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August 29th - holidays
- Christian Feast Day:

- Slovak National Uprising Anniversary (Slovakia)

- The first day of Thoth, the first day of the Egyptian calendar.

August 29th - events
- 2007 - 2007 United States Air Force nuclear weapons incident: six US cruise missiles armed with nuclear warheads are flown without proper authorization from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base.

- 2005 - Hurricane Katrina devastates much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to the Florida Panhandle, killing more than 1,836 and causing over $80 billion in damage.

- 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, the Shia Muslim leader in Iraq, is assassinated in a terrorist bombing, along with nearly 100 worshippers as they leave a mosque in Najaf.

- 1997 - At least 98 villagers are killed by the Armed Islamic Group of Algeria GIA in the Rais massacre, Algeria.

- 1996 - Vnukovo Airlines Flight 2801, a Vnukovo Airlines Tupolev Tu-154, crashes into a mountain on the Arctic island of Spitsbergen, killing all 141 aboard.

- 1991 - Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.

- 1991 - Libero Grassi, an Italian businessman from Palermo is killed by the Mafia after taking a solitary stand against their extortion demands.

- 1982 - The synthetic chemical element Meitnerium, atomic number 109, is first synthesized at the Gesellschaft für Schwerionenforschung in Darmstadt, Germany.

- 1970 - Chicano Moratorium against the Vietnam War, East Los Angeles, California. Police riot kills three people, including journalist Ruben Salazar.

- 1966 - The Beatles perform their last concert before paying fans at Candlestick Park in San Francisco.

- 1958 - United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

- 1949 - Soviet atomic bomb project: The Soviet Union tests its first atomic bomb, known as First Lightning or Joe 1, at Semipalatinsk, Kazakhstan.

- 1944 - Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.

- 1943 - German-occupied Denmark scuttles most of its navy; Germany dissolves the Danish government.

- 1930 - The last 36 remaining inhabitants of St Kilda are voluntarily evacuated to other parts of Scotland.

- 1922 - Turkish forces set fire to Smyrna in Asia Minor.

- 1918 - Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive

- 1916 - The United States passes the Philippine Autonomy Act.

- 1915 - US Navy salvage divers raise F-4, the first U.S. submarine sunk in accident.

- 1911 - Ishi, considered the last Native American to make contact with European Americans, emerges from the wilderness of northeastern California.

- 1910 - Japan changes Korea's name to Ch?sen and appoints a governor-general to rule its new colony.

- 1907 - The Quebec Bridge collapses during construction, killing 75 workers.

- 1903 - The Russian battleship Slava, the last of the five Borodino-class battleships, is launched.

- 1898 - The Goodyear tire company is founded.

- 1885 - Gottlieb Daimler patents the world's first motorcycle.

- 1871 - Emperor Meiji orders the Abolition of the han system and the establishment of prefectures as local centers of administration. (Traditional Japanese date: July 14, 1871).

- 1869 - The Mount Washington Cog Railway opens, making it the world's first rack railway.

- 1861 - American Civil War: US Navy squadron captures forts at Hatteras Inlet, North Carolina.

- 1842 - Treaty of Nanking signing ends the First Opium War.

- 1833 - The United Kingdom legislates the abolition of slavery in its empire.

- 1831 - Michael Faraday discovers electromagnetic induction.

- 1825 - Portugal recognizes the Independence of Brazil.

- 1786 - Shays' Rebellion, an armed uprising of Massachusetts farmers, begins in response to high debt and tax burdens.

- 1758 - The first American Indian Reservation is established, at Indian Mills, New Jersey.

- 1756 - Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years' War.

- 1655 - Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.

- 1541 - The Ottoman Turks capture Buda, the capital of the Hungarian Kingdom.

- 1526 - Battle of Mohács: The Ottoman Turks led by Suleiman the Magnificent defeat and kill the last Jagiellonian king of Hungary and Bohemia.

- 1521 - The Ottoman Turks capture Nándorfehérvár, now known as Belgrade.

- 1498 - Vasco da Gama decides to depart Calicut and return to Portugal.

- 1475 - The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.

- 1350 - Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.

- 708 - Copper coins are minted in Japan for the first time (Traditional Japanese date: August 10, 708).

August 29th - births
- 1992 - Mallu Magalhăes, Brazilian singer-songwriter

- 1990 - Nicole Anderson, American actress

- 1987 - Tony Kane, Irish footballer

- 1986 - Lauren Collins, Canadian actress

- 1986 - Lea Michele, American actress and singer

- 1985 - Jeffrey Licon, American actor

- 1985 - Marc Rzepczynski, American baseball player

- 1984 - Alexander Hug, German rugby player

- 1982 - Carlos Delfino, Argentine basketball player

- 1981 - Lanny Barbie, Canadian pornographic actress

- 1981 - Genevičve Jeanson, French Canadian cyclist

- 1981 - Jay Ryan (Jay Bunyan), Australian actor

- 1981 - Dennis Oh, Korean-American actor

- 1980 - David Desrosiers, Canadian musician (Simple Plan)

- 1980 - Chris Simms, American football player

- 1980 - David West, American basketball player

- 1980 - Nicholas Tse, Hong Kong singer and actor

- 1980 - Mohammad Sheikh, Kenyan cricketer

- 1979 - Chieu Luu, Canadian journalist

- 1979 - Ryan Shealy, American baseball player

- 1979 - Stijn Devolder, Belgian cyclist

- 1978 - Celestine Babayaro, Nigerian footballer

- 1977 - John Patrick O'Brien, American footballer

- 1977 - Aaron Rowand, American baseball player

- 1977 - Devean George, American basketball player

- 1977 - Roy Oswalt, American baseball player

- 1977 - Charlie Pickering, Australian comedian

- 1977 - Jo Weil, German actor

- 1976 - Stephen Carr, Irish footballer

- 1976 - Kevin Kaesviharn, American football player

- 1976 - Pablo Mastroeni, American soccer player

- 1976 - Jon Dahl Tomasson, Danish footballer

- 1975 - Dante Basco, Filipino/American actor

- 1975 - Juan Diego Botto, Argentine-Spanish actor

- 1974 - Kumi Tanioka, Japanese composer

- 1973 - Adam Sessler, American TV show host

- 1973 - Olivier Jacque, motorcyclist

- 1972 - Bae Yong Joon, South Korean actor

- 1971 - Henry Blanco, Venezuelan baseball player

- 1971 - Carla Gugino, American actress

- 1970 - Chris Daugherty, Winner of Survivor: Vanuatu

- 1969 - Joe Swail, Northern Irish snooker player

- 1968 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, American singer

- 1967 - Anton Newcombe, American musician (The Brian Jonestown Massacre)

- 1967 - Ji?í R?ek, Czech photographer

- 1966 - Jörn Großkopf, German footballer

- 1965 - Will Perdue, American basketball player

- 1965 - Dina Spybey, American actress

- 1963 - Elizabeth Fraser, Scottish singer

- 1962 - Hiroki Kikuta, Japanese composer

- 1962 - Carl Banks, American football player

- 1962 - Ian James Corlett, Canadian voice actor

- 1961 - Carsten Fischer, German field-hockey player

- 1961 - Rodney McCray, American basketball player

- 1960 - Todd English, American chef

- 1960 - Tony MacAlpine, American guitarist

- 1959 - Timothy Perry Shriver, member of the Kennedy Family

- 1959 - Chris Hadfield, Canadian astronaut

- 1959 - Rebecca De Mornay, American actress

- 1959 - Stephen Wolfram, British physicist and mathematician (Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, A New Kind of Science)

- 1959 - Ernesto Rodrigues, Portuguese composer

- 1959 - Akkineni Nagarjuna, Indian Telugu actor

- 1958 - Lenny Henry, British writer, comedian and actor

- 1958 - Michael Jackson, American pop singer (d. 2009)

- 1957 - Jerry D. Bailey, American racing jockey

- 1956 - GG Allin, American rock singer (d. 1993)

- 1956 - Mark Morris, American choreographer

- 1955 - Diamanda Galas, American singer

- 1955 - Frank Hoste, Belgian cyclist

- 1955 - Jacob Lew, American government official

- 1954 - Michael P. Kube-McDowell, American science fiction novelist

- 1953 - James Quesada, Nicaraguan/American anthropologist

- 1952 - Karen Hesse, American children's writer

- 1952 - Dave Malone, American rock guitarist

- 1952 - Deborah Van Valkenburgh, American actress

- 1950 - Doug DeCinces, American baseball player

- 1950 - Dave Reichert, American politician and sheriff

- 1950 - Frank Henenlotter, American director

- 1949 - Werner Kaiser, German footballer

- 1947 - Temple Grandin, American animal welfare and autism expert

- 1947 - James Hunt, English racing driver (d. 1993)

- 1946 - Bob Beamon, American long jumper

- 1946 - Dimitris Christofias, Cypriot politician and sixth President of the Republic of Cyprus

- 1945 - Wyomia Tyus, American athlete

- 1943 - Mohamed Amin, Kenyan photojournalist (d. 1996)

- 1942 - James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)

- 1942 - John Heuser, Electron microscopist

- 1941 - Robin Leach, English television host

- 1940 - James Brady, American White House Press Secretary and gun control activist

- 1940 - Gary Gabelich, American race car driver (d. 1984)

- 1939 - Joel Schumacher, American film director

- 1938 - Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury 1995-1999

- 1938 - Elliott Gould, American actor

- 1937 - James Florio, American politician

- 1936 - John McCain, American politician

- 1935 - William Friedkin, American film director

- 1935 - Laszlo Garai, Hungarian scientist, psychologist

- 1934 - John Guy, New Zealand cricketer

- 1934 - Dimitris Papamichael, Greek actor and director (d. 2004)

- 1933 - Arnold Koller, Swiss Federal Councilor

- 1931 - Stelios Kazantzidis, Greek singer (d. 2001)

- 1931 - Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist

- 1930 - Jacques Bouchard, Canadian advertising executive (d. 2006)

- 1929 - Thom Gunn, British poet (d. 2004)

- 1928 - Charles Gray, English actor (d. 2000)

- 1928 - Herbert Meier, Swiss writer

- 1927 - Jimmy C. Newman, American Country and Western and Cajun Singer.

- 1926 - Helene Ahrweiler, Greek Byzantinologist

- 1926 - Betty Lynn, American actress

- 1926 - María Dolores Pradera, Spanish melodic singer

- 1924 - Consuelo Velázquez, Mexican songwriter (d. 2005)

- 1924 - Dinah Washington, American singer (d. 1963)

- 1923 - Richard Attenborough, English film director

- 1923 - Marmaduke Hussey, BBC Chairman (d. 2006)

- 1923 - Hiralal Gaekwad, Indian cricketer

- 1922 - Mr. Blackwell, American fashion critic (d. 2008)

- 1920 - Charlie Parker, American musician (d. 1955)

- 1917 - Isabel Sanford, American actress (d. 2004)

- 1916 - Luther Davis, American playwright (d. 2008)

- 1916 - George Montgomery, American actor (d. 2000)

- 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, Swedish actress (d. 1982)

- 1915 - Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985)

- 1913 - Len Butterfield, New Zealand cricketer (d. 1999)

- 1912 - Sohn Kee-chung, Korean runner (d. 2002)

- 1912 - Wolfgang Suschitzky, Austrian/Polish cinematographer

- 1912 - Barry Sullivan, American actor (d. 1994)

- 1910 - Vivien Thomas, African American surgeon (d. 1985)

- 1905 - Arndt Pekurinen, Finnish pacifist (d. 1941)

- 1905 - Dhyan Chand, Indian hockey player (d. 1979)

- 1904 - Werner Forssmann, German physician Nobel laureate (d. 1979)

- 1901 - Aurčle Joliat, Canadian ice hockey player (d. 1986)

- 1898 - Preston Sturges, American filmmaker (d. 1959)

- 1876 - Charles F. Kettering, American inventor (d. 1958)

- 1876 - Kim Gu, President of the Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea (d. 1949)

- 1871 - Albert Lebrun, French politician (d. 1950)

- 1862 - Andrew Fisher, 5th Prime Minister of Australia (d. 1928)

- 1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, Belgian poet Nobel laureate (d. 1949)

- 1857 - Sandford Schultz, English cricketer (d. 1937)

- 1844 - Edward Carpenter, English poet (d. 1929)

- 1843 - David B. Hill, Governor of New York (d. 1910)

- 1842 - Alfred Shaw, English cricketer (d. 1907)

- 1811 - Henry Bergh, founder of American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (d. 1888)

- 1810 - Juan Bautista Alberdi, Argentinian politician, writer and Constitution main promoter (d. 1884)

- 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., American physician and writer (d. 1894)

- 1805 - Frederick Maurice, English theologian (d. 1872)

- 1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter (d. 1867)

- 1777 - Nikita Yakovlevich Bichurin, founder of Sinology (d. 1853)

- 1756 - Heinrich Graf von Bellegarde, Austrian field marshal and statesman (d. 1845)

- 1756 - Jan ?niadecki, Polish mathematician (d. 1830)

- 1728 - Maria Anna Sophia of Saxony, Electress of Bavaria (d. 1797)

- 1725 - Charles Townshend, English politician (d. 1767)

- 1694 - Charlotte Christine of Brunswick-Lüneburg (d. 1715)

- 1632 - John Locke, English philosopher (d. 1704)

- 1628 - John Granville, 1st Earl of Bath, English royalist statesman (d. 1701)

- 1619 - Jean-Baptiste Colbert, French minister of finance (d. 1683)
