What are the important events that happened on August 29, 2007? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
August 29, 2007: Facts & Myths About This Day
August 29, 2007 is the 241st day of the year 2007 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 124 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is August 16, 2007 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 330,096 hours 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 ‘dihectatetracontahenagon’ day.
If a person born on this day saved a Penny every day starting at age 4, then by now that person has accumulated $46.23. (Assuming this person is still alive today.)
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.
Pig is the mythical animal and Fire is the element for this person if we consider the very old art of Chinese astrology.
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August 29, 2007 Historical 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.
Who died on August 29, 2007?
- 2007 –Alfred Peet, Dutch-American entrepreneur and the founder of Peet’s Coffee & Tea (b. 1920)
- 2007 –James Muir Cameron Fletcher, New Zealand industrialist (b. 1914)
- 2007 –Pierre Messmer, French politician and Prime Minister (b. 1916)
- 2007 –Richard Jewell, central figure in the 1996 Centennial Olympic Park bombing (b. 1962)
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