29 August
August 29 is the 241st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (242nd in leap years), with 124 days remaining.
Events
Births
- 1632 - John Locke, philosopher († 1704)
- 1780 - Jean Ingres, French painter († 1867)
- 1809 - Oliver Wendell Holmes, physician, writer († 1894)
- 1862 - Maurice Maeterlinck, writer († 1949)
- 1876 - Charles F. Kettering, inventor of the electric starter
- 1898 - Preston Sturges, screenwriter († 1959)
- 1915 - Ingrid Bergman, actress († 1982)
- 1916 - George Montgomery, actor († 2000)
- 1920 - Charlie Parker, jazz saxophonist, composer († 1955)
- 1923 - Lord Richard Attenborough, film director
- 1924 - Dinah Washington, singer († 1963)
- 1936 - John McCain, American politician
- 1938 - Robert Rubin, former United States Secretary of the Treasury
- 1938 - Elliott Gould, actor
- 1939 - William Friedkin, film director
- 1939 - Joel Schumacher, film director
- 1940 - Gary Gabelich, car racer and land world speed record holder
- 1941 - Robin Leach, television host
- 1946 - Bob Beamon, American long jumper
- 1958 - Michael Jackson, singer
- 1962 - Rebecca De Mornay, actress
- 1969 - Me'Shell NdegéOcello, singer
Deaths
- 886 - Basil I, Byzantine Emperor
- 1533 - Atahualpa, last Inca ruler of Peru
- 1769 - Edmund Hoyle, author, teacher (* 1672)
- 1877 - Brigham Young, Mormon leader
- 1904 - Murat V, deposed Ottoman sultan
- 1935 - Queen Astrid of Belgium
- 1947 - Manolete, bullfighter
- 1975 - Eamon de Valera, Irish statesman
- 1981 - Lowell Thomas, travel writer
- 1982 - Ingrid Bergman, actress
- 1987 - Lee Marvin, actor
- 1989 - Peter Scott, explorer, naturalist and painter (* 1909)
- 1997 - Christopher Maier, student killed by Angel Maturino Resendiz
- 2003 - Ayatollah Sayed Mohammed Baqir al-Hakim, Iraqi political leader
Holidays and observances
See Also:
August 28 - August 30 - July 29 - September 29 -- listing of all days
January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December
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