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August 29

A look at August 29 through the almanac — historic events, famous birthdays including Michael Jackson and John Locke, and the day's notable deaths and observances.

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Events

10 notable moments
  1. 1996

    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801

    Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

    1996 aviation accident in
  2. 1991

    Libero Grassi

    Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo, is killed by the Sicilian Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

    Italian clothing manufucturer
  3. 1960

    Air France Flight 343

    Air France Flight 343 crashes on approach to Yoff Airport in Senegal, killing all 63 aboard.

    1960 aviation accident in
  4. 1914

    World War I

    World War I: Start of the Battle of St. Quentin in which the French Fifth Army counter-attacked the invading Germans at Saint-Quentin, Aisne.

    1914–1918 global conflict
  5. 1903

    Russian battleship Slava

    The Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.

    Borodino-class pre-dreadnought
  6. 1885

    Gottlieb Daimler

    Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle with an internal combustion engine, the Reitwagen.

    German engineer, industrialist and
  7. 1842

    Treaty of Nanking

    Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.

    1842 treaty between Qing
  8. 1831

    Michael Faraday

    Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.

    English chemist and physicist
  9. 1728

    Nuuk

    The city of Nuuk in Greenland is founded as the fort of Godt-Haab by the royal governor Claus Paarss.

    Capital and largest city
  10. 1475

    Hundred Years' War

    Hundred Years' War: The Treaty of Picquigny formally ends the war between the kingdoms of France and England.

    Medieval Anglo-French conflicts, 1337–1453
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Famous birthday twins

Born on August 29

Michael Jackson

b. 1958

American singer-songwriter, producer, dancer, and actor

John Locke

b. 1632

English physician and philosopher

John McCain

b. 1936

American captain and politician

Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres

b. 1780

French painter and illustrator

Ingrid Bergman

b. 1915

Swedish actress

Tony MacAlpine

b. 1960

American guitarist, songwriter, and producer

Maurice Maeterlinck

b. 1862

Belgian poet and playwright, Nobel Prize laureate

Richard Attenborough

b. 1923

English actor, director, and producer

Deaths

  • 1991Libero Grassi, Italian businessman
  • 1987Lee Marvin, American actor
  • 1982Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress
  • 1972Lale Andersen, German singer-songwriter
  • 1523Ulrich von Hutten, Lutheran reformer
  • 886Basil I, Byzantine emperor

Holidays & observances

  • —Christian feast day: Adelphus of Metz
  • —Christian feast day: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
  • —Christian feast day: Eadwold of Cerne
  • —Christian feast day: Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
  • —Christian feast day: John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)
  • —Christian feast day: Sabina
  • —Christian feast day: Vitalis, Sator and Repositus
  • —Christian feast day: August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)

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