Major Events
- 1526 Battle of Mohács: In a decisive battle, the Kingdom of Hungary is conquered by the Ottoman Empire led by Suleiman the Magnificent
- 1825 Portugal recognizes the independence of its former colony Brazil
- 1842 United Kingdom and China sign the Treaty of Nanking, ending the First Opium War
- 1862 Second Battle of Bull Run begins in Manassas, Virginia, leading to a Confederate victory in the US Civil War
- 1949 Soviet Union secretly performs its first successful nuclear weapons test at the Semipalatinsk Test Site in northeast Kazakhstan
- 2005 Hurricane Katrina makes its second and third landfalls as a Category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 people and causing over $115 billion in damage
Aug 29 in Film & TV
- 1967 Final TV episode of “The Fugitive” starring David Janssen is watched by 78 million people
Aug 29 in Music
- 1958 Cliff Richard and the Drifters release their debut single “Move It,” credited as the first British rock ‘n’ roll song
Aug 29 in Sport
- 1882 Australia beats England by 7 runs in a match dubbed the “Death of English cricket” as Australian fast bowler Fred Spofforth takes 14-90 (7-46 and 7-44)
Did You Know?
Seismic sea waves created by the Krakatoa eruption cause a rise in the English Channel 32 hours after its explosion
Fun Fact About August 29
Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California
Famous Weddings
- 1885 Pulitzer Prize-winning American author (Age of Innocence) Edith Jones (23), marries Edward “Teddy” Wharton (36)
- 1955 American “Untamed Youth” actress Mamie Van Doren (24) weds American trumpeter and actor Ray Anthony (33); divorce 1961
- 1964 46th US Vice President Dick Cheney (23) weds Lynne Ann Vincent (23) at the First Presbyterian Church of Casper in Wyoming
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