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What happened in history on this day: August 29?
On August 29 in ...
- 1776 - Americans withdraw from Manhattan to Westchester.
- 1786 - Shay's Rebellion in Springfield, Massachusetts begins.
- 1862 - The First Division National Currency Bureau is established (later the Bureau of Engraving and Printing), located in the attic of the main US Treasury building in Washington DC.
- 1862 - Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas) begins.
- 1896 - Chop suey is invented in New York City by chef of visiting Chinese Ambassador.
- 1908 - New York gives a ticker tape parade to returning US Olympians from London.
- 1916 - Tidal wave in port of Santo Somingo, Dominican Republic. US cruiser Memphis is wrecked on coral reefs and run aground. All 43 crew on board die.
- 1929 - German airship Graf Zeppelin arrives back at Lakehurst, New Jersey, USA, completing a round-the-world flight.
- 1944 - 15,000 American troops liberating Paris march down Champs Elysees.
- 1954 - San Francisco International Airport (SFO) opens.
- 1957 - Strom Thurmond (Senator-Democrat-South Carolina) ends 24 hour filibuster against civil rights.
- 1957 - US Congress passes Civil Rights Act of 1957.
- 1960 - (to September 10) In Seattle, Washington, USA, the 5th World Forestry Congress is held.
- 1965 - Astronauts Cooper and Conrad complete 120 Earth orbits in Gemini 5.
- 1970 - Black Panthers confront police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (one policeman killed).
- 1990 - American C-5 transport plane crashes at Ramstein Air Force Base, Germany, killing 13.
- 1990 - Saddam Hussein declares America can't beat Iraq.
- 1996 - U.S. President Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore are re-nominated at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.
- 1999 - (to August 30) In New York City, New York, Auctions by Bowers and Merena conducts the sale of The Walter H. Childs Collection. The Sultan of Muscat Class I specimen of the US 1804 $1 coin graded PR-68 sells for US$4,140,000, a world record price for a coin.
- 2002 - A 78-foot long Japanese midget submarine is found in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, believed to have been sunk by the US Navy two hours before the Japanese attack in 1941.
- 2004 - Around 200,000 protesters demonstrate in New York City against U.S. President George W. Bush and his government, ahead of the 2004 Republican National Convention.
- 2005 - At least 1,836 are killed, and severe damage is caused along the U.S. Gulf Coast, as Hurricane Katrina strikes coastal areas from Louisiana to Alabama, and travels up the entire state of Mississippi (flooding coast 31 feet/10 m), affecting most of eastern North America.
- 2008 - In Dayton, Ohio, Senator John McCain announces Alaska Governor Sarah Palin as his vice presidential running mate for election as US President.
- 2021 - Hurricane Ida strikes New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
Births on August 29
- 1809 - Birth of Oliver Wendell Holmes in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA; physician/author (Old Ironsides).
- 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).
- 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).
- 1924 - Birth of Dinah Washington in Chicago, Illinois, USA; singer ("What a Difference a Day Makes").
- 1928 - Birth of Thomas Stewart in San Saba, Texas, USA; baritone (La Roche Capriccio).
- 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).
- 1958 - Birth of Michael Joe Jackson in Gary, Indiana, USA; singer, songwriter, dancer and actor (The Jackson Five, Billie Jean, Beat It, Bad, Thriller).
Deaths on August 29
- 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).
- 2007 - Death of Richard Jewell, American falsely accused of bombing the Centennial Olympic Park (born 1962).
- 2015 - Death of Wayne Dyer, American author and motivational speaker (born 1940).
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