more events on August 29
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2012
The Egyptian Army’s Operation Eagle results in the deaths of 11 suspected terrorists and the arrest of another 23.
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2005
Rains from Hurricane Katrina cause a levee breech at the Industrial Canal in New Orleans, causing severe flooding.
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2003
A terrorist bomb kills Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, and nearly 100 worshipers as they leave a mosque in Najaf where the ayatollah had called for Iraqi unity.
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1995
NATO launches Operation Deliberate Force against Bosnian Serb forces.
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1992
Thousands of Germans demonstrate against a wave of racist attacks aimed at immigrants.
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1991
USSR’s parliament suspends Communist Party activities in the wake of a failed coup.
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1986
Morocco’s King Hassan II signs unity treaty with Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi, strengthening political and economic ties and creating a mutual defense pact.
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1977
Lou Brock (St Louis Cardinals) breaks Ty Cobb’s 49-year-old career stolen bases record at 893.
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1968
Democrats nominate Hubert H Humphrey for president at their Chicago convention.
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1966
The Beatles give their last public concert (Candlestick Park, San Francisco).
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1965
Astronauts L. Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles “Pete” Conrad Jr complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5, marking the first time the US set an international duration record for a manned space mission.
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1964
Mickey Mantle ties Babe Ruth’s career strikeout record (1,330).
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1960
US U-2 spy plane spots SAM (surface-to-air) missile launch pads in Cuba.
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1958
Michael Jackson, pop singer, entertainer.
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1957
US Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957 after Strom Thurmond (Sen-D-SC) ends 24-hour filibuster, the longest in Senate history, against the bill.
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1952
Karen Hesse, Newbery Medal–winning author of children’s literature (Out of the Dust).
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In the largest bombing raid of the Korean War, 1,403 planes of the Far East Air Force bomb Pyongyang, North Korea.
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1950
International Olympic Committee votes to allow West Germany and Japan to compete in 1952 games.
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1949
USSR explodes its first atomic bomb, “First Lightning.”
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1945
U.S. airborne troops are landed in transport planes at Atsugi airfield, southwest of Tokyo, beginning the occupation of Japan.
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1943
Richard Halligan, vocalist with band Blood Sweat & Tears.
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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.
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1941
Robin Leach, TV host (Life Styles of the Rich and Famous).
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1940
James Brady, press secretary who was severely wounded during John Hinckley Jr.’s attempt to assassinate US President Ronald Reagan.
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1938
Elliott Gould, actor (M*A*S*H, Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice).
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1936
John McCain, Republican US presidential nominee (2008) .
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1935
William Friedkin, director, producer, writer (The Exorcist, The French Connection).
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1933
Jehan Sadat, First Lady of Egypt (1970–1981); widow of Anwar Sadat.
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1931
Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist.
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1927
Marion Williams, gospel singer.
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1924
Dinah Washington, singer known in the 50s as “Queen of the Harlem Blues.”.
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1923
Richard Attenborough, actor, (The Great Escape, Jurassic Park) Academy Award–winning director and producer (Gandhi)
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1920
Charlie “Bird” Parker, self-taught jazz saxophonist, pioneer of the new “cool” movement.
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1915
Ingrid Bergman, Oscar winning actress famous whose films include Casablanca and Anastasia.
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1898
Preston Sturges, screenwriter, film director and playwright.
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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.
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1862
Union General John Pope‘s army is defeated by a smaller Confederate force at the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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1809
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., poet, essayist and father of Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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1793
Slavery is abolished in Santo Domingo.
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1776
General George Washington retreats during the night from Long Island to New York City.
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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.
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1533
In Peru, the Inca chief Atahualpa is executed by orders of Francisco Pizarro, although the chief had already paid his ransom.
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1526
Ottoman Suleiman the Magnificent crushes a Hungarian army under Lewis II at the Battle of Mohacs.
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70
The Temple of Jerusalem burns after a nine-month Roman siege.