Tukuk-OS📅 August 29
23 events · 12 births · 12 deaths
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What happened on August 29? Below are the notable events chosen by Wikipedia’s editors for this date, followed by celebrated births, deaths and the observances recognised around the world.
Events
- 2016 — Chen Quanguo became the Chinese Communist Party secretary of Xinjiang, and in that role later oversaw the creation of the Xinjiang internment camps.
Chen QuanguoChinese Communist Party Committee SecretaryXinjiang
- 2007 — Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from Minot Air Force Base in North Dakota to Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana.
2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incidentUnited States Air ForceMinot Air Force Base
- 2007 — Six nuclear warheads were mistakenly loaded onto a United States Air Force heavy bomber that flew from North Dakota to Louisiana.
2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incidentUnited States Air ForceNorth Dakota
- 1996 — Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801 crashed on approach to Svalbard Airport, Norway, killing all 141 on board.
- 1991 — Italian businessman Libero Grassi was killed by the Sicilian Mafia in Palermo after taking a public stand against their extortion demands.
- 1984 — Followers of Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh (pictured) began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.
- 1984 — Followers of Osho began deliberately infecting people in The Dalles, Oregon, with Salmonella in the first and largest bioterrorist attack in United States history.
- 1960 — Air France Flight 343 crashed while attempting to land at Yoff Airport, Dakar, killing all 63 occupants.
Air France Flight 343Léopold Sédar Senghor International Airport
- 1959 — Mona Best opened the Casbah Coffee Club with a performance by the Quarrymen, the precursor of the Beatles.
- 1949 — The Soviet Union conducted its first nuclear weapons test, detonating the 22-kiloton RDS-1.
List of nuclear weapons tests of the Soviet UnionTNT equivalentRDS-1
- 1916 — Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.
- 1916 — Congress passed the Philippine Autonomy Act, the first formal and official declaration of the U.S.'s commitment to grant independence to the Philippines.
- 1914 — Due to price increases on macaroni products, rioting occurred in the Little Italy area of Providence, Rhode Island.
- 1911 — The last member of the Yahi, known as Ishi, emerged from the wilderness near Oroville, California, to join European American society.
- 1903 — Slava, the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Russian battleship SlavaBorodino-class battleshipImperial Russian Navy
- 1903 — Slava (pictured), the last of five Borodino-class battleships, was launched by the Imperial Russian Navy.
Russian battleship SlavaBorodino-class battleshipImperial Russian Navy
- 1885 — Gottlieb Daimler patented the world's first internal-combustion motorcycle, the Reitwagen (replica pictured).
- 1842 — Under the Treaty of Nanking, an "unequal treaty" that ended the First Opium War, the Chinese island from which Hong Kong would grow was ceded to Britain.
- 1831 — Michael Faraday (pictured) first experimentally demonstrated electromagnetic induction, leading to the formulation of the law of induction named after him.
Michael FaradayElectromagnetic inductionFaraday's law of induction
- 1786 — Angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement, farmers in western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays began an armed uprising against the U.S. federal government.
- 1786 — Angered by high tax burdens and disfranchisement, farmers in western Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays began an armed uprising against the U.S. federal government.
- 1475 — France signed the Treaty of Picquigny with England, freeing Louis XI to deal with the threat posed by Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy.
- 1350 — Hundred Years' War: Led by King Edward III, a fleet of 50 English ships captured at least 14 Castilian vessels and sank several more at the Battle of Winchelsea.
Births
- 2008 — Rio Ngumoha, English footballer
- 1996 — Daryll Neita, British sprinter
- 1994 — Ysaline Bonaventure, Belgian tennis player
- 1993 — Lucas Cruikshank, American YouTuber and actor
- 1993 — Liam Payne, English singer-songwriter from One Direction (died 2024)
- 1992 — Noah Syndergaard, American baseball player
- 1991 — Néstor Araujo, Mexican footballer
- 1991 — Deshaun Thomas, American basketball player
- 1990 — Jakub Kosecki, Polish footballer
- 1990 — Chris Taylor, American baseball player
- 1990 — Patrick van Aanholt, Dutch footballer
- 1989 — Charlotte Ritchie, English actress
Deaths
- 2024 — Johnny Gaudreau, American ice hockey player (born 1993)
- 2023 — Mike Enriquez, Filipino broadcaster (born 1951)
- 2021 — Ed Asner, American actor (born 1929)
- 2021 — Lee "Scratch" Perry, Jamaican reggae producer (born 1936)
- 2021 — Jacques Rogge, Belgian orthopedic surgeon, Olympic sailor and the 8th President of the International Olympic Committee (born 1942)
Jacques RoggePresident of the International Olympic Committee
- 2018 — James Mirrlees, Scottish economist, Nobel Prize laureate (born 1936)
- 2018 — Paul Taylor, American choreographer (born 1930)
- 2016 — Gene Wilder, American stage and screen comic actor, screenwriter, film director, and author (born 1933)
- 2014 — Octavio Brunetti, Argentine pianist and composer (born 1975)
- 2014 — Björn Waldegård, Swedish race car driver (born 1943)
- 2013 — Joan L. Krajewski, American lawyer and politician (born 1934)
- 2013 — Medardo Joseph Mazombwe, Zambian cardinal (born 1931)
Observances & holidays
- Christian feast day: Adelphus of Metz
- Christian feast day: Beheading of St. John the Baptist
- Christian feast day: Bronislava of Poland
- Christian feast day: Eadwold of Cerne
- Christian feast day: Blessed Edmund Ignatius Rice
- Christian feast day: Euphrasia Eluvathingal (Syro-Malabar Catholic Church)
- Christian feast day: Jeanne Jugan
- Christian feast day: John Bunyan (Episcopal Church)
- Christian feast day: Sabina
- Christian feast day: Blessed Teresa Bracco
- Christian feast day: Vitalis, Sator and Repositus
- Christian feast day: August 29 (Eastern Orthodox liturgics)
- International Day against Nuclear Tests
- Day of Remembrance of the Defenders of Ukraine (Ukraine)
- National Sports Day (India)
- Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)
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