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August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining.
Events
1200-1899
1900-1999 1907 - The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers1911 - Ishi , considered the last Stone Age Native American , emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California 1943 - German -occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves Danish government1944 - Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazi rulers.1949 - The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb at Kazakhstan 1952 - Premiere of John Cage 's 4'33" in Woodstock, New York 1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado 1966 - Last Beatles concert, in San Francisco 1966 - Execution of Sayyid Qutb , an important theoretician of the Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood .1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium , atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt , Germany.1991 - Supreme Soviet suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party1996 - A Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154 crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen , killing all 141 aboard1997 - At least 98 villagers killed by the GIA in the Rais massacre , Algeria 1997 - Serial killer Angel Maturino Resendiz bludgeons to death Christopher Maier of Lexington, Kentucky , the first of nine victims.
2000-2099
Births
1600-1899 1619 - French minister of finance 1632 - John Locke , philosopher (d. 1704 )1780 - Jean Ingres , French painter (d. 1867 )1805 - Frederick Maurice , English theologian (d. 1872 )1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. , physician, writer (d. 1894 )1843 - David B. Hill , Governor of New York (d. 1910 )1862 - Andrew Fisher , fifth Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928 )1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck , writer (d. 1949 ) 1876 - Charles F. Kettering , inventor of the electric starter1898 - Preston Sturges , screenwriter (d. 1959 )
1900-1999 1915 - Ingrid Bergman , actress (d. 1982 )1916 - George Montgomery, actor (d. 2000 )1917 - Isabel Sanford , actress1920 - Charlie Parker , jazz saxophonist, composer (d. 1955 )1923 - The Lord Attenborough , film director1924 - Dinah Washington , singer (d. 1963 )1924 - Consuelo Velázquez , Mexican songwriter and lyricist (d. 2005 ) 1933 - Arnold Koller , member of the Swiss Federal Council 1936 - John McCain , American politician1938 - Robert Rubin , former United States Secretary of the Treasury 1938 - Elliott Gould , actor 1939 - William Friedkin , film director1939 - Joel Schumacher , film director 1940 - Gary Gabelich , car racer and land world speed record holder1941 - Robin Leach , television host1946 - Bob Beamon , American long jumper1958 - Michael Jackson , singer/songwriter1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver , chairman of the Special Olympics 1962 - Rebecca De Mornay , actress1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello , singer1969 - Joe Swail , Northern Ireland snooker player
Deaths
800-1899
1900-1999 1904 - Murad V , deposed Ottoman sultan (b. 1840 )1930 - William Archibald Spooner , writer (b. 1844 )1935 - Queen Astrid of Belgium 1947 - Manolete, bullfighter 1966 - Sayyid Qutb , theoretician.1972 - Lale Andersen , German singer ("Lili Marleen ")1975 - Eamon de Valera , Irish statesman1981 - Lowell Thomas , travel writer1982 - Ingrid Bergman , actress1987 - Lee Marvin , actor1989 - Peter Scott , explorer, naturalist and painter (b. 1909 )1997 - Christopher Maier, student killed by Angel Maturino Resendiz
2000-2099
Holidays and observances
Fictional August 28 - August 30 - July 29 - September 29 -- listing of all days
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Oliver Wendell Holmes born on August 29 , 1809 Lucero Hogaza León born on August 29 , 1969 Bae Yong Jun born on August 29 , 1972
Hurricane Katrina: Lessons Learned - Chapter Four: A Week of Crisis (August 29 - September 5) (7846 words)
As early as 9:12 am edt on August 29 , the National Weather Service (NWS) received a report of a levee breach and shortly thereafter issued a flash flood warning, stating, “A levee breech [sic] occurred along the Industrial Canal at Tennessee Street. Three to eight feet of water is expected due to the breach. Mid-afternoon on August 29 , the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) notified DHS of a reported levee overtopping in St. Bernard’s Parish, a reported levee breach in the West Bank, and a small breach in Orleans Parish reported by local firefighters. Throughout the morning and early afternoon on August 30, the USACE continued to determine the extent of the damage and assess whether the levees could be repaired.
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