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What happened in history on this day: August 29?
On August 29 in ...
- 1966 - NBC-TV airs the last Hullabaloo TV show.
- 1967 - ABC airs the last episode of The Fugitive TV show. The final show attracts the largest audience in TV history to this point. A total of 120 episodes aired over four years.
- 1972 - NBC airs the last The Red Skelton Show TV show.
Births on August 29
- 1899 - Birth of George Macready in Providence, Rhode Island, USA; actor (Martin Peyton - Peyton Place).
- 1906 - Birth of Lurene Tuttle in Pleasant Lake, Indiana, USA; actress (Father of Bride, Julia).
- 1912 - Birth of Barry Sullivan in New York City, New York, USA; actor (Duffy's Tavern, Man Called X, Tall Man, Harbourmaster).
- 1915 - Birth of Ingrid Bergman in Sweden; actress (Casablanca, Cactus Flower).
- 1916 - Birth of George Montgomery in Brady, Montana, USA; actor (Battle of the Bulge, Hallucination).
- 1917 - Birth of Isabel Sanford in New York City, New York, USA; actress (Louise - The Jeffersons, All in the Family).
- 1922 - Birth of Charles White in Perth Amboy, New Jersey, USA; actor (Troublemaker).
- 1923 - Birth of Richard Attenborough; actor/director (Gandhi, Young Winston).
- 1928 - Birth of Charles Gray in Bournemouth, England; actor (Clay - Rawhide).
- 1935 - Birth of William Friedkin; Movie director (CSI, Time-Life Specials: The March of Time).
- 1936 - Birth of Peter Jennings in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; news anchor (CTV, ABC TV, World News Tonight).
- 1938 - Birth of Elliott Gould in Queens, New York, USA; actor (M*A*S*H, Bob and Carol and Ted and Alice, Kim Possible, Friends, Baby Bob).
- 1939 - Birth of William Friedkin; American film director (Exorcist, Cruising, The French Connection).
- 1941 - Birth of Robin Leach; TV host (Lifestyles of Rich and Famous).
- 1959 - Birth of Rebecca DeMornay; actress (John from Cincinnati).
- 1962 - Birth of Rebecca De Mornay; actress (And God Created Women).
- 1971 - Birth of Carla Gugino; actress (Entourage, Karen Sisco, Chicago Hope).
- 1977 - Birth of John Hensley; actor (Nip/Tuck).
Deaths on August 29
- 1960 - Alexander Gauge, actor (Adventures of Robin Hood), dies at age 46.
- 1977 - Death of Jean Hagen at age 54 of throat cancer; actress (Margaret - Make Room for Daddy).
- 1981 - Death of Lowell Thomas at age 89 in Pawling, New York, USA; newscaster (NBC, CBS, host of Lowell Thomas Remembers on National Public Radio, High Adventure).
- 1983 - Death of Simon Oakland at age 68 of cancer; actor (Toma, Kolchak, Baa Baa Black Sheep TV show, Kolchak the Night Stalker TV show, Toma TV show, David Cassidy - Man Undercover TV show).
- 1987 - Death of Archie Campbell at age 72 after a heart attack; broadcaster/comedian (Hee Haw TV show).
- 2022 - Death of Charlbi Dean at age 32; South African model, actor (Triangle of Sadness).
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