (The Radiators) [category: Births]
• 1952: Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress [category: Births]
• 1952: Karen Hesse, American author [category: Births]
• 1953: James Quesada, Nicaraguan-American anthropologist [category: Births]
• 1954: Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American novelist [category: Births]
• 1955: Diamanda Galás, American singer, pianist, and composer [category: Births]
• 1955: Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1955: Jacob Lew, American politician, 25th White House Chief of Staff [category: Births]
• 1956: Charalambos Xanthopoulos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1956: GG Allin, American singer-songwriter (The Murder Junkies and The Jabbers) (d. 1993) [category: Births]
• 1956: Mark Morris, American choreographer [category: Births]
• 1957: Jerry D. Bailey, American jockey [category: Births]
• 1958: Lenny Henry, English comedian, actor, and writer [category: Births]
• 1958: Michael Jackson, American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor (The Jackson 5) (d. 2009) [category: Births]
• 1958: United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado. [category: Events]
• 1959: Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian actor [category: Births]
• 1959: Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut [category: Births]
• 1959: Eddi Reader, Scottish singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer (Fairground Attraction) [category: Births]
• 1959: Rebecca De Mornay, American actress [category: Births]
• 1959: Stephen Wolfram, English physicist and mathematician [category: Births]
• 1959: Timothy Shriver, American businessman and activist [category: Births]
• 1960: Todd English, American chef [category: Births]
• 1960: Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist, composer, and producer (Planet X, CAB, Ring of Fire, and Seven the Hardway) [category: Births]
• 1961: Carsten Fischer, German field hockey player [category: Births]
• 1961: Rodney McCray, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1962: Carl Banks, American football player [category: Births]
• 1962: Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1962: Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor, writer, and singer [category: Births]
• 1963: Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer (Cocteau Twins [category: Births]
• 1964: Zisis Tsekos, Greek footballer [category: Births]
• 1965: Dina Spybey, American actress [category: Births]
• 1965: Will Perdue, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1965: The Gemini V spacecraft returns to Earth, landing in the Atlantic ocean. [category: Events]
• 1966: Jörn Großkopf, German footballer [category: Births]
• 1966: Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theorist, author, and poet (b. 1906) [category: Deaths]
• 1966: The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. [category: Events]
• 1967: Anton Newcombe, American singer-songwriter and musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) [category: Births]
• 1967: Jiří Růžek, Czech photographer [category: Births]
• 1968: Meshell Ndegeocello, German-American singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1968: Ulysses S. Grant III, American soldier (b. 1881) [category: Deaths]
• 1969: Joe Swail, Irish snooker player [category: Births]
• 1969: Lucero, Mexican singer and actress [category: Births]
• 1970: Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar. [category: Events]
• 1971: Alex Griffin, English bass player (Ned's Atomic Dustbin) [category: Births]
• 1971: Carla Gugino, American actress [category: Births]
• 1971: Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player [category: Births]
• 1971: Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr., American convicted murderer (b. 1904) [category: Deaths]
• 1972: Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor [category: Births]
• 1972: Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter (b. 1905) [category: Deaths]
• 1973: Adam Sessler, American television host [category: Births]
• 1973: Olivier Jacque, French motorcycle racer [category: Births]
• 1974: Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer [category: Births]
• 1975: Dante Basco, Filipino-American actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor [category: Births]
• 1975: Kyle Cook, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (Matchbox 20 and The New Left) [category: Births]
• 1975: Éamon de Valera, Irish politician, 3rd President of Ireland (b. 1882) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Giorgos Kalaitzis, Greek basketball player [category: Births]
• 1976: Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player [category: Births]
• 1976: Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1976: Stephen Carr, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1976: Jimmy Reed, American singer-songwriter and guitarist (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 1976: Kazi Nazrul Islam, Bengali poet, musician, and philosopher (b. 1899) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Aaron Rowand, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian [category: Births]
• 1977: Devean George, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Jo Weil, German actor [category: Births]
• 1977: John Hensley, American actor [category: Births]
• 1977: John Patrick O'Brien, American soccer player [category: Births]
• 1977: Roy Oswalt, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1977: Brian McGuire, Australian race car driver (b. 1945) [category: Deaths]
• 1977: Jean Hagen, American actress (b. 1923) [category: Deaths]
• 1978: Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1979: Ryan Shealy, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1979: Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1980: Chris Simms, American football player [category: Births]
• 1980: David Desrosiers, Canadian singer-songwriter and bass player (Simple Plan and Reset) [category: Births]
• 1980: David West, American basketball player [category: Births]
• 1980: Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer [category: Births]
• 1980: Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Dennis Joseph O'Neil, Korean-American actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Geneviève Jeanson, Canadian cyclist [category: Births]
• 1981: Jay Ryan, New Zealand actor [category: Births]
• 1981: Lanny Barbie, Canadian porn actress [category: Births]
• 1981: Lowell Thomas, American writer and broadcaster (b. 1892) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player [category: Births]
• 1982: Vincent Enyeama, Nigerian footballer [category: Births]
• 1982: Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910) [category: Deaths]
• 1982: The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany. [category: Events]
• 1983: Simon Oakland, American actor (b. 1915) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Alexander Hug, German rugby player [category: Births]
• 1984: Muhammad Naguib, Egyptian politician, 1st President of Egypt (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1984: Pina Menichelli, Italian actress (b. 1890) [category: Deaths]
• 1985: Jeffrey Licon, American actor [category: Births]
• 1985: Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player [category: Births]
• 1985: Evelyn Ankers, English actress (b. 1918) [category: Deaths]
• 1986: Lauren Collins, Canadian actress [category: Births]
• 1986: Lea Michele, American actress and singer [category: Births]
• 1987: Tony Kane, Irish footballer [category: Births]
• 1987: Archie Campbell, American comedian, writer, and actor (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 1987: Lee Marvin, American actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1989: Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909) [category: Deaths]
• 1990: Julia Vlassov, American figure skater [category: Births]
• 1990: Nicole Anderson, American actress [category: Births]
• 1990: Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer [category: Births]
• 1990: Manly Palmer Hall, Canadian writer and mystic (b. 1901) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Anikó Kovacsics, Hungarian handball player [category: Births]
• 1991: Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer [category: Births]
• 1991: Libero Grassi, Italian businessman (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 1991: Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands. [category: Events]
• 1991: Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party. [category: Events]
• 1992: Mallu Magalhães, Brazilian singer-songwriter [category: Births]
• 1992: Félix Guattari, French philosopher and theorist (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 1992: Teddy Turner, English comedian and actor (b. 1917) [category: Deaths]
• 1993: Lucas Cruikshank, American comedian and actor [category: Births]
• 1995: Frank Perry, American director (b. 1930) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 1997: At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria. [category: Events]
• 2000: Shelagh Fraser, English actress (b. 1922) [category: Deaths]
• 2000: Willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Francisco Rabal, Spanish actor (b. 1926) [category: Deaths]
• 2001: Graeme Strachan, Australian singer-songwriter (Skyhooks) (b. 1952) [category: Deaths]
• 2002: Alan MacNaughtan, Scottish actor (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Michel Constantin, French actor (b. 1924) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Mohammad Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2003: Patrick Procktor, English artist (b. 1936) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2004: Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2007: Alfred Peet, Dutch-American businessman, founder of Peet's Coffee & Tea (b. 1920) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Pierre Messmer, French politician, Prime Minister of France (b. 1916) [category: Deaths]
• 2007: Richard Jewell, American police officer (b. 1962) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2008: Geoffrey Perkins, English comedian, writer, and producer (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2008: Michael Schoenberg, American geophysicist (b. 1939) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Les Moss, American baseball player and coach (b. 1925) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Nicholas Goodrick-Clarke, English academic and author (b. 1953) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Said Aburish, Palestinian journalist (b. 1935) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Sergei Ovchinnikov, Russian volleyball coach (b. 1969) [category: Deaths]
• 2012: Shoshichi Kobayashi, Japanese-American mathematician (b. 1932) [category: Deaths]
• 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. [category: Events]
• 2012: The opening ceremony of the Summer Paralympic Games is held in London. [category: Events]
• _: August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Beheading of St. John the Baptist [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Christian feast day: [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: International Day against Nuclear Tests [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Sabina [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia) [category: Holidays and observances]
• _: The first day of Thoth, the first day of the Egyptian calendar. [category: Holidays and observances]