Historical Events and Current Affairs on August 29

Gen. Gaius Aurelius V Diocletianus Jovius (3) becomes emperor
Origin of Era of Diocletian (Martyrs)
1178: Anti-Pope Callistus III gives pope title to Alexander III
1261: Jacques Pantal‚on elected as Pope Urban IV
1475: Treaty of Picquigny] king Louis XI buys English contacts
1484: Giovanni B Cibo elected as Pope Innocent VIII
1526: Hungary conquered by Turks in Battle of Moh cs
1533: Francisco Pizarro orders death of last Incan King of Peru, Ata
1540: Emperor Karel deprives city Gent definitive rights/privileges
1612: Battle at Surat India: English fleet beats Portuguese
1640: English King Charles I signed a peace treaty with Scotland
1655: Swedish king Karel X Gustaaf occupies Warsaw
1664: Adriaen Pieck/Gerrit de Ferry patent wooden firespout in Amste
1708: English troops occupy Menorca & Sardinia
1708: Haverhill, Mass destroyed by French & Indians
1742: Edmond Hoyle published his Short Treatise on the card game w
1756: England & France meet in war
1756: Prussian Libya occupies Saxson: beginning 7 years War
1758: New Jersey Legislature forms 1st Indian reservation
1776: Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester
1786: Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Mass
1792: English warship Royal George capsizes in Spithead; kills 900
1793: Slaves in French colony of St Domingue (Haiti) freed
1831: Michael Faraday demonstrates 1st electric transformer
1842: Gr Britain & China sign Treaty of Nanking, ends Opium war
1844: 1st white-indian lacrosse game in Montreal, Indians win
1854: Self-governing windmill patented (Daniel Halladay)
1862: (Kettle Run) [->AUG 30] US7800 CS3700
1862: 2nd Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins
1862: Battle of Aspromonte-Italian royal forces defeat rebels
1862: Battle of Bull Run, VA (Manassas, Gainesville, Bristoe Station
1862: E W Tempel discovers asteroid #74 Galatea
1862: US Bureau of Engraving & Printing begins operation
1864: William Huggins discovers chemical composition of nebulae
1882: Fred Spofforth completes 14-90 for match v England (7-46 & 7-4
1883: Seismic sea waves created by Krakatoa eruption create a rise i
1885: Boxing's 1st heavyweight title fight with 3-oz gloves & 3-minu
1885: Gottlieb Daimler receives German patent for a motorcycle
1885: Phillies Charlie Ferguson no-hits Providence 1-0
1885: rounds fought between John L Sullivan & Dominick McCaffrey
1896: Chop suey invented in NYC by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassad
1904: 3rd modern Olympic Games opens in St Louis
1905: Pierre de Brazza leaves Brazzaville
1906: Bridge in St Lawrence Canada caves in; 70 die
1907: A Kopff discovers asteroid #640 Brambilla
1908: NY gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from L
1909: AH Latham of France sets world airplane altitude record of 155
1909: World's 1st air race held in Rheims France. Glenn Curtiss (USA
1913: Pieter Cort Van de Linden forms Dutch govt
1914: 4th day of Tannenberg: Russian Narev-army panics, Gen Martos c
1914: Arizonian is 1st vessel to arrive in SF via Panama Canal
1914: Battle at St Quentin: French counter attack under General Lanr
1916: Congress creates US Naval reserve
1916: Gen Von Hindenburg becomes German Chief of Staff
1916: J Palisa discovers asteroids #827 Wolfiana & #828 Lindemannia
1916: Transportship Hsin-Yu & cruiser Hai-Yung collide; 1000 die
1916: US Congress accept Jones Act: Philippines independence
1916: Von Hindenburg replaces Von Falkenhayn as German chief of staf
1924: German Republic day accepts Dawes plan
1925: After a night on the town, Babe Ruth shows up late for batting
1925: practice Miller Huggins suspends Ruth & slaps a $5,000 fine on
1927: Belyavskij & Ivanov discovers asteroids #1118 Hanskya & #1224
1929: German airship Graf Zeppelin ends a round-the-world flight
1932: International Anti-War Committee forms in Amsterdam
1932: United Cigar Stores shuts 800 shops
1935: 2nd NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Chi Bears 5, All-Stars 0 (77,45
1937: Phila A's Bob Johnson is 2nd to get 6 RBIs in an inning (1st)
1939: Chaim Weizmann informs England that Palestine Jews will fight
1940: 7th NFL Chicago All-Star Game: Green Bay 45, All-Stars 28 (84,
1941: German Einsatzkommando in Russia kills 1,469 Jewish children
1943: Denmark scuttles their warships so as not to be taken by Germa
1944: 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elys
1944: Anti German rebellion in Slovakia
1945: British liberate Hong Kong from Japan
1945: Gen MacArthur named Supreme Commander of Allied Powers in Japa
1947: Constantine Tsaldaris follows Maximos as Greece premier
1949: USSR explodes its 1st atomic bomb
1950: Intl Olympic Committee votes admission to West Germany & Japan
1953: KHSL TV channel 12 in Chico, CA (CBS) begins broadcasting
1953: USSR explodes its 1st hydrogen bomb
1954: SF International Airport (SFO) opens
1956: French govt routes troops to Cyprus near Suez crisis
1957: Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957
1957: Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24 hr filibuster against civil
1958: Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colo
1958: George Harrison joins Quarrymen (Lennon-McCartney-Best-Sutclif
1960: Jordan premier Hazza-el-Madjali deadly injured at bomb attack
1962: Some provisions of Kuwaiti constitution are suspended
1962: US U-2 flight sees SAM launch pads in Cuba
1963: Harmon Killebrew (Twins) HRs off Pete Burnside (Senators) in D
1964: Funny Thing Happened closes at Alvin Theater NYC after 965 p
1964: On Elston Howard Night, Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth's career
1964: strikeout record (1,330)
1964: Walt Disney's Mary Poppins released
1965: Astronauts Cooper & Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini
1965: Goethe Link Observatory discovers asteroid #2326 Tololo
1965: Willie Mays sets NL record for HRs in a month with his 17th of
1966: Beatles last public concert (Candlestick Park, SF)
1966: Dutch Internal minister Smallenbroek resigns after driving dru
1967: Final TV episode of Fugitive
1967: game in 20, 4-3 a total of 8 hours & 19 minutes
1967: Yanks longest day, Red Sox take 1st game 2-1 in 9, Yanks win 2
1968: Democratics nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president (Chicago)
1968: Norwegian king Harald V marries Sonja
1969: Joe Pepitone quits Yanks after being fined $500 for leaving th
1969: KYUS TV channel 3 in Miles City, MT (ABC/NBC) begins broadcast
1970: Black Panthers confront cops in Phila (1 cop killed)
1972: retired 6 days earlier for record 41 in a row
1972: SF Giant Jim Barr retires 1st 20 batters he faces added to las
1973: T Smirnova discovers asteroid #2002 Euler
1974: USSR performs underground nuclear test at Novaya Zemlya USSR
1975: Felix Aguilar Observatory discovers asteroid #6109
1975: Star in Cygnus goes nova becoming 4th brightest in sky
1977: St Louis Cardinal Lou Brock eclipses Ty Cobb's 49-year-old car
1977: stolen bases record at 893 as Padres win 4-3
1978: USSR performs nuclear test at Eastern Kazakh/Semipalitinsk USS
1979: Great Britain performs nuclear test at Nevada Test Site
1979: P Wild discovers asteroid #2320
1979: Sheridan Broadcasting Corp purchases Mutual Black Network
1981: 28th Walker Cup: US wins 15-9
1981: A Mrkos discovers asteroid #5418
1981: base en route to 122 (Spartanburg (South Atlantic League))
1981: L G Taff discovers asteroid #4143
1982: George Brett gets his 1,500th hit
1982: N S Chernykh discovers asteroid #4115 Peternorton
1982: Steve Miller's Abracadabra hits #1
1985: Atlantis moves to launch pad for 51-J mission
1985: Emmy News & Documentaries Award presentation
1985: NY Yank Don Baylor is hit by a pitch for a record 190th time
1986: H Debehogne discovers asteroid #3788, #5766, #7234 & #8264
1986: Heike Drechsler of E Germany ties world women's 200 m mark (21
1986: Morocco king Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya
1987: Nolan Ryan passes the 200-strikeout barrier for record 11th ti
1987: Rosa Mota becomes wins female Rome marathon (2:25:17)
1988: Macy's Tap-o-Mania sets Guiness record
1988: USSR launches 3 cosmonauts (Valery Polyakav, 1 Afghan) to stat
1990: C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein AFB, Germany, killing
1990: H E Holt discovers asteroid #6011 Tozzi
1990: Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq
1991: JFK Jr wins his 1st battle as an attorney
1991: USSR suspends Communist Party activities
1992: Brave's Charlie Leibrandt 1,000th strikeout & decides to keep
1992: He rolls it to the dugout, allows Ricky Jordan to take 2nd on
1992: Largest wrestling crowd out side of US (75,000) at Wembley Sta
1992: Randy Myers blows his 6th save of the season & it marks the 5t
1993: Actress Elke Sommer (52) weds Wolf Walther (46)
1993: Actress Marlee Matlin (28) weds Kevin Grandalski (28)
1993: Galileo passes within 600 miles of asteroid Ida
1994: Y Shimizu & T Urata discover asteroid #7785

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