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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