Today In History. What Happened This Day In History
A Timeline Of Events That Occurred On This Day In History
A chronological timetable of historical events that occurred on this day in history. Historical facts of the day in the areas of military, politics, science, music, sports, arts, entertainment and more. Discover what happened today in history.
Today in History
August 29
| 70 | The Temple of Jerusalem burns after a nine-month Roman siege. | |
| 1526 | Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent crushes a Hungarian army under Lewis II at the Battle of Mohacs. | |
| 1533 | In Peru, the Inca chief Atahualpa is executed by orders of Francisco Pizarro, although the chief had already paid his ransom. | |
| 1776 | General George Washington retreats during the night from Long Island to New York City. | |
| 1793 | Slavery is abolished in Santo Domingo. | |
| 1862 | Union General John Pope's army is defeated by a smaller Confederate force at the Second Battle of Bull Run. | |
| 1882 | Australia defeats England in cricket for the first time. The following day a obituary appears in the Sporting Times addressed to the British team. | |
| 1942 | The American Red Cross announces that Japan has refused to allow safe conduct for the passage of ships with supplies for American prisoners of war. | |
| 1945 | U.S. airborne troops are landed in transport planes at Atsugi airfield, southwest of Tokyo, beginning the occupation of Japan. | |
| 1952 | In the largest bombing raid of the Korean War, 1,403 planes of the Far East Air Force bomb Pyongyang, North Korea. | |
| 1992 | Thousands of Germans demonstrate against a wave of racist attacks aimed at immigrants. | |
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Born on August 29 |
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| 1632 | John Locke, philosopher of liberalism whose ideas influenced the American founding fathers, famous for his treatise An Essay Concerning Human Understanding. | |
| 1809 | Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, essayist and father of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. | |
| 1898 | Preston Sturges, screenwiter, film director and playwright. | |
| 1915 | Ingrid Bergman, Oscar winning actress famous whose films include Casablanca and Anastasia. | |
| 1920 | Charlie "Bird" Parker, self-taught jazz saxophonist, pioneer of the new "cool" movement. | |
| 1924 | Dinah Washington, singer known in the 50s as "Queen of the Harlem Blues." | |
| 1927 | Marion Williams, gospel singer. | |
| 1958 | Michael Jackson, pop singer, entertainer. | |
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