What happened this day in history August 29

What are the important events that happened on August 29? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.

August 29: Facts & Myths About This Day

August 29 is the 242nd day of the year 2024 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Thursday.

Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 16, 2024 – a Thursday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?

When this day started, 28,748,160 minutes has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.

Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘dihectatetracontadigon’ day.

Virgo is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Peridot is the modern birthstone for this month. Diamond is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.

According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 153 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.

The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 4,269 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.

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August 29 Historical Events

  • 1350
    Battle of Winchelsea (or Les Espagnols sur Mer): The English naval fleet under King Edward III defeats a Castilian fleet of 40 ships.
  • 1475
    The Treaty of Picquigny ends a brief war between France and England.
  • 1655
    Warsaw falls without resistance to a small force under the command of Charles X Gustav of Sweden during The Deluge.
  • 1756
    Frederick the Great attacks Saxony, beginning the Seven Years’ War.
  • 1910
    The Japan–Korea Treaty of 1910, also known as the Japan–Korea Annexation Treaty, becomes effective, officially starting the period of Japanese rule in Korea.
  • 1918
    Bapaume taken by the New Zealand Division in the Hundred Days Offensive.
  • 1944
    Slovak National Uprising takes place as 60,000 Slovak troops turn against the Nazis.
  • 1958
    United States Air Force Academy opens in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
  • 1991
    Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union suspends all activities of the Soviet Communist Party.
  • 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.

Who were born on August 29?

  • 1915
    Nathan Pritikin, American nutritionist (d. 1985)
  • 1931
    Lise Payette, Quebec politician, writer and columnist
  • 1938
    Christian Müller, German footballer
  • 1938
    Robert Rubin, United States Secretary of the Treasury 1995–1999
  • 1939
    Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek, Hungarian athlete
  • 1942
    James Glennon, American cinematographer (d. 2006)
  • 1949
    Werner Kaiser, German footballer
  • 1966
    Jörn Großkopf, German footballer
  • 1991
    Anikó Kovacsics, Hungarian handball player
  • 1993
    Liam Payne, Member of British/Irish boy band One Direction

Who died on August 29?

  • 1395
    Duke Albert III of Austria (b. 1349)
  • 1526
    King Louis II of Hungary and Bohemia (killed in the Battle of Mohács) (b. 1506)
  • 1533
    Atahualpa, Inca emperor (b. 1497)
  • 1877
    Brigham Young, American religious leader and western settler (b. 1801)
  • 1930
    William Archibald Spooner, English writer (b. 1844)
  • 1966
    Sayyid Qutb, Egyptian theoretician (b. 1906)
  • 1982
    Lehman Engel, American composer and conductor (b. 1910)
  • 1989
    Peter Scott, English explorer, naturalist, and painter (b. 1909)
  • 2000
    Willie Maddren, English footballer (b. 1951)
  • 2004
    Hans Vonk, Dutch conductor (b. 1942)

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